The America's Army game blends two vivid simulations: Soldiers, a role-playing portion in which players navigate life's challenges to achieve goals, and a first-person action game called Operations.

In this version, the virtual soldier experience begins with basic training missions that include the rifle range, obstacle course, and McKenna Urban Training Site at Fort Benning, Georgia. After completing basic training, players progress to online multiplayer missions such as defense of the Alaskan Pipeline against terrorism as a member of the 172nd Infantry Brigade (Separate) from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to homeland defense as a member of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, New York.

The Army will make additional missions available for download, culminating with a CD release of the full game. The game was developed using the latest version of Epic Games' Unreal Engine and is optimized for NVIDIA GeForce2 graphics processors.