The U.S. military began training its soldiers through war games. Even the United States, which has set up an e-sports team for the military, has brought controversy.
The impact of war games on soldiers has been the subject of debate around the world for many years. The Pentagon streamed Halo Infinite on Twitch last month to investigate this, pitting Air and Ground Forces against each other. Here’s the U.S. military’s approach to war games.
The US has begun to include Twitch streamers in the military
In recent years, many countries have established e-sports teams for war games, and multimillion-dollar tournaments have been held. The addition of members of the military to these teams has raised some concerns. The fact that real soldiers train themselves in war games has brought about controversy.
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While many people were discussing the effects of war games like Call of Duty and Halo on people, interesting ideas of the US military came to light. The US military, which increases its investments in augmented reality, artificial intelligence, automatic and unmanned weapons day by day, has become a matter of curiosity because it has ‘added young players to its team’.
According to Ray Perez, a program officer at the U.S. Office of Marine Research, people who play games may be more practical at processing information. “Video games can change the structure and organization of a person’s brain,” Perez said in a statement.
Still, it’s important to note that some officials oppose the impact of war games on soldiers. Jon-Marc Thibodeau, who works as a medical chief at a US military base, said the young soldiers playing games were not physically fit for the army. He even called these soldiers the “Nintendo Generation.”
But a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) showed that video games have changed the way the U.S. people view the military. According to the report, citizens aged 16 and 24 are “sympathetic to the idea of joining the military.”
As war games like Call of Duty, Battlefield and Medal of Honor become more realistic, it is inevitable that they will be preferred by military institutions. The popularity of online games on platforms like Twitch shows the need for an innovative approach to training soldiers.
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