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There are tons of 'serious games' that are both engaging and instructive. Some time back a new story in the mainstream media, I think it was the NY Times discussed the mental training that even the pure fun games gave troops entering combat.

There’s been a huge change in the way we prepare for war, and the soldiers we’re training now are the children of the digital age who grew up with GameBoys,” says retired Rear Adm. Fred Lewis, a 33-year U.S. Navy veteran

This site has a large group of articles from many reports and stories, like:
Virtual Combat Training Center,
Engagement Skills Trainer,
Alexian conference highlights veterans’ mental health issues,
Defence Simulation, Training & Wargaming 2009,
and more.

Not just the old standbys like VBS2 and Steel Beasts any more, but with LVC game map table simulations like JCATS can be integrated into realtime training simulations. That is just the area I work with - There are some very serious people working on games based around Second Life as well.

There are tons of 'serious games' that are both engaging and instructive. Some time back a new story in the mainstream media, I think it was the NY Times discussed the mental training that even the pure fun games gave troops entering combat.

There’s been a huge change in the way we prepare for war, and the soldiers we’re training now are the children of the digital age who grew up with GameBoys,” says retired Rear Adm. Fred Lewis, a 33-year U.S. Navy veteran

This site has a large group of articles from many reports and stories, like:
Virtual Combat Training Center,
Engagement Skills Trainer,
Alexian conference highlights veterans’ mental health issues,
Defence Simulation, Training & Wargaming 2009,
and more.

Not just the old standbys like VBS2 and Steel Beasts any more, but with LVC game map table simulations like JCATS can be integrated into realtime training simulations. That is just the area I work with - There are some very serious people working on games based around Second Life as well.

There are tons of 'serious games' that are both engaging and instructive. Some time back a new story in the mainstream media, I think it was the NY Times discussed the mental training that even the pure fun games gave troops entering combat.

There’s been a huge change in the way we prepare for war, and the soldiers we’re training now are the children of the digital age who grew up with GameBoys,” says retired Rear Adm. Fred Lewis, a 33-year U.S. Navy veteran

This site has a large group of articles from many reports and stories, like:
Virtual Combat Training Center,
Engagement Skills Trainer,
Alexian conference highlights veterans’ mental health issues,
Defence Simulation, Training & Wargaming 2009,
and more.

Not just the old standbys like VBS2 and Steel Beasts any more, but with LVC game map table simulations like JCATS can be integrated into realtime training simulations. That is just the area I work with - There are some very serious people working on games based around Second Life as well.

There are tons of 'serious games' that are both engaging and instructive. Some time back a new story in the mainstream media, I think it was the NY Times discussed the mental training that even the pure fun games gave troops entering combat.

There’s been a huge change in the way we prepare for war, and the soldiers we’re training now are the children of the digital age who grew up with GameBoys,” says retired Rear Adm. Fred Lewis, a 33-year U.S. Navy veteran

This site has a large group of articles from many reports and stories, like:
Virtual Combat Training Center,
Engagement Skills Trainer,
Alexian conference highlights veterans’ mental health issues,
Defence Simulation, Training & Wargaming 2009,
and more.

Not just the old standbys like VBS2 and Steel Beasts any more, but with LVC game map table simulations like JCATS can be integrated into realtime training simulations. That is just the area I work with - There are some very serious people working on games based around Second Life as well.

There are tons of 'serious games' that are both engaging and instructive. Some time back a new story in the mainstream media, I think it was the NY Times discussed the mental training that even the pure fun games gave troops entering combat.

There’s been a huge change in the way we prepare for war, and the soldiers we’re training now are the children of the digital age who grew up with GameBoys,” says retired Rear Adm. Fred Lewis, a 33-year U.S. Navy veteran

This site has a large group of articles from many reports and stories, like:
Virtual Combat Training Center,
Engagement Skills Trainer,
Alexian conference highlights veterans’ mental health issues,
Defence Simulation, Training & Wargaming 2009,
and more.

Not just the old standbys like VBS2 and Steel Beasts any more, but with LVC game map table simulations like JCATS can be integrated into realtime training simulations. That is just the area I work with - There are some very serious people working on games based around Second Life as well.

VBS2 has this feature ... The OP obviously was trying to be cute about the very real life and death roles our uniformed citizens face, but the truth is that with proper use the virtual combat arena the soldier increases his situational awareness by between 8 to 14% (Paul Roman, Associate Professor, Royal Military College of Canada). By training his "mental muscle memory" to be aware of sounds and reactions, his chance survival in a very hostile world increases measurably. Studies have shown substantial improvement in pass rates and higher standards throughout the organization. Not only do the teams learn to work together, but many of the usual variables that increase cost and create delays, are removed. Live exercises are expensive, difficult to coordinate and dependent upon weather, time of year and other external variables. The lesson is not to save half the training time in an evolution, it is to take that time to improve the overall standards of your force. http://appliedstudiesgroup.com/ shows some numbers on training. Also look at http://battlegroundsims.com/ for some interesting information from various sources.