{
  "id": 2230658,
  "title": "US Army unit offers soldiers 4 days off to play Grand Theft Auto VI if they re-enlist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/us-army-unit-offers-soldiers-4-days-off-to-play-grand-theft-auto-vi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:16:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3364738/us-army-unit-offers-soldiers-4-days-play-grand-theft-auto-vi-if-they-re-enlist"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A US Army unit is offering its troops a special bonus if they re-enlist soon: four extra days off timed around the November release of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI. Commanders of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, believe free time to indulge in the latest entry in the Grand Theft Auto series – in which players commit carjackings, battle police in shoot-outs…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Army unit offers ‘special 4 day pass’ to play Grand Theft Auto VI for reenlisted troops as part of ‘unique incentives program’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/army-unit-offers-special-4-day-pass-to-play-grand-theft-auto-vi-for",
        "published": "2026-08-20T19:48:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "U.S. army unit offers re-enlistment bonus: 4 days off to play Grand Theft Auto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/u-s-army-unit-offers-re-enlistment-bonus-4-days-off-to-play-grand",
        "published": "2026-08-20T21:16:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}