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Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticleNews&storyID=2120686
British Army - Game for Anything
Tue January 28, 2003 01:11 ET
Sandhurst/UK (Reuters)
In the latest of a long line of measures to improve performances on the battlefield, the British Army Ordnance Corps last month secured delivery of 35,000 PS2's from Sony, along with copies of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Timesplitters 2 and Britney's Dance Beat, all at the expense of the British taxpayer.
Defending this move, British Forces spokesperson Major F. Criddle explains:
"The British Army needs to be brought into the 21st century. We have outdated training methods, we're still in the Dark Ages compared to other forces throughout NATO, so after consultation with the Government we agreed that developing our soldiers' skills in the field was so expensive that alternatives had to be found. This is our solution."
He went on to explain:
"Currently, we spend £3 billion a year training our ground troops in the field. Field training is not only expensive, but dangerous. Many lives have been lost through friendly fire incidents, accidents with vehicles and the like. By using state of the art computers like Sony's PS2 to hone our battle skills in the classroom, we're not only saving money but we're saving lives as well. The taxpayer should be grateful.
"Ghost Recon, is, of course, the most advanced stealth program available to us at this present time. Using this, we're hoping to develop not just the killer instinct in our troops, but teach them to be silent at the same time, as well as increasing their marksmanship skills beyond the norm.
"Timesplitters 2 goes to the other extreme. Using this advanced program we're going to be able to develop lightening-quick reflexes, turn of speed, awareness in the field, multiple weaponry skills, not to mention navigation, field craft, mock ups, hand to hand and planning awareness for future missions."
When questioned on the 1 copy of Britney's Dance Beat that arrived with the other games, Major Criddle declined to comment. He did, however, have something to say about the results of the first troops to emerge from their 4-week intensive training course with the PS2.
"Well, like everything else, there's always going to be teething problems at the beginning. The first training mission in Borneo of SAS 1st Rgmt. would have been a complete success had it not been for the squad's irrational fear of the native monkeys, which they ran away from. And of course the residents of Aldershot have our sympathy for the time a group of our men went on the rampage there breaking every window in sight with bricks. The only other issue we have at present is troops running into trees expecting just to be able to glide right through them as they do in Ghost Recon, and of course morale is a little low since they discovered that on completing a mission they don't get rewarded with a nice little bit of FMV anymore."
A little investigative reporting on behalf of Reuters shows that these teething problems are a little more serious than the taxpayer may first think. The following documents have come into our possession:
A lawsuit from the Government of Borneo demanding £1 billion reparation for the devastation caused by the SAS 1st Regiment when they set fire to protected rain forests in an attempt to get rid of the monkeys.
A bill from 24 Glaze-U-Like, Aldershot, amounting to £525,000,000 for the expected 3 months of repair work needed in that area.
A report by the managers of the Hampshire and Surrey Health District showing estimates of medical care for broken noses, collarbones, cheekbones, sternums, fingers, arms wrists and bark removal from 'assorted body parts' are now running into 9 figure sums.
A bill from Sony Europe amounting to £7,000,027.99 still outstanding.
When questioned on these documents Major Criddle stomped off in a huff.
British Army - Game for Anything
Tue January 28, 2003 01:11 ET
Sandhurst/UK (Reuters)
In the latest of a long line of measures to improve performances on the battlefield, the British Army Ordnance Corps last month secured delivery of 35,000 PS2's from Sony, along with copies of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Timesplitters 2 and Britney's Dance Beat, all at the expense of the British taxpayer.
Defending this move, British Forces spokesperson Major F. Criddle explains:
"The British Army needs to be brought into the 21st century. We have outdated training methods, we're still in the Dark Ages compared to other forces throughout NATO, so after consultation with the Government we agreed that developing our soldiers' skills in the field was so expensive that alternatives had to be found. This is our solution."
He went on to explain:
"Currently, we spend £3 billion a year training our ground troops in the field. Field training is not only expensive, but dangerous. Many lives have been lost through friendly fire incidents, accidents with vehicles and the like. By using state of the art computers like Sony's PS2 to hone our battle skills in the classroom, we're not only saving money but we're saving lives as well. The taxpayer should be grateful.
"Ghost Recon, is, of course, the most advanced stealth program available to us at this present time. Using this, we're hoping to develop not just the killer instinct in our troops, but teach them to be silent at the same time, as well as increasing their marksmanship skills beyond the norm.
"Timesplitters 2 goes to the other extreme. Using this advanced program we're going to be able to develop lightening-quick reflexes, turn of speed, awareness in the field, multiple weaponry skills, not to mention navigation, field craft, mock ups, hand to hand and planning awareness for future missions."
When questioned on the 1 copy of Britney's Dance Beat that arrived with the other games, Major Criddle declined to comment. He did, however, have something to say about the results of the first troops to emerge from their 4-week intensive training course with the PS2.
"Well, like everything else, there's always going to be teething problems at the beginning. The first training mission in Borneo of SAS 1st Rgmt. would have been a complete success had it not been for the squad's irrational fear of the native monkeys, which they ran away from. And of course the residents of Aldershot have our sympathy for the time a group of our men went on the rampage there breaking every window in sight with bricks. The only other issue we have at present is troops running into trees expecting just to be able to glide right through them as they do in Ghost Recon, and of course morale is a little low since they discovered that on completing a mission they don't get rewarded with a nice little bit of FMV anymore."
A little investigative reporting on behalf of Reuters shows that these teething problems are a little more serious than the taxpayer may first think. The following documents have come into our possession:
A lawsuit from the Government of Borneo demanding £1 billion reparation for the devastation caused by the SAS 1st Regiment when they set fire to protected rain forests in an attempt to get rid of the monkeys.
A bill from 24 Glaze-U-Like, Aldershot, amounting to £525,000,000 for the expected 3 months of repair work needed in that area.
A report by the managers of the Hampshire and Surrey Health District showing estimates of medical care for broken noses, collarbones, cheekbones, sternums, fingers, arms wrists and bark removal from 'assorted body parts' are now running into 9 figure sums.
A bill from Sony Europe amounting to £7,000,027.99 still outstanding.
When questioned on these documents Major Criddle stomped off in a huff.
Mt bro's in the army and he says that they HAVE to play some form of games as it sharpens their reflexes. He used to do training with those laser things on the end of their SA80's until he had his accident. Now he just does regular practice on a range or with that computer sim thing with the bad guys jumping out and then you shoot them.
Just a thought. How many Landys will break down in the war? Many are from the Leylands time, so there should be a number of failures on the battlefield.
Update2.01 wrote:
> Looks like this topic is on fire
Well can't rely on the Firrfighters to put it out now can you.
Perhaps they should take a holiday to Australia and watch how real firefighters earn their money.
> Looks like this topic is on fire
Well can't rely on the Firrfighters to put it out now can you.
Perhaps they should take a holiday to Australia and watch how real firefighters earn their money.
Looks like this topic is on fire
The soldiers will have plenty of time to play PS2 on their paid holiday they get over the next 48hours while covering the Firefighters shifts.
They don't even get their the right boots bought for them, so I can't ever see them getting PS2's for *free* (tax payers money).
Hold on, thats what the London congestion charge is for.........
Hold on, thats what the London congestion charge is for.........
now that is a bit on the stingy side me finks!
Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticleNews&storyID=2120686
British Army - Game for Anything
Tue January 28, 2003 01:11 ET
Sandhurst/UK (Reuters)
In the latest of a long line of measures to improve performances on the battlefield, the British Army Ordnance Corps last month secured delivery of 35,000 PS2's from Sony, along with copies of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Timesplitters 2 and Britney's Dance Beat, all at the expense of the British taxpayer.
Defending this move, British Forces spokesperson Major F. Criddle explains:
"The British Army needs to be brought into the 21st century. We have outdated training methods, we're still in the Dark Ages compared to other forces throughout NATO, so after consultation with the Government we agreed that developing our soldiers' skills in the field was so expensive that alternatives had to be found. This is our solution."
He went on to explain:
"Currently, we spend £3 billion a year training our ground troops in the field. Field training is not only expensive, but dangerous. Many lives have been lost through friendly fire incidents, accidents with vehicles and the like. By using state of the art computers like Sony's PS2 to hone our battle skills in the classroom, we're not only saving money but we're saving lives as well. The taxpayer should be grateful.
"Ghost Recon, is, of course, the most advanced stealth program available to us at this present time. Using this, we're hoping to develop not just the killer instinct in our troops, but teach them to be silent at the same time, as well as increasing their marksmanship skills beyond the norm.
"Timesplitters 2 goes to the other extreme. Using this advanced program we're going to be able to develop lightening-quick reflexes, turn of speed, awareness in the field, multiple weaponry skills, not to mention navigation, field craft, mock ups, hand to hand and planning awareness for future missions."
When questioned on the 1 copy of Britney's Dance Beat that arrived with the other games, Major Criddle declined to comment. He did, however, have something to say about the results of the first troops to emerge from their 4-week intensive training course with the PS2.
"Well, like everything else, there's always going to be teething problems at the beginning. The first training mission in Borneo of SAS 1st Rgmt. would have been a complete success had it not been for the squad's irrational fear of the native monkeys, which they ran away from. And of course the residents of Aldershot have our sympathy for the time a group of our men went on the rampage there breaking every window in sight with bricks. The only other issue we have at present is troops running into trees expecting just to be able to glide right through them as they do in Ghost Recon, and of course morale is a little low since they discovered that on completing a mission they don't get rewarded with a nice little bit of FMV anymore."
A little investigative reporting on behalf of Reuters shows that these teething problems are a little more serious than the taxpayer may first think. The following documents have come into our possession:
A lawsuit from the Government of Borneo demanding £1 billion reparation for the devastation caused by the SAS 1st Regiment when they set fire to protected rain forests in an attempt to get rid of the monkeys.
A bill from 24 Glaze-U-Like, Aldershot, amounting to £525,000,000 for the expected 3 months of repair work needed in that area.
A report by the managers of the Hampshire and Surrey Health District showing estimates of medical care for broken noses, collarbones, cheekbones, sternums, fingers, arms wrists and bark removal from 'assorted body parts' are now running into 9 figure sums.
A bill from Sony Europe amounting to £7,000,027.99 still outstanding.
When questioned on these documents Major Criddle stomped off in a huff.
British Army - Game for Anything
Tue January 28, 2003 01:11 ET
Sandhurst/UK (Reuters)
In the latest of a long line of measures to improve performances on the battlefield, the British Army Ordnance Corps last month secured delivery of 35,000 PS2's from Sony, along with copies of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Timesplitters 2 and Britney's Dance Beat, all at the expense of the British taxpayer.
Defending this move, British Forces spokesperson Major F. Criddle explains:
"The British Army needs to be brought into the 21st century. We have outdated training methods, we're still in the Dark Ages compared to other forces throughout NATO, so after consultation with the Government we agreed that developing our soldiers' skills in the field was so expensive that alternatives had to be found. This is our solution."
He went on to explain:
"Currently, we spend £3 billion a year training our ground troops in the field. Field training is not only expensive, but dangerous. Many lives have been lost through friendly fire incidents, accidents with vehicles and the like. By using state of the art computers like Sony's PS2 to hone our battle skills in the classroom, we're not only saving money but we're saving lives as well. The taxpayer should be grateful.
"Ghost Recon, is, of course, the most advanced stealth program available to us at this present time. Using this, we're hoping to develop not just the killer instinct in our troops, but teach them to be silent at the same time, as well as increasing their marksmanship skills beyond the norm.
"Timesplitters 2 goes to the other extreme. Using this advanced program we're going to be able to develop lightening-quick reflexes, turn of speed, awareness in the field, multiple weaponry skills, not to mention navigation, field craft, mock ups, hand to hand and planning awareness for future missions."
When questioned on the 1 copy of Britney's Dance Beat that arrived with the other games, Major Criddle declined to comment. He did, however, have something to say about the results of the first troops to emerge from their 4-week intensive training course with the PS2.
"Well, like everything else, there's always going to be teething problems at the beginning. The first training mission in Borneo of SAS 1st Rgmt. would have been a complete success had it not been for the squad's irrational fear of the native monkeys, which they ran away from. And of course the residents of Aldershot have our sympathy for the time a group of our men went on the rampage there breaking every window in sight with bricks. The only other issue we have at present is troops running into trees expecting just to be able to glide right through them as they do in Ghost Recon, and of course morale is a little low since they discovered that on completing a mission they don't get rewarded with a nice little bit of FMV anymore."
A little investigative reporting on behalf of Reuters shows that these teething problems are a little more serious than the taxpayer may first think. The following documents have come into our possession:
A lawsuit from the Government of Borneo demanding £1 billion reparation for the devastation caused by the SAS 1st Regiment when they set fire to protected rain forests in an attempt to get rid of the monkeys.
A bill from 24 Glaze-U-Like, Aldershot, amounting to £525,000,000 for the expected 3 months of repair work needed in that area.
A report by the managers of the Hampshire and Surrey Health District showing estimates of medical care for broken noses, collarbones, cheekbones, sternums, fingers, arms wrists and bark removal from 'assorted body parts' are now running into 9 figure sums.
A bill from Sony Europe amounting to £7,000,027.99 still outstanding.
When questioned on these documents Major Criddle stomped off in a huff.