Not really a new thing, but this is the first time that this has been covered by a known website. The U.S. Army is organising "Counterinsurgency Fantasy" games for recruitment which feature real army veterans playing with airsoft players. The battles are reenactments of some well known events in history such as "Blackhawk Down".  This is done with tacit approval from military officers. But as it is, it has always been suggested that airsoft is really a great recruitment tool for the military as it provides many lessons in terms of gear, gun handling, and even military history lessons in an immersive environment.

Like retired Army Col. Danny McKnight, a battalion commander in Mogadishu, who told Nahmias that reenacting the 1993 battle of Mogadishu was his way of "making sure the battle and those men are not forgotten."

Army officials, McKnight also told Nahmias, allow the games to take place at their Mounted Urban Combat Training facilities at Fort Drum, N.Y., Fort Knox, Ky. and elsewhere, because it attracts young recruits.

"I think recruiting tool is the right word to use, and I'll put it in terms of this," McKnight says on the radio show.

"The support is there," he added, with the result that "there's probably been a dozen that I know of that have chosen to enlist in the military" after the games.

"There is ample evidence of military encouragement of the military training in the Airsoft games. The veterans talk to me about it openly and there are photographs of the reenactments taking place at Fort Drum and Fort Knox, Kentucky," Nahmias reported.

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