Apparently an evening spent playing Modern Warfare 2 won't prepare you for real combat. Regardless of their realism or level of violence, video games do not produce competent soldiers. On the contrary, they create weak ones — at least, that's what the U.S. Army thinks.
For the first time in 30 years, the Army is seriously adjusting its basic training practices in order to cope with a "softer" generation raised on video games and the Internet. The overhauled boot camps will emphasize physical strength, disciple, and melee combat — traits often ignored by today's generation of recruits.
With all the unmanned aerial vehicles soaring over Afghanistan, it's all too easy to think of war as a photo-realistic video game. But Lt. General Mark Hertling made it clear in an NPR interview, "It's just a softer generation."
So the next time you load up Bad Company 2, drop and give yourself 50 push-ups [Switched via NPR].