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Old 09-09-2015, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Olefin View Post
and your idea of marauders in the US is way off - I agree totally with you in the combat zones in Europe or Alaska or Iran or Korea or China - but here in most of the US they are made up of desperate refugees, criminals, biker gangs, survivalists and anyone else who had a gun and needed food - read the US modules and you dont see large numbers of deserters and veterans - that happened more in places like Europe and Iran

sure some of them have old half remembered military training but not the vast majority of them - one read of the NYC module shows you what you are looking at - and most of them wouldnt have the first idea on how to take on a tank
The FBI tracks various criminal groups in the US. Most "motorcycle clubs" are comprised almost entirely of veterans (many with combat experience).
The Sovereign Citizen movement is comprised of at least 50% veterans and the movement has a "basic training" program for new members. The KKK also has a "basic training" program run by former vets. The various "Militias" throughout the north east and the south are usually headed by vets. There was even a report by the Feds about various gangs in CA and TX joining the Army and then going AWOL after basic. These "bangers" would then come home to their fellow gangsters bragging about "infiltrating" the Army and getting "trained to kill." This doesn't even cover private citizens who attend classes at places like Thunder Ranch, Gunsite, Tactical Response, Valor Ridge, or DTI; Many of these "paramilitary" by nature.