Re: A few thoughtsantiotterJanuary 11 2006, 17:51:40 UTC
"The military succeeds at the difficult task of getting people to overcome their natural barriers to committing unthinkable acts of violence. It uses video games to train our servicemen and women for the rigors of combat."
There is zero, zero use of video games in the military as psychological conditioning. I'm a scout in a recon unit. The only video game type training is used are simulators for vehicles or weapons, where real-world training would be unsafe (a pilot candidate who is not yet fully certified learning to fly a virtual helicopter) or would be too expensive (Usually for missiles or anti-armor rounds, where the individual weapons are one-shot munitions that cost tens of thousands of dollars a piece), or to cut down on mileage, wear & tear, and fuel consumption on complex military vehicles (like the M1A2 Abrams tank or the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter).
We also use electronic marksmanship simulators as a valuable training tool, as they contain sensors and feedback that even the most experienced human instructor could not spot with the naked eye. But the training is based on actual military firing ranges which use inanimate targets, not virtual people who bleed and die.
There is zero, zero use of video games in the military as psychological conditioning. I'm a scout in a recon unit. The only video game type training is used are simulators for vehicles or weapons, where real-world training would be unsafe (a pilot candidate who is not yet fully certified learning to fly a virtual helicopter) or would be too expensive (Usually for missiles or anti-armor rounds, where the individual weapons are one-shot munitions that cost tens of thousands of dollars a piece), or to cut down on mileage, wear & tear, and fuel consumption on complex military vehicles (like the M1A2 Abrams tank or the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter).
We also use electronic marksmanship simulators as a valuable training tool, as they contain sensors and feedback that even the most experienced human instructor could not spot with the naked eye. But the training is based on actual military firing ranges which use inanimate targets, not virtual people who bleed and die.
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