Robin Sage training exercise for Special Forces candidates will be held in NC from Aug. 1 to Aug. 14

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WNCN) — The next Robin Sage training exercise for students at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School based out of Fort Bragg will be held from Aug. 1 to Aug. 14, the school said Tuesday.

The two-week Robin Sage exercise is the final test of the Special Forces Qualification Course training for candidates at the school. It puts students in a simulated armed conflict in a politically unstable nation, represented by fictional country Pineland, according to the school.

Upon completion of Robin Sage, according to the school, the students will graduate and receive their first Special Forces assignments.

According to the school, the upcoming training exercise will be held in the following North Carolina counties:

• Alamance
• Anson
• Bladen
• Brunswick
• Cabarrus
• Chatham
• Columbus
• Cumberland
• Davidson
• Duplin
• Guilford
• Harnett
• Hoke
• Lee
• Montgomery
• Moore
• Randolph
• Richmond
• Robeson
• Rowan
• Sampson
• Scotland
• Stanly
• Union

Robin Sage will also take place in the South Carolina counties of Chesterfield, Dillon, Marlboro, and York, according to the school.

The school said it has coordinated the training exercise with the participating areas’ public safety officials. Law enforcement chiefs received written notification and were visited by a unit representative, while civilian and non-student military participants have been briefed on the procedures if they make contact with law enforcement.

According to the school, students will only wear civilian clothes when necessary. They will have an orange or brown armband on while in civilian clothing. The training areas and vehicles in the exercises will have clear labels.

The school said controls have been put in place to prevent any risks to people and property in the participating areas. Residents in these areas may hear blank gunfire and see flares.

Anyone with questions about Robin Sage may contact the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at pao_swcs@socom.mil

If anyone has concerns or an emergency happens, they are asked to contact their local law enforcement agency, who will notify the exercise’s control officials.

“We appreciate the support and consideration the citizens of North Carolina extend to the soldiers participating in the exercise and thank them for their understanding of any inconveniences the training may cause,” the school said in a statement.