Green Beret training course begins in N.C.

[unhappycamper]

Green Beret training course begins in N.C.
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jan 10, 2009 13:15:46 EST

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Army Special Forces Command is starting a new qualifying test for 106 potential Green Berets who practice infiltrating a fictional nation.

The Robin Sage exercise begins Saturday and runs through Jan. 22 across 15 counties in largely rural central North Carolina. Soldiers will be operating in Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly and Union counties.

The student-soldiers will practice infiltrating the country of “Pineland” in the exercise designed to give realistic training in unconventional warfare.

The Army says some residents may hear blank gunfire and see occasional flares.

Robin Sage has been conducted for nearly 50 years.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_robinsage_011009/%2e

[Aviation Pro]

1. In further news.....

...the Pee Dee river still runs through the Uhware National Forest; there's an airfield next to Camp McCall; and the old farts who want to screw up the SF applicants by phoning in the former's position from their front porches are still the greatest threat during Phase III.

DOL, applicants, and don't be intimidated by what the G-Chief offers.