Under normal circumstances I would agree with you.
However, these are not normal times and the communist in chief (Obama) and his minions are “hell bent” to change our country from a free society with responsible citizens to one of total government dependency along with the loss of freedom and liberties.
IT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY to see this exercise pan out to be a picture of the future under the current attacks of our freedoms and constitution.
My sincere belief is this exercise is to SCARE the public as a warning as to what will come if they don’t “roll over” and cave in to the march to Socialism/Communism by our dear leader.
These exercises could be performed very easily ON MILITARY BASES but they would not be so public and the fear effect would not be impressed upon the public to obey any directive of the government (on any level) whether authorized by our constitutional rights or not.
No, urban training cannot be performed on “most” military bases. They don’t have the infrastructure for it.
I really think people are seeing something that isn’t there in this. But I could be wrong. Training is training, and most of those training will not follow those orders anyways. So fear not.