"The list of concerns over Jade Helm does not end with the perception that the military is treading perilously close to traditionally prohibited activities. Experts on Posse Comitatus note that even during more turbulent times, such as after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, when riots broke out in many major American cities including Chicago, Detroit, and Washington DC, it was not the military that responded but the National Guard, fulfilling its historic role of restoring law and order amid chaos."
I was in the army then. We were training only to protect Federal installations.
“I was in the Army then. We were training only to protect Federal installations.”
I was also in the Army. It is not true that “it was not the military that responded but the National Guard...” The Guard units turned out first, under State authority (or in the case of DC, the equivalent local authority), but US Army units were soon deployed to reinforce them. As I recall, units from the Airborne Divisions were sent to Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD.