Video game training helps Army simulate real-life battlefield
For Col. Anthony Krogh, the approaching end of more than 10 years of war seems more like a call to action.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll, but they have also left the US Army battle-tested. As peacetime draws nearer, the Pentagon is grappling with a vital question: How can the military keep its soldiers engaged and fighting fit, both physically and mentally?
Krogh thinks he knows one answer: video games. Short of building fake villages “with goats wandering and smells and all that,” video-game training is the only way consistently to put soldiers in environments like the ones they have operated in since 2001, says Krogh, head of the Army’s national simulation command.
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