disposable culture's video: Waging War: A New Generation - The Army Experience Center Digital Nation

The Army is rebranding itself for a new generation--and being picketed for enticing kids with violent video games. THE ARMY EXPERIENCE CENTER As of October 12, 2009: * The AEC had registered nearly 13,000 new visitors * The AEC had contracted a total of 149 recruits -- 134 for active duty and 15 for Reserves * The AEC had obtained 72 quality enlistments," referring to recruits who scored in the 50th percentile or above on the Armed Forces Qualification Test * On average, 80 people visit the AEC per day * The HMMWV [Humvee] is the AEC'€™s most popular simulator http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/waging-war/a-new-generation/the-army-experience-center.html "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 "60-70% of Army Video Game Simulation Technology in Our Kids Homes Today", (like CryEngine 3) ----Military contractor, Intelligent Decisions Director, Floyd West (source: 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/ 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://www.youtube.com/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 ____