The U.S. Military Is Also Playing Pokémon Go And The World Is Crazy

What is happening.

Stephanie McNeal BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on July 11, 2016, at 5:09 p.m. ET

If you haven't heard, Pokémon Go is taking over the world and people are losing their minds.

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And now things are getting even more nuts, because apparently even the U.S. military has caught the fever.

Twitter: @USMC

Yes, you see that right. The Marines are tweeting about Pokémon Go from their official Twitter account.

The image brought up so many questions. Like, what is happening? And is Pikachu an enemy of the U.S.?

Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

People were a tad confused by the tweet.

Twitter

Though some people got a good laugh out of it.

Who/what will succumb to the addiction next?

Sam Mircovich / Reuters

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If you haven't heard, Pokémon Go is taking over the world and people are losing their minds.

And now things are getting even more nuts, because apparently even the U.S. military has caught the fever.

The image brought up so many questions. Like, what is happening? And is Pikachu an enemy of the U.S.?

People were a tad confused by the tweet.

Though some people got a good laugh out of it.

Who/what will succumb to the addiction next?

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