Posted on 01/11/2022 11:39:41 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Army Special Forces candidates will train in a "realistic" guerrilla war to be fought in rural North Carolina and South Carolina counties later this month, according to the service.
Known as the Robin Sage training exercise, the two-week "unconventional warfare" drill is the final test of candidates' Special Forces Qualification Course training.
The drill will take place Jan. 22 to Feb. 4 on privately owned land across 25 counties in North Carolina and three counties in South Carolina, the U.S. Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School said in a news release.
The Army did not provide the exact times and locations of the exercises, which will include the candidates fighting against "realistic opposing forces and guerrilla freedom fighters" in a fictional, unstable country known as Pineland.
"Candidates are placed in an environment of political instability characterized by armed conflict, forcing Soldiers to analyze and solve problems to meet the challenges of this 'real-world' training," the school noted.
To make the training more realistic, service members from units across Fort Bragg will act as opposition forces and civilian volunteers will be role-players.
Residents in the area were informed they "may hear blank gunfire and see occasional flares," to make sure that they don't mistake the fighting for terrorism or criminal activity.
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Residents are already probably stocking up on cold beer and snacks to ‘vend’ to the sneckeaters....
Nice try at creating fear porn but they do this every year. In case anyone hasn’t noticed, the US Army has spent much of its time fighting insurgent/guerrilla wars. The Philippines, Nicaragua, Middle East, Indian Wars Vietnam, etc. They’d be fools not to train for this.
The Robin Sage exercises have been going on for decades. Nothing new here.
The only time Robin Sage has been newsworthy was 20 years ago when a deputy sheriff shot a couple of soldiers who were not in uniform and wouldn’t identify themselves as soldiers.
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Deputy-Who-Shot-Troops-Talks-to-Media-7859869.php
They do this every year.
May I suggest an area near Fort Sumtner...
They’ve been doing this for decades. Lots of locals participate willingly. We did it when I was active duty and it was very enjoyable!
Need to practice in Portland Oregon or Minneapolis where it may actually be needed. Oh, wait, those are sanctioned riots.
“civilian volunteers will be role-players”
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I think we know what they have in mind here. You can bet that none of the role players will be leftists radicals, ANTIFA types or foreign terrorists.
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