Texas State Guard activated to observe Active Military Exercises

2015-04-28T18:43:00-04:00

What do you make of this? I am beyond confused.

http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/story/d/story/governor-abbott-commands-state-guard-to-monitor-ja/19588/bkx-g9PFFUW40E3GPabePw

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 28 at 2015 6:48 PM

2015-04-28T18:48:10-04:00

Sir. Looks like he's calling up part of the State Guard (not National Guard). Don't know what his intentions are? Observe and learn? Or observe and report? Very strange

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 28 at 2015 7:33 PM

2015-04-28T19:33:47-04:00

Why doesn't the gov just send those troops to Iraq for some OJT? I'm sure live-fire training would be more beneficial. Why do they feel the need to aclimate American citizens to a military presence[.] /rhetorical

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2015 12:39 PM

2015-05-25T12:39:39-04:00

State guard is a joke where you can buy rank.

If people think a few units of SOF can control 3 plus states bigger than Afgan and Iraq they are absurd.

Why would they want to train in South/South Western US? Maybe because it is similar to Iran, Syria or any other hotspot.

Response by Matt Moon made Apr 15 at 2018 4:12 PM

2018-04-15T16:12:20-04:00

Most of that was false properganda. Jade Helm 15 was a traning exercise for the United Nation's. We shared tactics with our Allies so we could get a better understanding of how each country operates it's forces the military dose that every 4 year's.

Response by SPC David Willis made Apr 17 at 2018 10:10 AM

2018-04-17T10:10:17-04:00

This was hilarious. A bunch of militia acted as if they could keep high tiered JSOC soldiers "in check"... What's funny is they actually played right into what the military wanted. The training mission was supposedly meant to replicate training a resistance force among an unknowing or hostile population. Alerting the entire population and telling them to be observant just turned everyone into unwitting participants which probably made the training more realistic.