No. Training exercises have been going on by the U. S. Military on Private and public land on a routine basis for over 100 years.
Ridicule is welcome from all corners, especially from conservatives.
I admire your trust in the Federal government.
I will be aware of my situation and trust no one.
While that is true, given the nature of the exercise, the scope of the exercise, and the current political climate, I would be concerned that this is not so much a matter of military necessity, but more a provocation of the conservative citizenry.
Especially in light of the statements made by the one in the White House about needing a private security force, etc.
We have a couple of cities where rioting goes relatively unabated (and likely will have more cities in the same boat by the end of summer), yet the US military is deployed in such a fashion as to be elsewhere, intimidating a population by 'infiltrating' it, one which has not been a problem except to generally express its dissatisfaction with administration policies.
Why there, why now, if not to rattle sabers?
You don't need ridicule, centurion. You need and deserve pity, especially from conservatives.
“No. Training exercises have been going on by the U. S. Military on Private and public land on a routine basis for over 100 years”
However the military has never designated states as belligerents and labeled the enemy as sovereign citizens and tea partiers.
This kind of stuff is also not what the Navy SEALs do. SEALs do sanctioned hits, snatch and grabs etc. They don’t train for large scale apprehension and extraction of American citizens to FEMA camps.
Jade Helm is a practice situation for martial law in the USA. And its not just in 7 states. The Army is running around in the game management area up around Coopers Creek in the GA mountains. Fortunately for GA the militia is watching their every move.