FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — During the past nearly 10 days as North Carolina has dealt with arctic brittle cold , snow in the mountains , torrential rain and above-normal warmth, so too have dozens of U.S. Special Forces candidates from Fort Liberty while they continue their warfare test across the state — including areas around Raleigh and Fayetteville.
Now, 2024 marks 50 years since the Green Beret wargame was first called Robin Sage in 1974 — although a test without such a name dates back to the 1950s.
Robin Sage, the nearly two-week special field “final exam” for would-be Green Berets continues through February 1 as the candidates work with guerrilla fighters in the “unconventional warfare exercise.”
Although Special Forces candidates bond throughout a year or more of qualification training, Robin Sage is the first time candidates from across the Special Forces specialties – medical, engineer, weapons, communications and officers – come together to form one Operational Detachment.