The Department of the Air Force Gaming League (DAFGL) announced details on the Fall 2025 season.
Running from October through January, the competition is open to service members, military families, and veterans , and promises more than 55 events featuring such popular games as Call of Duty, Marvel Rivals, Magic: The Gathering, Rocket League, League of Legends, Minecraft, Teamfight Tactics (TFT), and Rainbow Six: Siege.
This season of the Air Force Gaming League (DAFGL) is being facilitated by support from U.S. veteran-focused insurance company USAA.
“DAFGL is more than a gaming league – it’s a way for Airmen, Guardians, veterans, and families to come together, build resilience, and strengthen bonds,” said TSgt Jessica Crawford, DAF Esports Manager. “We’re grateful for USAA’s continued support, which allows us to create even more inclusive and engaging experiences.”
Registration and further details about the competition can be found at airforcegaming.com/dafgl.
In case you are not familiar with it, the Department of the Air Force Gaming League (DAFGL) is the official esports program of the United States Air Force and Space Force, that uses the power of gaming to connect service members and their families. DAFGL claims to foster “resilience, community, and camaraderie while showcasing the skills and competitive spirit of the military gaming community.”
Unfortunately, while the Space Force and the Air Force are celebrating gaming and its communities through these efforts, other parts of the U.S. government have cast gaming in a negative light. U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) formally invited the chief executive officers of major gaming platforms including Discord, Twitch, Reddit, and Valve to testify before the full committee on Oct. 8, to discuss the rise of political extremism on their platforms. Elsewhere current Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that psychiatric drugs, social media, and video games may be to blame for the rise in mass shootings in the United States.
Of course, this phenomenon of blaming gaming for society’s ills is not mutually exclusive to Republicans and not particularly new; Democrats in Congress have taken aim at gaming companies and communities in the recent past concerning mass shooting in America, and former Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) was a vocal critic of gaming as a bad influence on children throughout the 1990s, along with former New York Senator Hillary Clinton (both of whom co-sponsored numerous anti-gaming laws).