A secret army will invade Moore County later this month.

These soldiers will be working with “collaborating citizens to overthrow the government in power,” the Army said. But it is an act, a game — but the reason is as real as life and death.

“This fall, Special Forces candidates are once again on their way to help guerilla forces liberate Pineland, the fictional country overlapping 15 different North Carolina counties,” the Army’s Special Operations Command (USASOC) said Monday in a press release. “The Special Forces candidates are students in the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg.”

Starting Saturday, Sept. 11, more than 100 of these students will begin their final training exercise. It’s called “Robin Sage.” In years past it was known as “Gobbler’s Woods” and other names.

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