the US Army wants .... fat weekend warriors?

[StygShore]

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=0866FE1A-1C71-443F-944B-F94E8D610509&t=s3&f=06/64&p=hotvideo_m_edpicks&fg=&GT1=9145

Interesting story....


Styg

[kruger]

Locally, I almost had a contract with a Reserve unit to train at my field. Unfortunately, they were deployed and I had to halt negotiations with them. One of the things that I suggested was an Army Paintball team. Could you imagine having a Government sponsorship to go to the big games across the country and do your Army stuff, playing paintball? The Captain that I talked with just loved that idea. I pointed out that the woodsball/scenario players are a prime recruiting pool. They are already very interested in the military aspect of the game. That was several months ago. Maybe, this is my fault???????

[Paintchucker]

They use the pc based video game AmericasArmy in a similar manner as a recruiting tool.

[kruger]

I am not taking credit for this, just that I thought that it was a bit of a coincident that it happened. You may get a few younger players that think that war is like paintball. But, by the time that you are old enough to actually join up for service, you def. know the difference. You will know by the time that you go thru the live fire course in boot camp anyway. And, can you really say that scenario/woodsball is not a game of war? What we are all doing is "playing war". Sure, its not the same thing, nobody dies. But a war game none the less.

[geekwarrior]

jeez, how old is there paint ball footage.

at least they brought up the fact that not all paint ball is about weekend warriors training to be terrorist.

edit: they should hit up the airsoft squads, those guys are the real deal, they could take down SEALS.

[paintballfiend]

I don't know if they will take a guy who does a 12 minute mile. Looks like I'm safe for now.

[StygShore]

I'm good

not sure I could do a mile, flat footed, asthma, allergies, blown out knee, and chunks of discs missing from my vertebrae.... yeah I'm safe.


Styg

[rkjunior303]

good interview, actually. covered both sides of the fence.

[Remington]

good interview, actually. covered both sides of the fence.

I was glad to see that he either knew his stuff, or actually did enough of the legwork to get his facts straight.

[mclaggan123]

at least they showed people wearing proper masks and not shop goggles. ive seen on the news people playing with sunglasses on. kruger do you own a field in ga? if so what the name of the field and do you have a website? i live in ga and i would like to travel around and see some other fields, its a plus that an Aoer has a field close to me.

[SummaryJudgement]

"Paintball's combat-vibe is as appealing as the real thing." ?!?!

[Desega]

Good thing I'm chunky.

[pyrodragon]

I think it's a great recuiting tool for the army and all branches of the military. if the armed froces can spend millions of dollars on NASCAR sponorships, then them sponorsing a couple of paintball tourneys might be a wise investment. when i lived back home, Belton, Texas(near Ft. Hood), we had several military members play paintball. some of their tatics work other time it backfire on them. when it comes down to it look and see when they are spending money to recuit. NASCAR, NHRA and PBR (bullriding) are big venues but i think it's a wise investment for their dollar. not everyone is chunky and slow. bottomline when it comes down to it, i think the armed forces are doing a good job about recuiting but receive a bad rap because of where they get deployed. not the troops or the armed forces fault, they are just doing their jobs. i think it would be cool to see a speedball team in the army suits (the black, yellow and white) just my 2 cents

[paintballfiend]

"Paintball's combat-vibe is as appealing as the real thing." ?!?!

Yeah, except the whole dying part.

[AutomagRT1483]

Thank god Im not going to that big game in Long Island.