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America's Army - Special Forces Released

Posted by simoniker on from the digitally-recruited dept.

Thanks to the official site for news of the release of PC FPS/recruitment tool, America's Army - Special Forces, with download locations for the Windows client listed by Blue's News, as this "...latest release in the [freely downloadable] America's Army game series focuses on the critical, specialized role of the Army's Special Forces within the U.S. Army as they fight the Global War on Terrorism." GameSpot has a press release revealing the new missions include "...a Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) of a downed helicopter pilot, the rescue of a wounded Resistance leader from a hospital in an urban area, a nighttime reconnaissance mission to identify enemy aviation." Previous Slashdot articles have revealed the apparent success of the game in recruiting young people to the Army.

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  1. Seems fair to me by Nonki · · Score: 1, Funny

    Iraq gets $86 Billion dollars, we get a video game. This administration is a riot! i love it

    "The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the-the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." -G.W. Bush

  2. Resistance leaders who then bomb your cities! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the rescue of a wounded Resistance leader from a hospital in an urban area,

    And 20 years later, the Resistance leader pays you back by bombing the World Trade Center.

    The other Resistance Leader becomes the Iraqi President.

    And Donald Rumsfeld gets all the power he wants.

  3. Re:Recruiting tool or mission analyzer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    [voice #1]... Sir, we're at location Delta. Visual contact has been made with the enemy. Repeat, visual contact has been made. Over.

    [voice #2]... Franks, you take Biggs and Henderson and approach from position 9-Bravo-7. Adams, you run in a circle and fire randomly at nearby foliage. Smith is to make a direct attack with his Bowie knife on the enemy position, and Murphy is assigned to block the teams access to equipment. GO GO GO!

  4. Re:Fight on Terror? by Bluesman · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Navy one would be awesome. You could stand on the bridge of an aircraft carrier for hours and drink coffee.

    Or paint the ship in an exciting maintenance mission.

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