The America's Army game, which is rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Standards Rating Board (ESRB) and recommended for players 13 years old and above, consists of two interlaced game experiences that highlight the role of various types of units within the Army and the development of the Soldiers that comprise these units. As with Soldiers in the U.S. Army, game players are bound by the laws of land warfare, Army values and realistic rules of engagement as they navigate challenges in teamwork-based multiplayer force versus force operations. In the game, as in the Army, mission accomplishment standings are functions of team effort and adherence to a set to values and norms of conduct. Players who violate these norms incur penalties ranging from a loss of standing within the game to incarceration in a virtual jail cell at Fort Leavenworth. Through its emphasis on team play, adherence to norms of conduct and the linkage of player inputs to game outputs, the game implements U.S. Army's values that include loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage within the game by making them integral to success in America's Army.

In the game, players will explore progressive individual and collective training events within the game. Once they successfully completed these events they will advance to multiplayer operations in small units. These training missions begin by familiarizing players with game controls as they navigate elements of Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning. Mastery of these experiences provides a gateway to advanced training in occupations ranging from Medic to Combat Engineer, Scout and Special Forces. It also opens the door to multiplayer missions with units ranging from the elite 82d Airborne Division to the 7th Ranger Regiment.