The never-ending one-upmanship among warfighter titles has reached a new level: Seven Navy SEALs have been disciplined for allegedly giving secret information to the makers of Medal of Honor: Warfighters.
EA, which publishes the game, has been touting its use of paid military consultants in the production of the new title. The Navy took note, and has come to the conclusion that some of the information shared was classified.
The punishment isn’t a slap on the wrist. According to a Pentagon official quoted by the
Chicago Tribune, the reprimand may end the careers of the SEALs involved. Obviously, the Navy isn’t clueing anyone in to which secrets were shared with the
videogame makers. The soldiers are all members of Navy
SEAL Team 6, which is famed for several high-profile missions, including the raid that killed terrorist Osama bin Laden. The reprimands are not court martials.
Joshua Gulick
Josh cut his teeth (and hands) on his first PC upgrade in 2000 and was instantly hooked on all things tech. He took a degree in English and tech writing with him to
Computer Power User Magazine and spent years reviewing high-end workstations and gaming systems, processors, motherboards, memory and video cards. His enthusiasm for PC hardware also made him a natural fit for covering the burgeoning modding community, and he wrote
CPU’s “Mad Reader Mod” cover stories from the series’ inception until becoming the publication editor for
Smart Computing Magazine. A few years ago, he returned to his first love, reviewing smoking-hot PCs and components, for
HotHardware. When he’s not agonizing over benchmark scores, Josh is either running (very slowly) or spending time with family.
