[edpc]

One week from today, on July 15th, a massive military exercise known as “Jade Helm” begins. More than 1,000 members of the U.S. military....

Since when is 1K a "massive" operation?

[Enlightened1]

Oh so that makes it okay?

Can you say Posse Comitatus?

They spent millions, probably billions to upgrade base training facilities. It makes no sense.

BTW, you train where you plan to operate.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Since when is 1K a "massive" operation? "

Yeah, that caught my eye. Even if that was a typo and he meant 10,000 that is still not a "massive" operation. Unusual yes, but I have participated in numerous field exercises involving that amount of people. Heck, 1,000 personnel is only slight larger than a Marine infantry batallion. Those type of exercises happen all the time.

[JGT]

As I understand it, the 1000 refers to Special Forces. That's not including the 82nd Airborne and all the support and logistics personnel.