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04.22.10Air Force to Give Recruits a Virtual World AvatarsThe US Air Force is planning on giving all new recruits Second Life virtual world avatars from the moment they are accepted into the military service. According to an article in National Defense magazine, the avatars would ride side saddle with the airmen throughout their careers wherever they went, indicating that the military faction sees virtual worlds and avatars as a legitimate and lasting enterprise. “Everyone who comes into the Air Force will be given an avatar, and that avatar travels with them, grows with them, changes appearance with them,” Larry Clemons, of the Air Education and Training Command, told ...
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