Soldier discovers cheat code to SHARP training video game
FORT STEWART, Ga. — Less than a week after the release of the Army’s ELITE-SHARP Command Team Trainer, 1st Lt. Reese Morton with the 188th Infantry Brigade has cracked the cheat code for the video game on handling sexual assaults.
“I was forty-five minutes in and kept failing a scenario about rubbing a victim’s shoulders to calm her down, so just for fun I tried the Konami Code on my controller — up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A,” Morton said.
“Suddenly my avatar shouted 'Hadouken' and shot a fireball from his wrist, scoring a direct hit on the game’s Brigade SHARP Coordinator. I heard the printer going and looked up to see my certificate coming out,” he concluded.
Morton then passed the cheat code on to his co-worker, 2nd Lt. Morris Tanner, to see if it would still work. Only three minutes into the training Tanner was able to “Hadouken” a weeping subordinate who wanted him to contact her victims rights advocate. Once his certificate printed the pair sent the informatio…
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