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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Navy’s esports team, Goats & Glory, made waves at FAN EXPO Portland. Several members of the team competed with attendees of the convention across several video games.
Goats & Glory teamed up with Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Portland to provide an opportunity for expo fans to play against the Navy esports team.
“I found it very helpful to have the esports team at the event,” said Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Daniel Pundt, local Navy esports representative assigned to NTAG Portland. “This is the most engagement I've ever seen at a Navy booth setup.”
The goal of combining esports and recruiting efforts is to help bridge the gap with younger generations. Video games help Sailors and recruiters connect to younger members of the community, which allows recruiters an opportunity to further explain the benefits and possibilities of joining the Navy.
“Events like fan expo bring people from diverse backgrounds together to share their passion and creativity,” said Pundt. “It doesn’t matter where you come from or who you are, if you're respectful to others you have a place here. I feel that the Navy does something similar. I've had the opportunity to share my passion for service with people from all around the world.”
The games available for competition were “Mario Kart 64”, “Mortal Kombat”, “Tekken 7”, “Dragon Ball Z” and “Super Smash Bros: Ultimate”.
“It was an amazing opportunity to be able to play these games with so many different individuals,” said Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Emily Courtois, team member of Goats & Glory. “I was able to play with young kids while their parents taught them the controls of the game and people dressed in all different cosplays.”
While video games are typically played online, this was an amazing opportunity to play face to face with members of the Portland community.
“It is important that the team comes to conventions like FAN EXPO Portland because it creates a unique opportunity for the Goats & Glory team to interact with people who have some of the same common interest such as video games,” said Chief Operations Specialist Jonathan Figliola, Senior Enlisted Leader for Goats & Glory. “It also provides a space where we can communicate with civilians who may have some misconceptions about the military and dispel them. In fact, we often discover that we share very similar life styles despite having different occupations.”
To stay up to day with future Goats and Glory events visit https://www.cnrc.navy.mil/Esports/.
Follow Goats and Glory on America’s Navy Twitch channel at
https://twitch.tv/americasnavy.
CNRC consists of a command headquarters, two Navy Recruiting Regions, NRRC, and 26 NTAGs that serve more than 1,000 recruiting stations around the world. Their mission is to attract the highest quality candidates to assure the ongoing success of America’s Navy.
For more news from Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, go to http://www.cnrc.navy.mil. Follow Navy Recruiting on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MyNAVYHR), Twitter (@USNRecruiter) and Instagram (@USNRecruiter).
| Date Taken: | 03.01.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.01.2023 14:23 |
| Story ID: | 439493 |
| Location: | PORTLAND, OREGON, US |
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