Army changes basic training to deal with gamer generation

[CrimsonWhite]

About fucking time.

Basic training is about to get more advanced. And recruits can thank games for that.

In an interview with Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, NPR reports that the U.S. Army is altering its basic training program for the first time in 20 years, in part to better train recruits weaned on video games.

"This isn't a decline in our recruits; this is a decline in our American society in terms of their physical capacity," Hertling told NPR. "It's just a softer generation."

Hertling goes on to explain that while new soliders are "advanced in terms of their use of technology," they're perhaps "not as advanced in their physical capabilities or ability to go into a fight. So we're taking that into consideration as well in doing this holistic review of how we do training."

Army changes basic training to deal with gamer generation - Plugged In - Yahoo! Games

 

[JW Frogen]

Navy basic training needs some holo-decks.

Do you know how hard it is to find a place to masterbate in Orlando Florida?

 

[Tom Clancy]

Wait.. Basic Training is gonna be softer? Or em I just reading Gibberish.

 

[CrimsonWhite]

Wait.. Basic Training is gonna be softer? Or em I just reading Gibberish.

No. It is being redesigned to meet the challenge of softer recruits. Essentially, it is getting harder.

 

[elvis]

Wait.. Basic Training is gonna be softer? Or em I just reading Gibberish.

No. It is being redesigned to meet the challenge of softer recruits. Essentially, it is getting harder.

are they gonna pull R. Lee Ermey out of retirement?

 

[CrimsonWhite]

Wait.. Basic Training is gonna be softer? Or em I just reading Gibberish.

No. It is being redesigned to meet the challenge of softer recruits. Essentially, it is getting harder.

are they gonna pull R. Lee Ermey out of retirement?

Probably not. I think skull fucking is still frowned upon.

 

[Tom Clancy]

Wait.. Basic Training is gonna be softer? Or em I just reading Gibberish.

No. It is being redesigned to meet the challenge of softer recruits. Essentially, it is getting harder.

Ah... Good.. We need that.

I'm in JROTC right now, i finish up school in 2 months.. Then head out to College and into ROTC.

 

[Flaylo]

Wait.. Basic Training is gonna be softer? Or em I just reading Gibberish.

No. It is being redesigned to meet the challenge of softer recruits. Essentially, it is getting harder.

are they gonna pull R. Lee Ermey out of retirement?

Ermey is a jarhead, not a soldier, get it right the next time civilian.