Has the Army Gone to Far

Has the Army Gone to Far

        It has resonantly come to my attention that there was place called The Army Experience Center. In it
they had 19 X-box's, 60 computer (that one could play a pc game), a actual simulator (that took you through a possible army scenario) and much more. On top of all of that, all the games are free to play. Something sounds fishy, and everyone has heard the saying if it's too good to be true it probably is. Although the center has already been shut down, by protesters or by the military itself, there still might pop up more like this one around the United States.



It states, on the official homepage of the United States Army, the goal was "offer visitors the opportunity to virtually experience many aspects of Army life, while evaluating new marketing strategies." Later on the page it states that Hansen (part of Ignited Corporation who partnered with the Army on the project) "The center is an attraction tool. There is no recruiting mission here. Here it is more about changing perceptions." If there is no recruiting missions, then why are they evaluating new marketing strategies? What it seems like is they are trying to recruit people without explicitly saying that they are recruiting people. In a video that PBS published it is explained that you have to be 13 or older to enter and the employees (all apart of the Army) are not to try to recruit anyone under 17.
Although there are a lot of people against this Center, I will take the position of fore this time. Kid are already going to play most of these games, if they do actually have questions about how these games related to real life there is no one better then a branch of the military to explain to them the difference. With this in mind I can now say that according to professional ethics, it's not the person who uses the technology but the person who creates it. The Army is already going to try to recruit you, this just gives them a better way to do it. It's smart, and there will be plenty of people that use this centers services that will not join the army, it's not a contract. 
Lastly I just want to point out that although I myself am not in the military, they are a necessity for America. There is no debate there, we need a military in order to, at the very least, protect ourselves. Without the military finding new ways to recruit people it will end up dying out, or worse yet they will bring back a draft like system.