“Counter Operation Jade Helm” Organized By Texas

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Texas has a plan for the troops about to “invade” for the Jade Helm 15 exercise, as a group has created “Counter Operation Jade Helm” that included both civilians and companies that plan to “post up” at the various sites of the exercise.

According to Chron.com [1]:

When the troops land in Texas for Operation Jade Helm next week, someone will be waiting for them.

Hundreds of people have organized a “Counter Jade Helm” [2] surveillance operation across the Southwestern states and in an effort to keep an eye on the contentious military drill that’s sparked many suspicious of Uncle Sam’s intentions.

Eric Johnston, a 51-year-old retired firefighter and sheriff’s deputy who lives in Kerrville, is a surveillance team leader in Texas. He’ll coordinate three groups of volunteers, about 20 folks in total, who hope to monitor the SEALs, Green Berets and Air Force Special Ops in Bastrop, Big Spring and Junction when Jade Helm kicks off on July 15. With media prohibited at the drills [3], the volunteers could be a main source of information for the highly-anticipate seven-state exercise.

But locations more precise than the towns around which troops will drill remain unknown. For the citizens’ surveillance operation, therein lies the first challenge.

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“If a team member sees two Humvees full of soldiers driving through town, they’re going to follow them,” Johnston said. “And they’re going to radio back their ultimate location.”

They aren’t worried about martial law, he said, but feel like they can’t trust the government, and want to make sure the Military isn’t under orders to pull anything funny. 

The Texas volunteers are just one regiment of a national effort, organized by 44-year-old former Marine Pete Lanteri, a New Yorker living in Arizona with plenty of experience on civilian border patrols. He founded the Counter Jade Helm Facebook page [3], with six thousand members, and he made the webpage and forum [4] to which field reports will be uploaded.

“We’re going to be watching what they do in the public,” he said. “Obviously on a military base they can do whatever they want. But if they’re going to train on public land we have a right as American citizens to watch what they’re doing.”

He said the volunteer force includes about 200 people, with the largest group in Arizona. Many former military and law enforcement, as well as lifelong civilians have joined the cause.

Lanteri will coordinate the whole seven-state operation from his home in Phoenix, Ariz., where each field report will be received. Other individuals, like Johnston, will lead the efforts in each state, and others still will oversee the operations in each town where Jade Helm will take place.

There, volunteers will locate the drill sites and observe. Johnston said there’s a strict no-camouflage policy to avoid the appearance of a more radical group, and they’ll all be unarmed. With binoculars and spotting scopes, they’ll record troop numbers, uniforms and activities.

One of Johnston’s men, a licensed pilot, even plans on making surveillance flights with his personal aircraft.

Sources:

[1] http://m.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Texans-organize-Operation-Counter-Jade-Helm-to-6378017.php

[2] https://www.facebook.com/events/936947686336611/989267594437953/

[3] http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Media-will-not-be-allowed-to-witness-Jade-Helm-6375465.php

[4] http://counterjadehelm.info/

 

Royce Christyn

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4 Comments

  1. Good for you. But in reality i don’t think you have anything to worry about. The great people of this Country will never let one state sit alone or be overran , i don’t think we have to worry about marshall law or our military going against us as they have family and friends all throughout America. Do you think they want their own possibly being hurt? But what i think is happening is we are preparing for possible conflict with other Countries, such as Russia,China,North Korea, Iran. And for the military to come right out in public and say so, wouldn’t be such a good idea. So put your mind at ease and remember these words SIT BACK AND RELAX , WE GOT YOUR BACKS!

  2. Good for you. But in reality i don’t think you have anything to worry about. The great people of this Country will never let one state sit alone or be overran , i don’t think we have to worry about marshall law or our military going against us as they have family and friends all throughout America. Do you think they want their own possibly being hurt? But what i think is happening is we are preparing for possible conflict with other Countries, such as Russia,China,North Korea, Iran. And for the military to come right out in public and say so, wouldn’t be such a good idea. So put your mind at ease and remember these words SIT BACK AND RELAX , WE GOT YOUR BACKS!

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