Operation Jade Helm: A Covert War Training Exercise By Special Forces Within The U.S. Is Raising Concerns

Hostile: An unclassified military document reveals the states involved in a controversial multi-agency training exercises that will place 1,200 military personnel into 7 Southwest states--with residents of Utah, Texas and part of Southern California designated as 'hostile'

Daily Mail: Special forces set to swarm Southwest and operate undetected among civilians in massive military exercise

* Operation Jade Helm will see 1,200 service members including Green Berets and SEALs and special forces from the Air Force and Marines in July
* Soldiers armed with blank rounds will operate in and around towns in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado for 8 weeks
* The so-called Realistic Military Training has some residents fearful the drill is a preparation for martial law

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 will drop from planes while carrying weapons loaded with blanks in what military officials have dubbed Realistic Military Training.

WNU Editor: Residents of Utah, Texas and part of Southern California will be designated as 'hostile' .... something that I suspect is a status that some of the locals will not appreciate.

More News On Operation Jade Helm

Covert warfare coming to Texas sparks some fears of federal takeover -- Houston Chronicle
Operation Jade Helm: Special Forces ‘Realistic Military Training’ In Seven Southwestern States Prompts Martial Law Fears -- Inquisitr
US Special Forces To Swarm Southwest For Massive Military Drills -- Sputnik
Exercise Readies SOF for Threats Abroad -- Shadow Spear
Conspiracy groups question USASOC mission in Texas -- Army Times
Army Special Operations Command pushes back against alarmist claims about upcoming exercises -- Stars and Stripes