{"id":14213,"date":"2015-04-20T02:15:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T02:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=14213"},"modified":"2015-04-20T02:17:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T02:17:22","slug":"jade-helm-15-us-special-forces-exercise-conducted-over-2-months-in-7-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=14213","title":{"rendered":"JADE HELM 15: US Special Forces Exercise Conducted Over 2 Months In 7 States"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Conspiracy: US Special Forces exercise said to be training for \u2018martial law, military coup\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>www.news.com.au<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-media article-media-large media-count-1 first-image-650w366h\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"image \">\n<div class=\"image-frame image-650w366h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/resources2.news.com.au\/images\/2015\/03\/23\/1227274\/062082-e2af1b78-d0dc-11e4-a4a5-09d7e9cc7466.jpg\" alt=\"Cover act ... Is an upcoming large-scale military special forces training exercise really\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><em><span class=\"caption-text\">Cover act &#8230; Is an upcoming large-scale military special forces training exercise really a cover for a coup in the United States? Some think so. Source: infowars.com<\/span> <span class=\"image-source\">Source: Supplied<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-intro\">\n<p><strong>WHEN the military conducts widespread training exercises, what do you think? Preparedness? Boys\u2019 toys? In the United States it equals civil war.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US Army\u2019s Special Operations Command never saw this coming.<\/p>\n<p>An upcoming exercise codenamed JADE HELM 15 has sparked suspicion among some conspiracy theorists of impending martial law and a US military plot to wage war on the American people.<\/p>\n<h3>THE MISSION<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cJade Helm is a challenging eight-week joint military and Interagency (IA) Unconventional Warfare (UW) exercise conducted throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado,\u201d a statement announcing a large-scale military training drill reads.<\/p>\n<p>Mobilised will be 1200 troops of the Green Berets, Navy Seals and the 82nd Airborne Division. Supporting them will be specialist aircraft and helicopter units from the US Air Force, Navy and Army.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s scheduled to run from July 15 to September 15.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all for a cause: Special forces have special requirements.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re maintained at a high level of readiness to respond to hot-spots around the world. This involves the need to travel great distances, assess unfamiliar terrain, find targets and choose appropriate means of action.<\/p>\n<p>The raid in which al-Qaeda kingpin Osama bin Laden was assassinated is one such example.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve such a goal requires a great deal of coordination between large numbers of men from different elements of the military.<\/p>\n<p>So \u201crealistic\u201d practice makes perfect.<\/p>\n<p>But the word \u201crealistic\u201d appears to have some concerning connotations amid the incredibly polarised politics of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>At least when it comes to a slide show presentation said to be associated with the impending exercise.<\/p>\n<p>It has \u201cconcerned citizens\u201d up in arms.<\/p>\n<h3>THE CONSPIRACY<\/h3>\n<p>At the centre of similar, past training exercises is usually a threatening insurgent action and an objective which either needs to be destroyed or recovered.<\/p>\n<p>But some of the advanced role-play planning for this exercise appears to have leaked.<\/p>\n<p>An unverified document circulating online includes a map purportedly labelling parts of Texas and Utah as an \u201cinsurgent pocket\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s titled: \u201cUS Army Special Operations Command \u2014 Request to Conduct Realistic Military Training (RMT) JADE HELM 15.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View Jade Helm Martial Law WW3 Prep Document 1 on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/258605525\">Jade Helm Martial Law WW3 Prep Document 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_57376\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/258605525\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;show_recommendations=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It a document \u201cdetailing the US Army\u2019s plan to wage war on the American people,\u201d screams the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/feds-preparing-to-invade-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\">far-right blog infowars.com<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the document\u2019s claims, multiple Army training manuals and studies in the past have specifically targeted such states due to concerns over the growing influence of right-leaning ideologies and groups, such as the Tea Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-10.16.02-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14218\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-10.16.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-04-19 at 10.16.02 PM\" width=\"513\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-10.16.02-PM.png 513w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-19-at-10.16.02-PM-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The purported training material also mentions coordinating with local police, increased aircraft in the area at night and soldiers wearing civilian clothes and driving civilian vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore armed Federal Government suppression of liberty-loving civilians. Right?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s left US Special Forces command scratching its collective head.<\/p>\n<h3>TRUE BELIEVERS<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThat notion was proposed by a few individuals who are unfamiliar with how and why USASOC conducts training exercises,\u201d Special Forces Command spokesman Army Lt. Colonel Mark Lastoria told <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/us\/army-special-operations-command-pushes-back-against-alarmist-claims-about-upcoming-exercise-1.335949?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing different about JADE HELM 15 was the use of out-of-base \u201cnew challenging terrain\u201d, he said, chosen because of its remoteness and similarity to conditions where troops are operational overseas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-media article-media-inline article-media-inline-embedded\">\n<div class=\"module video-embed youtube youtube-widescreen\">\n<div class=\"module-header\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Is your state next?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module-content\"><object width=\"640\" height=\"390\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lzodkFAcLKI\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Planned cooperation with local law enforcement was to avoid unfortunate misshape or misunderstandings with the general community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis exercise is routine training to maintain a high level of readiness for Army Special Operations Forces,\u201d Major Lastoria reiterates.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also quite a tame conspiracy, considering allegations President Barack Obama recently sought to have the South Carolina city of Charleston nuked.<\/p>\n<p>So who\u2019s telling the truth?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll find out come September 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conspiracy: US Special Forces exercise said to be training for \u2018martial law, military coup\u2019 www.news.com.au Cover act &#8230; Is an upcoming large-scale military special forces training exercise really a cover for a coup in the United States? 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