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harmless and can help them overcome their fears and anxieties by experiencing
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those battle scenes once more.
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Note: Additional reading
E. Virtual Battlefields
A certain degree of risk will always be involved in real-life military training.
No matter what kind of training it is, fatal accidents can occur every once in a while.
With the help of VR, soldiers can be placed in a risk-free environment
which will let them perform combat drills without accidentally getting shot, or cause
any harm to fellow soldiers.
The idea is to prepare the soldiers for real combat situations, and teach
them ways of dealing with unexpected events such as a sniper attack, but without
putting the soldiers’ lives in danger. It is vitally important that they are taught how
15 https://jasoren.com/vr-military-training-the-next-step-of-combat-evolution/
16 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/can-virtual-reality-help-cure-ptsd-116076/
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