America’s Army To Help “Educate” Students
You know what today’s students need? If your answer was “more propaganda”, then you’ll most likely be happy
to hear about the partnership between the US Army and a group called Project Lead The Way. Project Lead The Way is a “not-for-profit (I’ll bet) organization that promotes pre-engineering courses for middle and high school students.”. The partnership with the US Army is a step taken to increase the student interest in the engineering and technical fields. How will they do that? Obviously, by incorporating the PC game America’s Army into the student’s curriculum.
“The platform for the new curriculum is the America’s Army PC game, a free online game that provides civilians with a virtual role in the U.S. Army by introducing them to Army technologies, Rules of Engagement, training and missions. Used as a communications tool, the game has also been adapted for use within the military to produce effective and engaging virtual environments that enhance Soldier training in a number of areas including force protection, convoy survivability and nuclear, chemical and biological detection.”
What a great idea, why hasn’t this been done before? The best part is the honesty of it all. Anyone can see that there is no possible added incentive for the US Army to promote the game, right? This is all solely for the benefit of today’s youth.