Automatic weapon on Navy ship with caption "no VR headset needed"

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US NAVY military propaganda VR

Background Information
This is a picture posted by the US Navy to their verified Twitter account. It features a pictures the hands of a US Navy sailor on an automatic weapon, like a machine gun. The gun is pointed out at the ocean. The caption details how this photo is the view of a Gunner's Mate and explains that no virtual reality headset is needed to be able to use these kinds of weapons.
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Respond to Audience Needs
This is propaganda because
The photo and the caption is trying to appeal to people that like playing virtual reality video games that use elite weapons. This picture shows a weapon like such in real life, and the caption states that if one becomes a Gunner's Mate for the US Navy, then they would be able to use these weapons in real life. The statement "no VR headset needed, become a sailor and defend in real life" responds to an audience that loves to play violent video games using automatic weapons. This is military propaganda because it takes something that people do for fun and enjoyment, and are taking that desire to defend in the game, and translating it to something in real life. The audience wants to use weapons like this, and the US Navy wants sailors to enlist, so they tell people that they can experience what they experience in VR, in real life, if they just join the Navy.
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