Look sharp, game industry--you're in the Army now.

The U.S. Army announced Wednesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show that it is developing PC games to serve as recruiting tools. Two games will be distributed as a free package, titled America's Army, starting this August at recruiting events, through game magazines and by request at the game Web site www.americasarmy.com. Soldiers is role-playing and strategy game in which the player assumes the identity of a new recruit, who develops and changes through the course of a military career. Operations is a squad-based shooting game featuring Army Rangers engaged in missions based on real-life operations and training exercises. Both games were created by teams at the Naval Post-Graduate School in Monterey, Calif. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-921144.html