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Gaming in the Military
Thanks to TopherHov who wrote in to mention a story on the Fox News site regarding gamers in the military, and the role that gaming plays for troops in the field. From the article: Games are as ubiquitous at Camp Fallujah and around it as tattoos, buzz cuts and shouts of "Hoorah" from one Marine to another. When the power goes out, a Humvee battery and a pair of alligator clips are all the resourceful gamer needs to resume the digitized fight.
. . . is the age range that covers well over 60% of the members of our armed forces. This age group is also the biggest target for the gaming industry. No suprize there's mad games being played by members of our armed forces. They are all people too.
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Actually, the problem with that is that David Grossman's arguments about video games have been that they are bad because they are used by the military. Therefore, more widely documented use of video games by the official military and by soldiers tends to reinforce his points, if you agree with his central premise. I don't personally agree with it, but the people on the pro-censorship side of the video game debate like to use it.
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I think any U.S. Marine caught playing The Sims would quickly be hazed.
From my understanding its HUA (heard, understood, acknowledged).
Watch the movie "Blackhawk Down", as it uses this all the time.
I know that the movies don't always get everything right, but this one is based off a book from a first-hand source.
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US Marines say "Oorah!" Army says, "hoah" Navy says, "Hoyah" and Air Force says, "huh?". I was a Marine in the initial invasion on '03. I was also a computer tech, I job duties included setting up LAN games and using my laptop and a projector to have a makeshift theater. The sand destroyed every single DVD I had out there. Yet another reason DVD copying should be legal. "Support the troops!" Cpl. Roberts
Hoorah is said by the Marines.
Hooah is said by the Army.
The Rangers in Blackhawk down are Army soldiers. It is not an acryonim HUA(Heard, Understood, Acknowledge). You can simply just say "Roger".
Hooah can be used many ways. It can mean understood. But, it is the only word that can used in a sarcastic mannor and not get you an article 15 from an officer.
Officer: Do this bullshit Seargent.
NCO: *sarcasticly* HOOAH SIR!
That being said, saying hooah is for tools.
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I was in the Marines from 94-02. Me and all the Marines from my shop get together online and play socom. What is funny about it is that I play with guys I have never met, they just happen to work at the same unit I used to work at. Its like some sort of Bizarre Reunion. I esp. like hearing about pvts that I used to make clean urinals with toothbrushes and razor blades who are now Sgts and SSGts doing the same thing to new pvts. Good to know I raised them right.
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