Posted on 03/29/2015 12:17:39 PM PDT by EBH
Seven Southwestern states will soon be infiltrated by 1,200 military special ops personnel as part of a controversial domestic military training in which some of the elite soldiers will operate undetected among civilians.
Operation Jade Helm begins in July and will last for eight weeks. Soldiers will operate in and around towns in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado where some of them wil drop from planes while carrying weapons loaded with blanks in what military officials have dubbed Realistic Military Training.
But with residents of the entire states of Texas and Utah dubbed 'hostile' for the purposes of the exercises, Jade Helm has some concerned the drills are too realistic
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
posse comitatus act
The Effect of the Posse Comitatus Act
Before speculating on why this act is so misunderstood, it is useful to spell out exactly what the act as it is written does and does not do. The Posse Comitatus Act
•Applies only to the Army, and by extension the Air Force, which was formed out of the Army in 1947.
•Does not apply to the Navy and Marine Corps. However, the Department of Defense has consistently held that the Navy and Marine Corps should behave as if the act applied to them.
•Does not apply to the Coast Guard, which is part of the Department of Transportation and is both an armed force and a law enforcement agency with police powers.
•Does not apply to the National Guard in its role as state troops on state active duty under the command of the respective governors.
•May not apply to the National Guard (qua militia) even when it is called to federal active duty. The Posse Comitatus Act contains no restrictions on the use of the federalized militia as it did on the regular Army.9 It is commonly believed, however, that National Guard units and personnel come under the Posse Comitatus Act when they are on federal active duty, and this interpretation is followed today.
•Does not apply to state guards or State Defense Forces under the command of the respective governors.
•Does not apply to military personnel assigned to military police, shore police, or security police duties. The military police have jurisdiction over military members subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. They also exercise police powers over military dependents and others on military installations. The history of the law makes it clear that it was not intended to prevent federal police (for example, marshals) from enforcing the law.
•Does not apply to civilian employees, including those who are sworn law enforcement officers. The origin and legislative history of the act make it clear that it applies only to military personnel. In those days, there were no civilian employees of the Army in the sense that there are today. In particular, no one envisioned that the Army would hire civilian police officers to enforce the laws at its facilities.
•Does not prevent the President from using federal troops in riots or civil disorders. Federal troops were used for domestic operations more than 200 times in the two centuries from 1795 to 1995. Most of these operations were to enforce the law, and many of them were to enforce state law rather than federal law.10 Nor does it prevent the military services from supporting local or federal law enforcement officials as long as the troops are not used to arrest citizens or investigate crimes.
http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/call/docs/10-16/ch_12.asp
Better yet, where the hell are the intelligent people questioning the authenticity of videos such as this.........?
So just who was doing the aerial video of this event???????
I feel this all benign, but under the circumstances...should they really be doing this in pop areas? Folks are already pretty leary and weary. Why highten the alert level of folks....I mean, seriously.
People don’t trust the gubbamint at all. Just think this is unessesary.
Don't be too sure they won't fire on Americans.
>>whatever happened to the posse comitatus act???<<
Patriot Act/NDAA. PC died back when Bush was in office.
But they wont dare do this in a muslim neighborhood or a black one.
LMAO!!!!!
When has the UN EVER had a successful PEACE KEEPING MISSION???
Much less a successful WAR????
FReepers in these localities need to keep us appraised of the goings-on, please.
Is this a joint exercise with Russians again? Or maybe Chinese or Arabs? Cause you're right - it doesn't make sense....
Unless they want to 'get away' with being heavily armed... in an urban environment...
I agree with your post, however, revelation says it will come. It is inevitable. We need to keep praying and save as many as possible.
If they only have 1,200, some things could go wrong. That’s a small force.
[LMAO!!!!!]
Who said this... “We will have such a force as being “just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the U.S. military”
Don’t break a rib LYAO.
Ah!... Heavily Armed in an urban environment!!....
What a concept..
FReepers in these localities need to keep us appraised of the goings-on, please.
With only 1,200 SF spread out in 7 states, good luck with that.
Yeah he also said “if you like your plan , you can keep your plan...period”
So you support the troops.....but not when Ohdumba is in office.
Duly noted.
Oh c’mon...1200 SF guys could easily round up TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE!
OMGZ!!!!!
Run!....run for the hills!!!!
I wonder how much web traffic Alex Jones is getting over this crap.
CHA CHING!!!!
Suckers.
That’s right. 1,200 against millions..........
But 1,200 dedicated “Spatnitz” (sp) type troops could do a lot of damage.
While they are in AZ maybe they could secure the border here or search for our illegal folks.
[So you support the troops.....]
I support OUR AMERICAN military...period.
Fini.
Me too....that’s why threads like this are pure BS.
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