There aren’t enough military personnel to take over the USA even if you could get all of them to take part.
Don’t forget unionized police and prison guards. There’re many who would have a lot to lose if they disobeyed a direct order to fire (probably including their owen lives). Don’t think for a moment the organizers behind it wouldn’t already have plans to make an example of those first few who might hesitate when the order to fire is given...
But don’t forget how well armed they are. Also, there are crowd control weapons (microwave heat, sonic, and chemical weapons etc.) that have been tested and available for a while. Also, the one that controls the high ground and knows where his enemy is and his moves has the advantage. The cellular and internet networks would have to be totally dropped and unused otherwise you would be given away (location and content). Yes, when the SHTF, cut your internet cable lines, destroy your cellphones, and receive/listen only (no sending). You’ll be DF’d before you can blink...
no.
but what he is doing is outline in Freedom From War, state dept publication 5277. he’s building an interal security force and ramping down the external military to be more under control of the un/international community.
i believe he’d call the un troops in if needed. and i believe he is removing commanders who would not work under the un/international command.
“There aren’t enough military personnel to take over the USA even if you could get all of them to take part.”
They don’t need to. There are plenty of Americans willing to wear a nice pretty uniform and be a Block Captain, in charge of a single apartment complex or a neighborhood block. If they can’t control you through fear and intimidation, they can call their military overlords and have you killed. It worked in the Soviet Union, China, and Nazi Germany. It would EASILY work here, too.
Of course, those places didn’t have a pissed off population that is well trained and armed, so I suspect those block capatins would perish rather quickly.