The Next Cimmerian Historic Combat Re-Enactment Will Be: OP: DECK SCOUT OP DATE: Sat 19Jul2008 OP SCENARIO: On 6 May, the 124th Infantry Regiment continued to move up Sayre Highway without the Talomo trail reconnaissance operation in full swing, and in doing so, it moved into its toughest fight of the Mindanao campaign. A Japanese battalion, ordered by Morozumi to delay the 124th at Maramag some thirty miles (50 km) south to ensure the regrouping of his 30th Division, did with such ferocity, that it took six days for the 124th to reach Maramag. The battle area from Talomo to Maramag was later renamed Colgan Woods by the troops in remembrance of Capt. Thomas A. Colgan, an Army chaplain who was killed during one of his repeated efforts to aid wounded soldiers in the line of fire. The battle was one of the many brutal struggles in the Pacific theater that never made any headlines. Firing from dugout positions, from camouflaged spider holes with connecting tunnels, and from virtually invisible pillboxes, the defending Japanese chose to die in place rather than retreat. Banzai charges struck the 124th, fighting without supporting artillery, first on 7 May and then on the night of 14 May. The latter ended in a rout as American automatic weapons stopped the attackers, killing 73 Japanese, marking the end of the battle. In the fighting for Colgan Woods and Maramag, the 124th Infantry lost 69 men and 177 wounded. FULL INFORMATION AND SIGN UP...

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Cimmerian re-enactments stress military and historical realism as well as combat skills, all participants are required to understand the Cimmerian Rules of Engagement, Equipment Regulations and Uniform Standards. Operations are never cancelled due to bad weather, because real soldiers fight in all kinds of weather conditions and so do we. This adds to the MILSIM mission of Cimmerian operations to learn about and experience the role of an elite warrior.

Cimmerian operations are always conducted on the weekend of the third Saturday of each month. OPs are easy to access in  Northern California and Nevada. At least two times a year, a base camp is set up deep in the wilderness and operations are conducted throughout the weekend.