Military

Comcast Launches "Troop Greetings On Demand"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 13, 2006 - 7:31am.

Oaks, Penn. - Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV provider, on Wednesday announced the launch of Troop Greetings On Demand, a service that lets families and friends send video holiday greetings for free to troops stationed overseas.

tags: Video | VOD | Military | Comcast |

NovaLogic to Donate Portion of "Delta Force" Game Sales

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 6, 2006 - 3:42pm.

Los Angeles - Game publisher NovaLogic on Wednesday said it will provide a portion of the sales of its "Delta Force Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre" title for PlayStation 2 to The Special Operations Warrior Foundation. The nonprofit provides scholarship grants and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident.

U.S., Allies to Ban Sale of iPods, Luxury Items to North Korea

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 29, 2006 - 2:40pm.

Washington - The Bush Administration is proposing "luxury" sanctions against North Korea that would prevent the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, from obtaining items like iPods, plasma TVs, expensive cars, caviar and foreign liquors, the Associated Press reported.

Tandberg, AT&T to Beam Texas H.S. Football Game to U.S. Troops

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2006 - 1:14pm.

Oslo, Norway - Norway-based video system developer Tandberg announced on Friday that it teamed with the Freedom Calls Foundation and AT&T to deliver the broadcast of a Texas high school football game live to U.S. soldiers stationed at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq.

Kuma Reality Games, History Channel Partner on TV-Gaming Series

Authored by Robert Spears on October 20, 2006 - 1:07pm.

New York - Kuma Reality Games, a publisher of military-themed online games whose plots are taken from real-world headlines, announced that it has partnered with The History Channel to develop synergistic gaming and TV programming. The second season of The History Channel series "Shootout!," which debuts Nov. 3, will see new online games for each episode that allow viewers to learn of an historical gun battle -- such as Iwo Jima, Battle of the Bulge and the Tet Offensive -- and then play a 3D game re-creation of the battle.

U.S. Marine Corps Seeks Recruits on MySpace

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2006 - 6:14pm.

Kaneohe, Hawaii - The U.S. Marine Corps has acquired more than 12,000 "friends" by posting a recruitment profile on the MySpace social networking service, the Associated Press reported on Monday.

Third Soldier Gets Prison Sentence for Appearing on Gay Porn Site

Authored by dmw on May 19, 2006 - 7:53am.

Fort Bragg, N.C. - A third soldier pleaded guilty this week to appearing on a military-themed gay porn website, and was given three months in prison and will be discharged from the service, the Associated Press reported. One of seven soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg involved in the matter, Pfc. Wesley K. Mitten, 21, pleaded guilty this week to sodomy, cocaine use and conduct detrimental to the Army. Mitten said he made $6,000 in three months through the site, Dink Flamingo's ActiveDuty.com, and helped recruit other soldiers to join him. Two other soldiers have also pleaded guilty and received prison sentences, while four others will likely be discharged but not face time in prison.

tags: Law | Adult | Military | ActiveDuty.com |

Wired News: Video Game Helping Troops Learn Mideast Customs, Languages

Authored by dmw on April 11, 2006 - 12:37pm.

San Francisco - Wired News on Tuesday reported on a video game-styled application, developed by the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, that is being used to teach U.S. troops how to speak and interact with foreigners without offending them through ignorance of local customs or nonverbal cues. The Tactical Language Training Program has so far taught about 300 soldiers that, for example, showing the soles of one's feet is offensive in Iraq. Voice recognition technology also analyzes soldiers' attempts to speak Arabic and Pashto.

tags: Games | Military | Training |

Napster Offers Discounted Digital Music Service to U.S. Military

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 11, 2004 - 3:06am.

Los Angeles -- Napster announced an agreement on Wednesday with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) that will give all branches of the U.S. military access to its digital music subscription service. Napster will be offered via CentricMall.com, a password-protected website accessible that offers products from 40 vendors only to authorized military personnel. The service will provide discounts on both Napster's subscription service and on individual downloads to over 11.5 million active, reserve and retired military personnel and their families. It will also accept the military's "Military Star Card" credit card as a payment option. "When we learned of the demand for digital music within the military community, particularly from overseas, we immediately dedicated resources to meeting that need," said Napster CEO Chris Gorog.

tags: Military | Napster | U.S | Digital Music |