Surfing the internet and came across this website…
‘Section 8 is an Airsoft Team based in the Northern Illinois / Chicago area. We are a group of Airsoft players who,
in addition to paintball-style Airsoft skirmishes, participate in “fantasy” or “scenario” gaming where the game revolves around a set of military objectives along a storyline consistent with the scenario.’
The funny thing is these guys named themselves Section-eight after the military regualtion which says:
Section VIII, Army Regulation 615-360, in effect December 1922 to July 1944, which provided for the discharge of those deemed unfit for military service.
-A U.S. Army discharge based on military assessment of psychological unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable.
-Slang: A soldier given such a discharge or behaving as if deserving such a discharge.
but the rest of the regualtion also says this:
In the 1950s Section 8 discharges were commonly given to service members found guilty of “Sexual Perversion,” especially for homosexuality — and it was classified as an undesirable discharge, depriving the soldier so discharged of veteran’s benefits but not resulting in the loss of any citizenship rights, such as the right to vote. Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the… Homosexuality may refer to: A sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love, and sexual desire exclusively or almost exclusively for members of the same sex or gender identity. … A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve. …
The practice of discharging homosexual service members under Section 8 ceased after the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” Policy went into effect during the Clinton Administration; those found to be homosexual are now issued honorable discharges in most circumstances.
So basically these guys think they are “insane” but really named after a discharge of homosexuality…HAHA