To combat Somali pirates, the US navy has relied on warships, snipers and its feared SEAL teams. Now, it is turning to the heavy artillery: internet gamers.
The Office of Naval Research is about to start the military's first online war game open to the public, crowdsourcing the challenges of maritime security to thousands of ''layers'' sitting in front of their computers.
The project, named MMOWGLI (the acronym for Massively Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet), is a video game for policy wonks. It aims to replicate a traditional military strategy session on an exponentially larger scale, bringing together a diverse mix of government and outside experts that would be impossible even in the largest Pentagon conference room.
On how the U.S is failing to get Soilders and Uncle Sam is now failing aswell, and the public has become smarter and will not fall for properganda (although some people will) Just a suggestion but this topic has absolutley nothing of intrest.
If it was a joke then I would pose this in the tavern but its a real program that you can sign up for. Thinking this is a gaming community I assume some people here might take interest at it an at least comment what they think of the program.
Not exactly a recruitment aid, its a new program that supposed to be an internet simulation game about battling pirates next to Africa for gamers so that they can give suggestions on how to better confront those pirates to the military. Just read before posting.
Oh I can see it now: "US Military takes shores of Somalia whilst screaming profanity at the pirates." "US Military nukes Water in hopes of hitting Pirates." "US Military shoots senior officer for being married." "US Military spends half its funds on "*****es, cocaine and alcohol.""
I think that the point of the game, well that, snipers and SEAL teams. The article didn't show more information about the program but if you want to know more about it you can google it. And yes, they do expect people aged 15 to sign up, at least that's what the article said.
Forget to mention: Generals and other Navy soldiers are going to sign up to it but the point is that you will not recognize them when you meet them, as the article said:
Developers hope that MMOWGLI can help break down military hierarchies by allowing players to remain anonymous.
It wouldn't be the first time the US military turned to gamers. A number of the drone pilots are people who were very good a flight simulators they played before joining the military. The military also is willing to hire those skilled in game programming to create training simulations.
As for this topic, it sounds like a good idea to me. The navy will get more ideas and be able to see how they might play out.
