Some truth to this
My son, a former 0311 (Grunt, one each) ‘plays’ on an airsoft team - 2 0311s, several 11Bs and a couple of NG guys whith UNK MOS.
They seem to ‘win’ a lot.
BTW, all are Iraq combat vets with multiple tours. Son tells me he enjoys the exercise and friendship with the team.
I understand this is not uncomon in other areas of the US.
A good half of our team has combat experience. We’ve competed with Phx SWAT and USAF groups out of Luke and Davis-Monthan. Airsoft has a large veteran gathering nationwide and is tactical in nature... which is why I’m really not that surprised to see it treated like militia.