Faceless heads and displays and cryptic messages are depicted in a disturbing video released by the U.S. Army’s Psychological Operations ( PSYOP) division in an attempt to appoint more soldiers for intellectual warfare.
On the firm’s 4th PSYOP Group YouTube channel,” Ghosts in the Device 2″ was quietly released on Thursday morning, exactly two years after the release of the equally perplexing unique” Ghosts in the System” recruitment video.  ,
On a pitch-black display, the movie begins with the offer,” I am a small man, and this is a small town, but there must be a fire in little people that can burst into flames.”
As the on-screen word says that the biggest “weapon” in the arms of an oppressor is” the head of the downtrodden,” an audio recording of some of the later President John F. Kennedy’s notes from June 1963 in West Berlin plays in the background.
Dark, haunting imagery including masks, ghosts, and burning, faceless mannequins flashes across the scene as recognizable historic speeches and flashing text continue:
” Behind every idea … a belief… PSYWAR”
” Behind every choice … invisible hands”
” Behind every emotion … fire”
The video ends with intense music, war footage, and the question:” Do you believe in the power of words and ideas”?
The link to the Army’s Special Operations recruiting page is then followed by” WE BELIEVE” in large font.
According to the branch’s PSYOP career page, soldiers are trained to” strategically influence and deceive” in order to “help sway opinions and actions of foreign governments, groups, and individuals”.
The Army major who made the video,” It’s a recruiting video,” the Associated Press reported before the release. ” Someone who watches it and thinks, wow, that was effective, how was it constructed — that’s the kind of creative mindset we’re looking for”.
The major, who asked to not be named, is a member of the 8th Psychological Operations Group based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.
The same major also produced the first PSYOP recruitment video, which sparked online debate over its angst-inducing messages displayed over shocking war footage.  ,
Although it’s against the law for the US military to carry out psychological tests on American citizens, some people think they are already capable of doing so.
The Special Forces Recruiting Battalion’s commander, Lt. Col. Steve Crowe, hopes the discussion surrounding the videos will inspire those interested in this line of work.  ,
” From a tactical level, the psyop mission is extremely hard to show and tell”, he said. And it’s the job in the Army special forces that recruiters claim is the hardest to fill, according to the recruiters.
The Army has struggled with its recruitment goals, falling about 15, 000 soldiers short for the last two years, the outlet reported.
” Ghost in the Machine” tells you what psychological operations are, and shows you it, without telling you what it is, in my opinion,” Crowe said. ” You watch the video and you’re like, okay, this is how I’ll influence and change behavior”.
