![]() ![]() I’m in a convention center in Orlando, Fla., at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, the largest military simulation conference in the world. The gun in my hands is an exact replica of an M16-except for the tiny joystick on the back of the trigger to control my motion. Virtual reality goggles dangle from my helmet. My backpack holds a computer processing unit. Motion-tracking sensors are strapped to my arms and legs. But before I can raise the heavy rifle in my hands, I hear the scream of a bullet, and everything goes black.Īs someone helps me take off my helmet, I’m suddenly not in Afghanistan anymore. As bullets zip past my helmet, I look up into the bright blue sky to see a column of thick black smoke twisting up from a nearby rooftop. ![]() I peer around the corner to see a Taliban fighter aiming at us from the doorway of a run-down two-story building. Dustin Hill, as we storm an enemy compound in Afghanistan.ĭressed in camouflage and weighed down with a backpack, I crouch with another soldier, Staff Sgt. “Guy with a gun right there!” shouts Army Staff Sgt. ![]()
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