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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

TIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers.

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TIL the US Government once released its own video game to inform, educate, and recruit prospective soldiers.

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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    They parked a few vehicles outside the E3 convention center:

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      I recall they lowered guys out of a helicopter on ropes one year, too. It was hilarious to walk around the floor at E3 and see CoD or whatever guys in their fakey-looking booth bro costumes pass real army guys wearing real uniforms passing out enlistment info and ads for America’s Army. Why pay booth bros when you can just assign some soldiers you’re already paying?

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      Any idea what those pads they are parked on are made out of?

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        pad

        (why does it look like carpeting?!)

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          Concrete is too hot in the sun, melts the tracks. Grass is too ticklish, the tanks get all giggly if left on it.

          Carpet is a good middle ground.

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          I was thinking it looks like cork board

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      Holy shit, I was there that year! I remember that!

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