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Article: Army Unveils Game to Draft Soldiers at Los Angeles Entertainment Expo.
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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
- Article date:
- May 24, 2002
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May 24--LOS ANGELES--The battlefield: A terrorist training camp, similar to the type U.S. Army soldiers might overtake in Afghanistan.
My team's mission: Defend the captured camp from a return onslaught by the enemy. Use lethal force as necessary.
This is a video game, but it isn't just any new video game. This is America's Army.
A closely held effort in the works for two years, America's Army is an official product of the U.S. Army. Real soldiers unveiled the game this week in a flurry of fatigues and thumping patriotic music at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
Following a trend of video games as advertisements, America's Army is a ...