Editing America's Army (section)

=== ''America's Army'' ===
''America's Army'' promotes adherence to the U.S. Army's [[LDRSHIP|seven core values]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Military.com |title=Magazine Focuses on Army Gaming |url=http://www.military.com/entertainment/games/game-news/magazine-focuses-on-army-gaming |access-date=2008-10-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081119024330/http://www.military.com/entertainment/games/game-news/magazine-focuses-on-army-gaming| archive-date= 19 November 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> To this extent, the game's main ranking system, "Honor", is named after one.

''America's Army'' includes optional medical training designed to provide real-world information. In order to assume the role of combat lifesaver in the game, players must pass a virtual medical training course based on actual training that soldiers receive with regard to evaluating and prioritizing casualties, controlling bleeding, recognizing and treating shock, and administering aid when victims are not breathing. Two ''America's Army'' players have reported using the training they received in-game to save lives in emergency situations;<ref name="wired08">{{cite news |publisher=Wired Online |title=Man Imitates America's Army, Saves Lives |date=January 2008 |url=http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/01/americas-army-t.html |access-date=2008-10-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080916200318/http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/01/americas-army-t.html| archive-date= 16 September 2008 | url-status= live | first=Earnest | last=Cavalli}}</ref> one such account, by Paxton Galvanek, received national media attention.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=PSXExtreme |title=America's Army Game Saves Lives |url=http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/2460.html |access-date=2008-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103035653/http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/2460.html |archive-date=2008-11-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The game also allows players to train to drive the [[HMMWV]] and qualify to use the [[CROWS]] system allowing in-game use of the [[Mk 19 grenade launcher]] and [[Browning M2]]. Training is also available for the [[FGM-148 Javelin|Javelin]] missile as well as specialist training such as parachute training, which allows access to the [[82nd Airborne Division (United States)|Airborne]] missions, and Special Forces training which allows access to the Special Forces missions.

The round ends when one team completes the objective or eliminates the entire opposing team. In certain circumstances, such as when both teams are eliminated or both sides have not completed their objectives when time runs out, there will be a tie.

''America's Army'' achieves a high realism level in terms of visual and acoustic representation of combat, [[firearm]] usage, and mechanics, but its critics have alleged that it fails to convey [[war]]time conditions as accurately as it claims.<ref name="Webb"/> "If you are going to join the Army, you know the risk", says player Bart Koscinski. "In this game, you might die eight times in 15 minutes. In real life, people know what they are getting themselves into."<ref>{{cite news |work=CBS News |title=Army Recruits Video Gamers: Latest Recruiting Tool Winning Over Hearts, Minds Of Teens |author =Acosta, Jim |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-recruits-video-gamers/ |date=2004-03-30 |access-date=2008-10-28 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081016085101/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/30/eveningnews/main609489.shtml| archive-date= 16 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>