Freaking decimated -- is how President Joe Biden described the state of the Russian military following challenges they've faced during their invasion of Ukraine.
Soldiers maintain readiness playing video games (2020)
www.army.mil
... How do Soldiers stay ready while maintaining social distancing? For the Tankers of D Troop, 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, you turn to online gaming.
Simulations and gaming are nothing new to training in the Army. Tank crews train in multiple virtual environments including using the Close Combat Tactical Trainer and Advanced Gunnery Training Systems. But with the current pandemic, leaders had to find inventive ways to train their Soldiers.
Over the last few weeks these Troopers have been conducting various training events using an online game which simulates various military equipment including tanks. ...
6 Video Games (Sorry, Simulators') the US Military Used for Training
www.military.com
... Video games are entertainment products, but they come from thousands of years of simulations used in training, originally composed of stones on tables or math on paper. As the military trainers got better and better, they became enticing entertainment products, such as chess. Chess can actually be traced to India where it was known as Chaturanga, literally meaning "the four divisions of the military."
Now the industry for military games dwarfs the ones for military simulators, with players spending $400 million on "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III" last year in just the first 24 hours it was on sale. In fact, so much money and development go into games that the U.S. military sometimes scoops games out of the public sphere to use as trainers. Here are six times they did just that. ...
OK, I have to say, this article described something that I did not think occurred.
... In fact, so much money and development go into games that the U.S. military sometimes scoops games out of the public sphere to use as trainers. ...
Wow.
@#36 ... And my guess is that you would be wrong. At least about some of us. ...
I'd emphasis the "some of us" aspect.
Yeah, some of we old folk may be comfortable using computers.
My first computer (the 1970's) used an Intel 8080a CPU. Clock frequency for that CPU was measured in megahertz, not gigahertz. I believe it was around 2 or 3 megahertz. And the computer had a whopping 64K of memory.
But I had word-processing and a spreadsheet running.
In 64k of memory.
... We boomers have been using computers and the internet ever since Al Gore and I invented the internet so ... ...
I've been participating in online message boards since the late 1970's. (though, back then it was X.25, not TCP/IP)[1].
... And since I WAS in the Marines you have to know that I have played Call of Duty. Often. ...
I do not deny your experience, but I do ask, how typical is it compared to the youth of today?
That's my point.
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1 - X.25 en.wikipedia.org
... X.25 was a popular with telecommunications companies for their public data networks from the late 1970s to 1990s, which provided worldwide coverage.
It was also used in financial transaction systems, such as automated teller machines, and by the credit card payment industry.[7] However, most users have since moved to the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). X.25 is still used, for example by the aviation industry.[citation needed] ...
Those wars weren't marketed to Americans like Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Israel's invasion of Gaza.
#47 | POSTED BY SNOOFY
No not "like". But differently. Pretty sure all (American) wars have been "marketed" to Americans.
It took years of marketing to get (trick?) (convince?) Americans to get involved in World War 2.
Even the civil war was "marketed".
Remember the Maine?
The yellow press, led by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, proprietors of the New York Journal and the New York World, took every opportunity to inflame the situation with the exhortation to Remember the Maine', publicise the alleged cruelties of Spanish repression and encourage a belligerent hunger for action.
More at www.historytoday.com
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