SN Aaron Goh – Gaming for a cause

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Posted by: Christopher Lagan

Seaman Aaron Goh and his fellow Coast Guardsmen hoist a $1,000,000 check to benefit veterans after winning the All-Armed Forces Call of Duty: Black Ops tournament. (Photo courtesy of Call of Duty Endowment.)

Seaman Aaron Goh and his fellow Coast Guardsmen hoist a $1,000,000 check to benefit veterans after winning the All-Armed Forces Call of Duty: Black Ops tournament. (Photo courtesy of Call of Duty Endowment.)

When Seaman Aaron Goh woke up the morning of November 4th, he was just one of millions of gamers anticipating the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest installment in Activision’s multi-billion dollar Call of Duty video game franchise. By day’s end, he would be crowned the military’s best Black Ops player and hoist a giant donation check for $1,000,000 to benefit Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the Coast Guard’s name. Goh led a team of Coasties to victory in an all-Armed Forces tournament to raise awareness of the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.).

According to their website, C.O.D.E. assists “those organizations that provide our former service members with job placement, training and educational services in their post military careers.”

Click here to read “Meet the military’s best Black Ops player,” in which Activision blogger Dan Amrich interviews SN Goh on gaming, the Coast Guard, and defeating all comers in last month’s charity tournament.

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  • Sean

    The question is: Who really has “game” in this picture.

  • Casey

    I hope he’s fully qualified in all of his primary watch stations. If not he needs to put that controller down and get some sign-offs.

  • Tyree

    Great Job Bro! Nice to put the coast guard on the map in the gaming world. A great demographic age area for future Guardians! Now get back to getting those quals haha.

  • Julia

    Outstanding! Great Job and kudos to SN Goh and the CG team for representing the CG and the armed forces in such a positive manner. I’m sure none of the armed services expected a Coastie to take the number one spot. It is also wonderful to see C.O.D.E putting on this event and having the money sent to such a worthy cause. There are plenty of soldiers and sailors that will benefit.

  • Phil

    This is great news, I didn’t know they did that, but I don’t play games.

    Last I read on Wired and elsewhere a few days ago the heads of the military has banned all CD/DVDs and thumb drives, which I guess that would include movies and games as well.

    Sorry to hear that, bt I can understand why.

  • Oh You Know

    He is fully qualed and he managed to smash the competition… So now what?

  • Peril Sakens

    “I hope he’s fully qualified in all of his primary watch stations. If not he needs to put that controller down and get some sign-offs.”

    Thats way better then just being happy for someone.