Any gamers out there in the Army that want to help recruit? Here is your opportunity:
Sgt. Kalyntae Williams, top, and Sgt. Deveon Landfair, soldiers with the Army’s Second Cavalry Regiment, play the final round of Street Fighter V, at the E-game tournament at Grafenwoehr, Germany, Saturday, July 28, 2018. Williams beat Landfair, and will now be traveling to Seattle to compete in the PAX West Gaming Convention.
The Army is putting together a team of video gamers from within its ranks to try to reach young Americans in the digital worlds where they spend much of their time.
More than 15 years after launching “America’s Army,” a first-person shooter game aimed at enlisting real world soldiers, the Army is calling for active duty troops and reservists to compete in video gaming tournaments, or esports, in one of its latest recruiting efforts.
The move follows the Army’s failure this year, for the first time in more than a decade, to meet the fiscal year target for bringing in new soldiers as it seeks to expand its ranks to more than 500,000 in the next four years.
The Army is also creating a “functional fitness” team to compete in CrossFit athletic events and is reportedly looking to spruce up recruiting efforts with more bonuses, more recruiters, better furniture and a new slogan to replace “Army Strong.”
The service plans to hold tryouts for a variety of electronic games, said Staff Sgt. Ryan Meaux, an Army recruiter, in a Facebook video on Wednesday. [Stars & Stripes]
It’s because the economy is good.
Video games are already recruitment tools.
Boys love all that war-game stuff.
Ole Tanker
5 years ago
I think we need a “Leisure Suit LTC” game to teach females about SHARP.
Liz
5 years ago
BORING!
I’ve got a much better idea for a game:
Females have to run along the Commander’s loop of base housing, dodging blood, semen, and predators from all sides, while chugging Jeremiah weed and having to stop for the occasional obligatory cup of tea served by co-conspirator spouses!
ChickenHead
5 years ago
Video Game Idea:
To show an ongoing commitment to women in combat, how about…
It’s because the economy is good.
Video games are already recruitment tools.
Boys love all that war-game stuff.
I think we need a “Leisure Suit LTC” game to teach females about SHARP.
BORING!
I’ve got a much better idea for a game:
Females have to run along the Commander’s loop of base housing, dodging blood, semen, and predators from all sides, while chugging Jeremiah weed and having to stop for the occasional obligatory cup of tea served by co-conspirator spouses!
Video Game Idea:
To show an ongoing commitment to women in combat, how about…
…Duchess Nukem?