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Back To America's Army Soldier's Creed The U.S. Army Soldier's Creed reflects a set of Army Values by which all Soldiers live: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. These principles define who Soldiers are and who they aspire to become, as individuals and as part of a team. The Creed is taught in basic training and recited at ceremonies throughout a Soldier's career. The America's Army team will explore the Soldier's Creed over the next year. With each line of the Creed, a different part of America's Army will be highlighted. Through the campaign you will discover and learn more about the America's Army game, the America's Army Comics, and the U.S. Army. I Am An American Soldier Get Exclusive Content View Video View Video Preview Screenshot Developer Interview I Am A Warrior And A Member Of A Team Get Exclusive Content Get the Wallpaper View Video Preview Screenshot Beta Footage I Serve The People Of The United States, And Live The Army Values Get Exclusive Content Developer Interview View Video Preview Issue 6 View Video I Will Always Place The Mission First Get Exclusive Content RFI-1 Screenshot View Video View Video Service Tags I Will Never Accept Defeat . I Will Never Quit . I Will Never Leave A Fallen Comrade Get Exclusive Content Staff Sgt. Giunta View Comic Panel View Screenshot I Am Disciplined, Physically And Mentally Tough, Trained And Proficient In My Warrior Tasks And Drills Get Exclusive Content View AA Comics Army Training Army Jobs AA:PG Mission Editor I Always Maintain My Arms, My Equipment And Myself Get Exclusive Content AA: PG Weapons U.S. Army Weapons Preview Issue 9 Preview Map I Am An Expert And I Am A Professional Get Exclusive Content Become an Expert Professional Soldiers MOS : Sniper I Stand Ready To Deploy, Engage, And Destroy, The Enemies Of The United States Of America In Close Combat Get Exclusive Content Stand Ready Destroy Enemies Deploy I Am A Guardian Of Freedom And The American Way of Life Get Exclusive Content Coming Soon I Am An American Soldier. Click below to learn more about Army Values and careers in the U.S. Army. Soldier's Creed The U.S. Soldier's Creed reflects a set of values by which all Soldiers live. The Soldier's Creed reflects the Army Values of Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. These principles define who Soldiers are and who they aspire to become, as individuals and as part of a team. The Creed is taught in basic training and recited at ceremonies throughout a Soldier's career. The America's Army team will explore the Soldier's Creed over the next year. With each line of the Creed, a different part of America's Army will be highlighted. Through the campaign you will discover and learn more about the America's Army game, the America's Army Comics, and the U.S. Army. The United States Army Soldier's Creed I am an American Soldier. I am a warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States, and live the Army Values. I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade. I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself. I am an expert and I am a professional. I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy, the enemies of the United States of America in close combat. I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life. I am an American Soldier. I Am An American Soldier. Click to learn more about Army Values and careers in the U.S. Army. We Are the Army × The Strength of America × Three Kings Screenshot from the Upcoming America's Army release Check out this Intel on a force-on-force training complex code named "Three Kings". This is one of many ranges being built to support upcoming U.S. training and readiness operations in the Czervenian region for the next version of the America’s Army game. × Interview with Ben Day We here at the America’s Army team feel pretty honored and lucky to have some developers that have served or are serving in the U.S. Army. For example, Ben Day, one of our character artists, is currently an E4 specialist in the Army Reserve as a Combat Engineer. We asked Ben about his background - why he joined the Army, how he ended up on the project and how his U.S. Army service influences the AA game. Here is what he told us: I joined for the Captain America reason - I wanted to serve my country and do my part. I saw a bunch of people in uniform at Iowa State and thought, "Wow, those guys have more guts than me.” I was in school for an art degree in Digital Art, focusing in modeling and texturing for video games. Early during my sophomore year, I heard about the Army's Delayed Entry Program (enlist whenever, go to Basic during the summer) and the Split Option Program (go to Basic training one summer, Advanced Individual Training over the next), and I signed up later that week after talking with a local recruiter. I enlisted in the Reserves as an Ammunition Specialist in a local unit so I could stay in college at Iowa State. After my junior year back at Iowa State then a summer in AIT for Ammo Specialist, I transferred to Full Sail University in Orlando, FL to get a Bachelor’s of Science in Video Game Art. Unfortunately there were no units nearby with my MOS, so I re-classed to Combat Engineer and drilled with a unit twenty minutes away. I was with them for just about two years before graduating Full Sail and starting work at America's Army. I had heard about the America's Army project from hanging out with recruiters while enlisting, but never really played the game. When an Iowa State / Full Sail classmate got a job here, he started telling me about the work they do. I got excited about the project and the team, and asked if he could show some of the artists my portfolio. He kept pushing my name, and I got a phone call and an interview shortly after graduating in September 2010. I now drill with a unit in Memphis, Tennessee where I'll be until I complete my six years obligation in May '13. I think having real Soldiers as part of the team is vital to keeping it as authentic as possible. No book or magazine article can tell a developer what it's like to be in the Army. There are one or two week events we use sometimes to get non-military developers a small taste of "Army," but there is no substitute for being physically and mentally (and lawfully!) hidden away on a military base with no escape or contact with the world (except for letters) for over 10 weeks with drill sergeants bending you into military shape. There is so much that my Army background has brought to my job here at the Army Game Studio. There are all the mentality changes you get from military training including respect for authority and chain of command, punctuality, hard work ethic, etc. But on the day to day level, all the experiences I've had in the Army help the most. Getting to fire an entire 100-round belt from M2 Browning .50cal machine gun at a junk car 100 yards away, riding in a Blackhawk helicopter mere feet above the tree level at night with Generation 4 night vision goggles, hitting a T-72 tank with an AT-4 anti-tank rocket... no training or video game can give you the same sense of awe as you can get in the Army, and I try to help convey that to my fellow developers. It feels like I've gone full circle in the Army now that I’m a part of the America's Army team. I remember when I was first enlisting, I would go to the recruiter's office and see all the AA posters, games, and simulators. I remember helping him with recruiting events, seeing the ads for AA on semi-tractor trailers, and company trucks. And now I work on those same projects. Even more fitting, I'm here remembering all this at the end of my Army career. × × AA Comic Wallpaper × Devs and SMEs talk Teamwork × Teamwork Screenshot × Beta Footage - Effective use of Te...