Why some Texans are suspicious of a massive military operation called Jade Helm 15

The training will be on private land and military installations, including National Guard training centers and an Army Reserve center in Arizona; Eglin Air Force Base in Florida; Camp Beauregard in Louisiana; Camp Shelby, the Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, and the U.S. Navy Seabee Base in Mississippi; Cannon Air Force Base and Otero County in New Mexico; Carbon and Emery counties in Utah; and more than a dozen sites in Texas.

 

The plan, Army officials say, is to develop new warfare tactics and procedures in a landscape similar to combat zones in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

 

“The public can expect little disruption in their day-to-day activities since much of the exercise will be conducted in remote areas,” the statement said. “The most noticeable effect the exercise may have on the local communities is a slight increase in vehicle traffic and the limited use of military aircraft and its associated noise.”

 

According to the statement, civilian government officials, “will receive regular updates as the exercise progresses,” the statement said.

 

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