From the CP

Welcome to our website!  We hope you enjoy it.     Our renenacments are historical, theatrical, educational activities that provide a safe, intensely compelling and enjoyable outlet for people who have an interest in small unit infantry engagements, and military history in general.  As I look back at all the OPs we have put on over the years it is very gratifying to see this bunch of guys produce so many outstanding operations.  I slaute everyone of our members that make these OPs possible.

This is our 16th year of continuous operations!  Ooftah! We present OPs that showcase the roll of elite forces of many nations throughout modern military history.  Our activities center around the research, planning,  and execution of OP that occured from WW2 to the present.  In our ops participants can feel the sensations of combatants in the engagements we present.

Cimmerian MilSim renactments allows participants to immerse themselves in  "soldiering"- but without the "down side". 
Our interest in soldiering stems from a three things ...
1 the greatest respect for those who do it for real and a passion for educating others about what our countries protectors experience
2 the surprising fact that many aspects of soldiering are enjoyable
3 soldiering requires practicing the traits of the noble warrior; those of honor, selflessness, tactical prowess,  and respect for one's adversary.   We try to follow these things with unimpeachable integrity and awareness.  These traits are required to participate in MilSim OPs, which makes our activity unique, and often very insightful.

AEGs are only one of the many props we use to execute our reenactments, or "operations" or "ops", as we prefer to call them.  Our OPs do not resemble competetive games.  They look more like realistic military training exercises- to the extent that (mostly) amateurs and civilians can pull such things off!  

 While an interest in military history serves as the foundation of CAA's MilSim OPs, our pursuit is driven by far more than "what happened" in an actual combat engagement.  For us, it is all about fostering the camaraderie of brothers-in-arms,  enjoying the single common interest in the objective that bonds soldiers to each other and pushes them to rise above thier own individual limitations.  Re-creating this experience is our mission. The OPs themselves, which are very, very exciting theatrical exercises, are only one aspect of the CAA operations.

The club is engaged in charity fund raising for special operations warriors [SOWF] and other military charities we identify with.  Please support our ongoing mission of helping those heros who sacrifice so much for us. Click a google ad or make an extra donation at an OP it supports our mission of education and other charitable purposes.

We are also engaged in the research, planning and development of our monthly OPs.  Every volunteer opcom is responsible to do their best to create an accurate representation of the slice of military history presented each month. He is supported by the S3 shop and the whole organization.

This year will have tremendous ops each month, and we look forward to welcoming our friends - old and new - to participate with us.   The CAA's  informal motto- POGOEM!- says it all:  Putting On Great Ops Each Month.

Ooftah!

Jason Cobleigh ,Captain,CAA

July 2008