Robin Sage which constitutes the last phase of the Special Forces Q School for prospective Soldiers, will begin today and run through Sept. 19 across central North Carolina.The exercise is conducted in or near Alamance, Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly and Union counties.
During the exercise, 8,500 square miles of central North Carolina becomes the Republic of Pineland. Over 1,000 people consisting of instructors, students, volunteers, civilian authorities and the citizens from the area participate. Local citizens portray natives and auxiliary forces while additional servicemembers role-play opposing and guerrilla forces to depict a realistic unconventional warfare environment.
Robin Sage had its beginnings in 1952, when Col. Aaron Bank noticed the need for “real world” training. Originally, Robin Sage was known as the Cherokee Trail and Gobbler's Woods because the first exercise was played out in the Chattahoochee National Forest of Georgia. As the exercise expanded it moved to National Forests in North Carolina, Pigsah and Uwharrie.
The name changed to Robin Sage when moved closer to Robbins, N.C., and to pay tribute to a former Army Col. Jerry Sage, a WWII veteran and OSS officer who taught unconventional war tactics.
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