disposable culture's video: Waging War: Immersion Training - Stress Inoculation Digital Nation

There's a growing interest in using simulations to help prepare soldiers for the high stress of combat. Albert "Skip" Rizzo, PhD., is a research scientist exploring virtual reality for mental health treatment. NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES The Infantry Immersion Trainer and Virtual Iraq aren't the only digital simulations in use by the armed forces. Here's a look at some of the other technologies used to train the troops: * DARWARS Ambush is an Army training simulation based on Operation Flashpoint, a commercial Cold War-based video game. Implemented in 2004, this immersive multi-player system allows servicemembers to practice tactics used against insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. It lets users create and customize new virtual scenarios in the field, so that troops on the ground can recreate, share and discuss incidents they've encountered. * Game After Ambush is the Army's latest virtual training simulation, a follow-up to DARWARS Ambush being implemented throughout 2009. It uses the Virtual Battlespace 2 (VBS2) simulation engine, which was developed from ArmA: Armed Assault, a commercial video game. * Army medics can learn to treat combat wounds in a virtual world through the Tactical Field Care Trainer (TC3). * The Army is developing a massively multi-player online game, similar to Second Life, in order to train soldiers for unconventional warfare, such as counterinsurgency operations. The virtual environment, called Asymmetric Warfare -- Virtual Training Technology (AW - VTT), will be accessible from anywhere via an Internet connection. Even Iraqi civilians could be recruited to play the role of civilians in the game to heighten the realism. * The Tactical Language & Culture Training Systems teach troops Arabic and local Iraqi customs through an immersive computer game. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/waging-war/immersion-training/stress-inoculation.html?play "60-70% of Army Video Game Simulation Technology in Our Kids Homes Today", (like CryEngine 3) ----Military contractor, Intelligent Decisions Director, Floyd West http://youtu.be/ZUeP2i-VVyg US Army spending $57 million on military simulator using CryEngine 3 http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/27/us-army-spending-57-million-on-military-simulator-using-cryengine-3/ "It's a great training product. I've had 'em link the Xboxes together and the sergeant will actually train his teams with the Modern Warfare game." ---- Call of Duty representative, lead military adviser, lieutenant colonel, Hank Keirsey http://youtu.be/J14wdIsyYqk GamePro:Games are most effective Army recruitment tool http://web.archive.org/web/20091123083808/http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/212985/games-are-most-effective-army-recruitment-tool/ RECRUITING CHILDREN INTO THE US MILITARY Pentagon's Child Recruiting Strategy http://www.ringnebula.com/Oil/recruiting-children.htm (six in ten current US soldiers entered the military as teenagers) Project Censored 2009 - Recruitment Toolbox: Movies, Toys, TV, And Computer Games http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/tfic6w29/ProjectCensoreRecruitingyourchildren.png After You Play, Before You Enlist! Army PR & Video Games (@ Elementary Schools)! http://youtu.be/IpEzhmYJqsI Politics and Hollywood's images are linked. They reinforce one another. Policy enforces mythical images; mythical images help enforce policy. Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, has said, quote, "Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA," end-quote. - JACK SHAHEEN, director of Reel Bad Arabs RETURNING FIRE: Interventions in Video Game Culture http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6C7789075C00895A Do Violent Games Change Kids Brain? http://forums.gametrailers.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1268773 1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. http://youtu.be/watch?v=z-88Ntc_DZA Psalm 11:5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. http://linkbun.ch/fl90 ____