Comments on: The Army Experience Center – Franklin Mills Mall Philadelphia

By: PV-1 Stephan Williams

PV-1 Stephan Williams — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:57:37 +0000

I am a future soldier of the U.S.ARMY i have already started the trainig and the AEC has helped me alot! Anyone interested in joining the ARMY… you will find the best help & information here. Don’t forget, if anyone asks, tell them private williams sent you! ARMY STRONG!!!!!!!!!!

By: Nik

Nik — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:34:24 +0000

It would be one thing to have an army museum and resource center with science experiments you could perform that simulated what an “Army Water Purification Specialist” does.

It’s quite another to put kids in a Black Hawk and simulate “shooting the enemy”…and call it fun.

A video game doesn’t simulate war to the degree that this experience center does–and it certainly doesn’t have real soldiers on hand to tell you their stories and remind you that the Army is a real destination that you too can join.

Unfortunately, it also doesn’t do anything to analyze the real cost of war–or show its many sides.

Do they have, say, prosthetic arms and legs for people to “experience” being a wounded soldier?

Or dosages of psychedelics to simulate PTSD?

How about a tank not doing anything for 3 weeks except accumulating dirt–to simulate the extreme boredom many face while enlisted?

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:23:10 +0000

Chris, wish I could have gone. The Army Center has received a lot of flack for what some say is “encouraging violence in the youth.” Personally, I have played video games and watched movies more violent than the Army Center even come close to being – and I turned out normal … well somewhat.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:49:40 +0000

I went to the Army Experience Center ,and I had an amazing time. I think even people who just want to experience pieces of what The Army is like will have fun going it’s for everyone,but don’t take it for a joke try to conduct yourself if you do you’ll have fun…..

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