Today, the multi-billion dollar industry connects more than 2 billion gamers across a broad spectrum of different types of games such as strategy, first person shooter, and role playing games. U.S. Marine Corps pilots stationed in Cherry Point, North Carolina have taken a piece of the concept of online gaming and used it to enhance their training.
Marines and pilots at Twentynine Palms or El Centro, California, can conduct a large scale virtual exercise that mimics a service level training exercise without leaving the home station (Picture source: US Marine Corps)