Military Fanboys Are Obsessively Reenacting America’s Next Civil War
I trekked to Oklahoma to join the insurgency
Dec 3, 2018 · 22 min read
Love Is a Battlefield
Hardcore military role players meet regularly to act out the Second Civil War. I strapped on an AR-15 and headed downrange.
We were a small combat element, just our squad leader, Rick, alongside Yuk, Slab, and Helios — some of the most battle-hardened warriors in the entire Civil Defense Forces. And me, of course. I took up the rear, green as could be, still not quite…
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