In November 2018, the US Army announced its official esports team, called U.S. Army Esports. The team consists of active duty and reserve personnel, who are also professional gamers and streamers.<\/p>\n
US Army Esports has active divisions in seven popular esports titles: Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite, League of Legends, Overwatch, Magic the Gathering, and as of recently, Rocket League as well.<\/a><\/p>\n From the very beginning, the initiative has been criticized and accused of using gaming to persuade American youth to enlist as soldiers, which is not far from true, given that the goal of U.S. Army Esports is to get connected with the youth and modern trends.<\/p>\n This year the U.S. Army is doubling down on their esports division, with regular streams on the USArmyEsports Twitch channel<\/a> and overall bigger activity on social networks like Twitter and Discord.<\/p>\n Around 10 days ago, they had quite an embarrassing moment on Twitter, which sparked massive trolling and mockery. The official US Army Esports account responded to Discord Twitter account with hearts and “UwU”, a symbol usually used by anime fans and which represents something that’s unbelievably cute.<\/p>\n