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America's Army Recruiting Success Discussed

Posted by simoniker on from the press-ganged-by-armycon dept.

Thanks to Nola.com for their article discussing the success of the America's Army game/recruiting tool, as the free PC first-person shooter "...now has more than 2 million registered users, making it one of the five most popular action games played online." Most interestingly, since "...the ultimate aim of the game is to arouse tech-savvy teenagers' interest in serving in the Army", can the success of the game be measured? The article gives an example of the Kansas City Recruiting Battalion, who are hosting monthly LAN sessions at a technical college, and "...can claim seven new recruits among the players, and expect to sign at least as many more in the coming month."

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  1. Re:It's not free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    You can download it for free from the internet no matter what country you are in.

    http://www.americasarmy.com/operations/downloads2. php

  2. Re:mission packs by gmhowell · · Score: 2, Informative

    Vietnam, sacrifice an entire generation? Nice histrionics. ~60,000 barely compares to conflicts the US has participatd in in the 20th century. For something that truly destroyed a generation, look further back in US history.

    The Vietnam War barely edged out the Korean War WRT % of population dead, and I don't hear Korean War vets pissing and moaning.

    --
    Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
  3. Re:Not taking recruits ;-) by kryten_nz · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try this as a possible fix (works for me with 1.9, and I'm on 56k in another country).

    1. Download this small file: HERE

    2. Backup the original IpDrv.u file located at "C:\Program Files\Army Operations\System"

    3. Replace it with the new IpDrv.u file.

    4. Now run AA1.9 and try to login.