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US Navy Considering Wii Fit and DDR For Boot Camp

Posted by Soulskill on from the path-to-international-respect dept.

almehdaaol writes "New military recruits are coming in physically heavier and out of shape, so the US Navy has decided to take an interesting course of action by creating a new training regimen inspired by the fitness-centric Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution." This comes alongside a report confirming some of the BS we told our parents when we were growing up: "Bavelier said playing the kill-or-be-killed games can improve peripheral vision and the ability to see objects at dusk, and the games can even be used to treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, a disorder characterized by indistinct vision in one eye. She said she believes the games can improve math performance and other brain tasks."

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  1. I will be... by Relic+of+the+Future · · Score: 2, Funny

    Between my high scores on Paranoia: Survivor and Territories on Zanzibar, I will be the greatest soldier America has ever seen!

    --
    Those who fail to understand communication protocols, are doomed to repeat them over port 80.
  2. No more don't ask don't tell then? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, now that is a reversal of policy. Going from "Don't ask don't tell" to "now, with extra-gay training regimen!"

    1. Re:No more don't ask don't tell then? by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did you not notice this is the Navy?

  3. Re:Seriously? by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 2, Funny

    You kidding? Those guys will be able to make every step in the right direction.

  4. Re:Endurance is more than physical ability by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Soldiers are expected to spends weeks or months in the field where there might not be electricity and clean water, forget entertainment electronic. Soldiers should learn to rough it and exercise even when it's difficult or boring.

    Games will be fun until you're forced to play DDR for 2 hours a day constantly.

    At that point it turns into "FUCK! I DON'T WANT TO PLAY ANYMORE DDR. GIVE ME MY 50 POUND PACK. I'M GOING TO CLIMB THE FUCKING MOUNTAIN. SIR!."

  5. Re:Of course by skine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently the state of gaming on Macs is so bad that the government has to step in.

  6. And if somebody is a really good dancer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does it fall under "Don't Ask, Don,t Tell"