Friday, March 26, 2010

Army changes basic training to deal with gamer generation

by Ben Silverman
Bad Company 2

Real war and virtual war just got closer.

Basic training is about to get more advanced. And recruits can thank games for that.

In an interview with Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, NPR reports that the U.S. Army is altering its basic training program for the first time in 20 years, in part to better train recruits weaned on video games.

"This isn't a decline in our recruits; this is a decline in our American society in terms of their physical capacity," Hertling told NPR. "It's just a softer generation."  Read more...



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