Inside the Pentagon’s Long Debate: Do Gamers Make Good Soldiers?

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In May, the U.S. military created a new rivalry. In a seven-hour Twitch stream, soldiers from the Air Force and Army fought on an unlikely battlefield: “Halo Infinite,” a popular first-person shooter video game. Over a half million people logged on to watch the Air Force win the military’s first inter-service gaming championship.

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