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Contents 1 AA for 360 2 "owned by the US government" 3 Medic, sniper 4 Other branches 5 Fair use rationale for Image:AA InterviewE3.jpg 6 Fair use rationale for Image:AA InterviewE3.jpg

[edit] AA for 360

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/795/795776p1.html America's Army: True Soldiers developed by Red Storm. Gas.mask.man 03:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "owned by the US government"

Is this statement accurate? I thought everything produced by the US Gov. was in the PD? --L^augh! 07:09, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps 'overseen' is a better replacement? If said quote is incorrect, of course. Scarian^Talk 14:31, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

The statement is accurate. The U.S. government provides all budget pertaining to the game. Even more, it is created by a branch of the DOD, the U.S. Army, and by extension a branch of the Federal Government. 72.49.194.69 14:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC) Joshua

So does that mean it's PD or not? 96.230.4.110 (talk) 06:59, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Medic, sniper

1. "medics are not depicted in game" 2. "SDM (squad-designated marksman, not to be confused with a sniper which is currently not present in AA)"

What`s with that? Sniper as well as medics are in the game! Virenque 14:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

• I apologize for showing as anon, I'm having login issues. Anyway, while I haven't played the game in a while, I do know there is a difference between SDM and Sniper, as well as a difference between Combat Lifesaver and Medic. 68.56.80.154 21:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

• • Well. The word 'Medic' is a general term used by civilians to describe combat first aid'ers. In real life, the true medics carries much more equipments with them (stretchers, etc) with the capability of doing much much more things with a wounded soldier. In America's Army, the depicted 'Medic', do not have those equipment, and they only do what is supposed to do to prevent further implications from the wound. Also, the true snipers works totally different from those in game. How they works? Watch Discovery, or NatGeo. In AA, those guys are PART OF the fireteam, and presence is to pin down hard targets with accurate fire, which is different from the primary objective of setting up sniper teams (to work behind enemy lines silently). Additionally, they do not have the ghillie suit which real sniper have.ADouBTor 12:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other branches

According to howstuffworks, ""America's Army" has birthed a franchise. The U.S. Marines, Air Force and Navy are all rolling out their own training simulation video games as a result of the game's success. And other militaries, including those of Palestine and Hezbollah, have also developed their own versions of the game.". Can anyone verify because this would be relevant to the article. --Philip Laurence 04:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

The navy game is abysmal. I haven't found the airforce game yet, if there is one. -OOPSIE- (talk) 21:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:AA InterviewE3.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:56, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:AA InterviewE3.jpg

Image:AA InterviewE3.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)