Today the U.S. Army unveiled a new Weblog feature on its www.americasarmy.com Website devoted to information about the highly successful America?s Army game. Written by a real Soldier and member of the America?s Army game team, the "Stories of Afghanistan" Weblog chronicles this Soldier?s deployment to Afghanistan in early August 2002 to assist in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). With a mission in Afghanistan of analyzing some of the unique issues in this war on terrorism and the rebuilding of the new Afghan Army, this Soldier is also capturing ideas, facts, and footage that may be used in future iterations of the America?s Army game. Entries thus far document arriving at Bagram, life on the military base, and interaction with the ground forces and Afghans. This inside look at the Soldiers who are fighting for freedom can be viewed at www.americasarmy.com under the News section.

Along with the Weblogs, the Army has updated the americasarmy.com Website to feature easy access to game information, downloads, news, updates, and the America?s Army fan community. In addition the site contains basic information about the Army?s Rules Of Engagement and Code of Conduct for ?virtual soldiers? to use in their online game missions.

America?s Army is a PC game that provides civilians with an inside perspective and a virtual role in today?s premier land force: the U.S. Army. America's Army includes two games Operations, a 3D first-person-perspective action game that allows players to experience Army training and unit operations as virtual Soldiers in light infantry units, as well as Soldiers, the role-playing portion in which players navigate life?s challenges to achieve life goals. The America?s Army: Operations game will ship as a free CD and will start to appear in early October at local Army Recruiting stations, ROTC Detachments and Army events listed at www.americasarmy.com.