Virtual Reality Prepares Soldiers for Real War

The headline says it all. This is an interesting peice in the Post about how the Pentagon trains our soldiers usign games. Its not that crazy really. Until you think about things like this:

“It felt like I was in a big video game. It didn’t even faze me, shooting back. It was just natural instinct. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ” remembers Swales, a fast-talking, deep-voiced, barrel-chested 29-year-old from Chesterfield, Va. He was a combat engineer in Iraq for nearly a year.