Curse

[email protected] · Nov 12, 2005, 12:41 AM // 00:41

This was the advertising banner on Guildwarsguru.com:

http://nte.navy.com/index.jsp?campai...OS_72890PR_NTE

"This U.S. Navy training exercise is being conducted to help us evaluate future recruitment benchmarks. Code name: Strike & Retrieve"

Does anyone find it funny that the Navy is using 12-20 yr olds ability in a video game to benchmark their recruits?

chris_nin00 · Nov 12, 2005, 01:03 AM // 01:03

It's smart...
I imagine nerds enlisting in the army...

nicky nightmare · Nov 12, 2005, 01:13 AM // 01:13

lol oh ya its just brilliant...... exactly what i would do...... strong fingers are an important part of military training.......

heist23 · Nov 12, 2005, 07:22 AM // 07:22

gotta be able to squeeze that trigger nice and hard....haha.

Divinitys Creature · Nov 12, 2005, 03:18 PM // 15:18

Do you get to skip training if you're rank 6+? :P

Venus · Nov 12, 2005, 03:26 PM // 15:26

They are recruiting for computer people as well i think.

CowPoop · Nov 12, 2005, 04:26 PM // 16:26

LOL THAT IS SWEET I NEVER KNEW THE ARMY REALLY DOES THAT LOL (I saw it on simpsons ...LT Smash)

kg_lildude1 · Nov 12, 2005, 07:56 PM // 19:56

the army's version is

"americas army"

i'm pretty sure every single service has one sort of game/simulator in one form or another

Monseir · Nov 12, 2005, 08:03 PM // 20:03

What you guys are failing to realize is, in maybe 20 yrs humans won't be on the battlefield. Mechanical, un-manned, high-power, high-versatility robots will. We won't fight our battles. Technology will.

[email protected] · Nov 12, 2005, 08:10 PM // 20:10

"At the Navy we know the missions of the future will be determined not by who is the strongest but by who is the smartest." (from the same website)

LeftAlone- · Nov 12, 2005, 11:31 PM // 23:31

What I see is a simulation of what the US and the goverment working behind it is expecting their mercenaries to be prepared to cope with when it comes to the real action.

No matter how they look, or how smart they are, you are there to kill them for the good of our goals, and nothing else.