“Tanks on the STREETS in Multiple Major Cities in the USA”
There’s really no common explanation for that. I wonder if it is primarily in Liberal areas,
The movement and training of forces in both the United States and Canada are common, especially around military bases. In addition, members of the Army National Guard and Reserve, as well as the Air National Guard, are required to train each month and also attend a two-week annual training period each year. Nahaku McFadden with the National Guard Bureau explained the process to Lead Stories in a June 20, 2023, email:
We drill at least one weekend a month for both the Air and Army National Guards. Summer is when many units may be doing specialized training, but this ... activity is routine.
The National Guard drills to prepare for missions both domestic and overseas. The National Guard is ‘Always Ready, Always There.’
U.S. military
In a June 19, 2023, email to Lead Stories, U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Maj. Charlie Dietz provided this response to the claims of a major military deployment taking place in the United States:
We are unaware of anything significant happening.
Canada
As seen in the image of the post above, the article opens with an image of a train near Montreal filled with light armored vehicles (LAVs) and military trucks. Later in the story, a video showing the same scene comes with this caption, “Why is Canada putting military hardware into one of its largest cities on a Saturday?”
Media relations for Canada’s Department of National Defence provided this response to the claim in a June 19, 2023, email to Lead Stories. It said:
These are Canadian Armed Forces vehicles, returning from a large Canadian military exercise called MAPLE RESOLVE, in Wainwright, Alberta. This is a standard, annual military exercise.
The vehicles are travelling by train, returning to Canadian Forces Base in Valcartier, QC [Quebec].
In building its case for a military deployment across North America, the halturnerradioshow.com article showed a line of military equipment traveling in front of a car dealership. One of the social media posts showing the scene looked like this:
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BREAKING NEWS! Tank group on the highway in Idaho falls today
“The Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment will move tracked vehicles along state roads from the Idaho Falls Training Area to its Idaho Falls Armory during the day on Wednesday, June 14....in return from an annual training event.”
https://localnews8.com/news/idaho-falls/2023/06/13/military-convoy-to-travel-on-idaho-falls-roads-wednesday/
I’m not posting this because I either believe or disbelieve it.