Jade Helm: Troops to Enforce Martial Law

March 28, 2015

The planned covert military operation "Jade Helm", which will involve the Green Berets, Navy Seals, and the 82nd Airborne Division, is set to take place from July 15-Sepember 15, and has prompted concerns after Texas and Utah were labeled “hostile” territory in leaked documents related to the invasion.

A Houston Chronicle report reveals that soldiers will attempt to blend in with the local population. Residents will be required to report any act of resistance during the exercise.

“They’re going to set up cells of people and attempt to move around without getting too noticed in the community,” said Roy Boyd, chief deputy with the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office. “They’ll basically attempt to blend in with the local environment and not stand out and blow their cover.”

By directly involving unwitting members of the local population, this aspect of the plan supports the Army’s assertion that, “The public has nothing to worry about unless they resist.”

Jim Stewart, chief deputy with the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office, told the Chronicle that the designation of Texas as “hostile territory” was a way of neutralizing citizen militias as federal soldiers operate behind enemy lines.

The Army has identified Texas, Utah and a pocket of southern California as hostile territories in intercepted documents so that troops and foreign support forces can enforce martial law.

No less than 17 different Texas cities will see an Army occupation as part of the operation, which will involve, “participants in civilian dress and civilian vehicles, military aircraft, low-altitude airdrops of personnel and weapons with armor piercing incendiary (API) rounds, to instill fearful public reactions”.

The cities are Bastrop/Smithville, Big Spring, Caddo Lake, Caldwell, Christoval, College Station, Dell City, Eldorado, Goliad, Junction, Leakey, Menard, Mountain Home, San Angelo, San Antonio and Victoria.

News outlets who questioned the nature of the exercise have come under fire from the Army, with the Chronicle characterizing the operation as "a government takeover in the Lone Star State”.

Despite government allegations that this is a training mission to prepare troops for overseas missions, Army documents have made it clear that this action supports ongoing federal plans to establish martial law within the Continental United States (CONUS).

A leaked 2012 US Army Military Police training manual, entitled “Civil Disturbance Operations,” described how soldiers would be ordered to confiscate firearms and kill American “dissidents.” The manual also revealed that prisoners would be detained in temporary internment camps and “re-educated” to gain a new appreciation of “U.S. policies,” in accordance with U.S. Army FM 3-19.40 Internment/Resettlement Operations.

Operation Jade Helm has drawn comparisons to a 2012 confrontation outlined by retired Army colonel Kevin Benson, in which the U.S. Military was used to crush an insurgent rebellion overseen by Tea Party militia members who took over the city of Darlington, South Carolina.