America's Army: Difference between revisions

'''''America's Army''''' (also known as '''''AA''''' or '''''Army Game Project''''') is a series of [[video game]]s and other media developed by the [[United States Army]] and released as a global [[public relations]] initiative to help with [[recruitment]]. ''America's Army'' was conceived by [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] Casey Wardynski and is managed by the U.S. Army's Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis at the [[United States Military Academy]].<ref name=KennedyNYT>{{cite web |author=Kennedy, Brian |publisher=New York Times |title=Uncle Sam Wants You (To Play This Game) |date=2002-07-11 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DE1330F932A25754C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&&scp=1&sq=wardynski&st=cse |accessdate=2008-10-28 }}</ref> Wardynski envisioned "using computer game technology to provide the public a virtual Soldier experience that was engaging, informative and entertaining."<ref name=McLeroyHistory>{{cite journal |author=McLeroy, Carrie |title=History of Military Gaming |journal=Soldiers Magazine |pages=4–6 |date=2008-09 |url=http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/rv5_other/soldiers/archives/pdfs/sep08all.pdf |format=pdf |accessdate=2012-04-13 }}</ref>

 

 

''America's Army'' has "grown in ways its originators couldn't have imagined".<ref name="McLeroyHistory" /> Dozens of government training and simulation applications using the ''America's Army'' platform have been developed to train and educate U.S. Army soldiers.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=National Defense Magazine |author=Jean, Grace |title=Game Branches Out Into Real Combat Training |date=2006-02 |url=http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2006/February/Pages/games_brance3042.aspx |accessdate=2008-10-28 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20081001005713/http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2006/February/Pages/games_brance3042.aspx| archivedate= 1 October 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> ''America's Army'' has also been used to deliver virtual soldiering experiences to participants at events, such as air shows, amusement parks, and sporting events around the country. The ''America's Army'' series has also been expanded to include versions for [[Xbox]] and [[Xbox 360]], [[Arcade game|arcade]], and [[Mobile phone|mobile]] applications published through licensing arrangements.<ref>{{cite web |author=Bramwell, Tom |title=America's Army launches mobile offensive. |date=2007-03-17 |url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/americas-army-launches-mobile-offensive |publisher=gamesindustry.biz |accessdate=2008-10-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Brinkley, C. Mark |title=Expand and conquer |date=2007-03-19 |url=http://www.armytimes.com/entertainment/video_games/online_life_americasarmy070226/ |publisher=Army Times |accessdate=2008-10-28 }}</ref>