Justin Mahoney surveys a portion of a 40-acre wooded field in Springfield, and in his mind's eye sees airsoft players hiding behind barricades and sloshing through a small pond dodging plastic pellets ...

RadioActive's Nathan Boss, 16, made his first foray into American gun culture through a real-life combat simulation game called airsoft, where players use guns that shoot non-lethal plastic pellets.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- What began as a popular form of civilian entertainment is being tested on Fort Jackson as a possible new way to train Soldiers preparing to head to a combat zone. The 187th ...