US Army's recruitment techniques targeting children

[coolz]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

Indeed.

Little better than Islamists brainwashing children to be suicide bombers.

Fortunately you know your country ain't worth a S*** and have forbidden your sons from protecting it.

My country is worth a great deal. Without us Fred, the United States would be in deep crap! If we go - you're next!

I cannot stop my son's from joining and in fact my 16 year old recently mentioned that when he qualifies as a doctor (as he wishes to do) he wants to join the Royal Army Medical Corps.

I cannot stop him.

I wish my son's to become the future leaders of this nation - and they are all of the Royal Blood, so they come from leaders of men.

Oh stop it with your little queen and king BS. I your kings are shameful men that oppressed many nations for many years and then lost there power when the people started speaking out. I am thank full after hearing you say that royal crap that America beat you 200 hundred years ago. shows royalty means nothing.

Now your country nice and all. But you guys have very small army. since your tanks only number about 300! while America got 8,000. Now with that said. I would defend brits from invasion from foreign power just because of a strong bond you guys have made with us since ww2. And if britain fall for any reason. Some bad S*** must be going on in Europe!

[boingo]

Just because something comes in the form of a computer game, doesn't automatically mean it's aimed at children.
"America's Army" video game was released years ago. It was primarily designed to train enlisted soldiers in tactical warfare. This game has never been aimed at children.


As a side note: We have game ratings in Australia and America's Army would carry an M15+ rating, meaning no-one under 15 would be allowed to play the game anyway. With cinema movies rated M15+ anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Presumably much the same is required with an M15+ computer game.

[franfran]

Just because something comes in the form of a computer game, doesn't automatically mean it's aimed at children.
"America's Army" video game was released years ago. It was primarily designed to train enlisted soldiers in tactical warfare. This game has never been aimed at children.


As a side note: We have game ratings in Australia and America's Army would carry an M15+ rating, meaning no-one under 15 would be allowed to play the game anyway. With cinema movies rated M15+ anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Presumably much the same is required with an M15+ computer game.

The game may not have been marketed to children, but I don't think that's quite the same thing as saying it wasn't aimed at children - I mean, who knows when you're dealing with an organisation as devious as the military. And yes, the M15+ rating would restrict the games availability to children, but it wouldn't stop them getting their hands on a copy though, would it? It might even increase its appeal to them.

[boingo]

It may appeal to kids, but I've been following the development of the game since it's conception and there has never been anything to indicate it's aimed at kids. The majority of people who play games like that are well over 18.

More worrying is where the military really is targeting children through their cadet groups: Army, Navy and Air Force Cadets. In Australia those groups are set up, controlled and presumably even funded by the military. People have to be 15 or over to join, but they even had recruitment drives for Army Cadets at the school I was at. If we joined we could leave school early every Friday to go to the cadets which was pre-military training.

[The Colonel]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

Indeed.

Little better than Islamists brainwashing children to be suicide bombers.

Fortunately you know your country ain't worth a S*** and have forbidden your sons from protecting it.

My country is worth a great deal. Without us Fred, the United States would be in deep crap! If we go - you're next!

I cannot stop my son's from joining and in fact my 16 year old recently mentioned that when he qualifies as a doctor (as he wishes to do) he wants to join the Royal Army Medical Corps.

I cannot stop him.

I wish my son's to become the future leaders of this nation - and they are all of the Royal Blood, so they come from leaders of men.

Oh stop it with your little queen and king BS. I your kings are shameful men that oppressed many nations for many years and then lost there power when the people started speaking out.

Wrong. My ancestor signed the Magna Carta.

I am thank full after hearing you say that royal crap that America beat you 200 hundred years ago. shows royalty means nothing.

Beat us? What makes you think we aren't coming back to claim our territory?

Now your country nice and all. But you guys have very small army.

With reserves, it numbers 500,000. Exactly half the US army. Hardly small. But in any case - the BEST trained in the world. You couldn't even beat the nothing-rate Vietnam!

since your tanks only number about 300!

One word - WRONG!

while America got 8,000. Now with that said. I would defend brits from invasion from foreign power just because of a strong bond you guys have made with us since ww2. And if britain fall for any reason. Some bad S*** must be going on in Europe!

The British do not need "defending". We have defened ourselves from invasion for centuries. You never "defended" us.

If Union Flag should burn - then it is the end of the world. It is as simple as that.

I was also talking to Fred - so butt out.

[myron myron]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

If what you claim is true, I am glad to hear it.

Given that the U.S. Army allegedly developed this game "targeting children," I take it they are "targeting" American children.

I note from your avatar that you are located in Australia.

How is it your concern what the U.S. Army may be doing in the United States concerning Americans in the United States?

[The Colonel]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

If what you claim is true, I am glad to hear it.

Given that the U.S. Army allegedly developed this game "targeting children," I take it they are "targeting" American children.

I note from your avatar that you are located in Australia.

How is it your concern what the U.S. Army may be doing in the United States concerning Americans in the United States?

Says the Spek who regularly posts about things in the UK...

Mef

[myron myron]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

If what you claim is true, I am glad to hear it.

Given that the U.S. Army allegedly developed this game "targeting children," I take it they are "targeting" American children.

I note from your avatar that you are located in Australia.

How is it your concern what the U.S. Army may be doing in the United States concerning Americans in the United States?

Says the Spek who regularly posts about things in the UK...

Mef

So you are lying in your sig about blocking me.

And you're picking yet another fight.

Nothing new then.

[The Colonel]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

If what you claim is true, I am glad to hear it.

Given that the U.S. Army allegedly developed this game "targeting children," I take it they are "targeting" American children.

I note from your avatar that you are located in Australia.

How is it your concern what the U.S. Army may be doing in the United States concerning Americans in the United States?

Says the Spek who regularly posts about things in the UK...

Mef

So you are lying in your sig about blocking me.

And you're picking yet another fight.

Nothing new then.

So you admit you're:

EL MYRON!

fell into that one.

[Fred75]

So you are lying in your sig about blocking me.

And you're picking yet another fight.

Nothing new then.

I was supposed to be on that list too.

[The Colonel]

So you are lying in your sig about blocking me.

And you're picking yet another fight.

Nothing new then.

I was supposed to be on that list too.

No, I actually like you.

[franfran]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

If what you claim is true, I am glad to hear it.

Given that the U.S. Army allegedly developed this game "targeting children," I take it they are "targeting" American children.

I note from your avatar that you are located in Australia.

How is it your concern what the U.S. Army may be doing in the United States concerning Americans in the United States?

So I take it that you're telling me that I 'm not entitled to have an opinion on something unless it's happening in my own backyard?

[myron myron]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

If what you claim is true, I am glad to hear it.

Given that the U.S. Army allegedly developed this game "targeting children," I take it they are "targeting" American children.

I note from your avatar that you are located in Australia.

How is it your concern what the U.S. Army may be doing in the United States concerning Americans in the United States?

So I take it that you're telling me that I 'm not entitled to have an opinion on something unless it's happening in my own backyard?

I am not telling you anything.

I only asked you a question.

Care to answer it?

[The Colonel]

Very catty!

[franfran]

It looks just like game but it's an attempt, in the words of a military booklet , "to build a game for Army strategic communication in support of recruiting". The US Army spent $6 million developing the game before handing it over to private companies for further development.

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-recruits-children

If what you claim is true, I am glad to hear it.

Given that the U.S. Army allegedly developed this game "targeting children," I take it they are "targeting" American children.

I note from your avatar that you are located in Australia.

How is it your concern what the U.S. Army may be doing in the United States concerning Americans in the United States?

So I take it that you're telling me that I 'm not entitled to have an opinion on something unless it's happening in my own backyard?

I am not telling you anything.

I only asked you a question.

Care to answer it?

Well, it looked like a rhetorical question to me - in which case, no answer was needed.

Quite simply, what happened was just that I came across some information on this "game", formed an opinion on what I read, and decided to let people know what I thought.