“This overall training exercise is designed to ensure that Army special operations forces are trained, equipped and organized to meet future threats,” Lastoria told Army Times. “Even a lot of the journalists in Texas have said a lot of the controversy has died down.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jade Helm 15 kicks off on July 15.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite\/SOCOM<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n About 4-5 <\/span>four to five members of the Texas s<\/span>State g<\/span>Guard Lastoria said the biggest inconvenience to residents will be noise from military vehicles passing through. Most activities will occur in remote settings, and any use of private land has been coordinated and agreed to in advance, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Outside events have been tied in<\/span>to the conspiracy. Temporarily-closed Walmarts were seen as concentration camps being prepared in the minds of some, while Blue Bell ice cream trucks traveling <\/span>allegedly traveling near military vehicles were theorized as mobile morgues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Journalists are not permitted to embed in the operation. Lastoria cited “the scope and scale and complex nature of the training exercise,” which he said was not uncommon among training exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jade Helm ends in September.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: DoD<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n “We look at all request for media visibility, and grant when and where possible. In this case it just wasn’t possible,” Lastoria said. “We have to take a balance of communication with the public and preserving operation security as well.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The training will take place, according to USASOC, in the following locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Arizona: National Guard Training Centers and at an Army Reserve Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Florida: Eglin Air Force Base<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Louisiana: Camp Beauregard<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Mississippi: Camp Shelby, Naval Research Laboratory \u2013 Stennis Space Center, and U.S. Navy Seabee Base at Gulfport\/Biloxi<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 New Mexico: Cannon Air Force Base, and tentatively in Otero County<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Texas: Camps Bullis and Swift, and in Bastrop, Burleson, Brazos, Edwards, Howard, Hudspeth, Kimble, Martin, Marion, Real, Schleicher and Tom Green Counties<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Utah: Carbon and Emery Counties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starting Wednesday, U.S. Army Special Operations Command will take point on a large-scale training exercise in Texas \u2014 or if you believe some fringe outlets, they’ll take point on the Pentagon’s preparation for civil war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":85862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":70,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[12,70],"tags":[],"coauthors":[840],"class_list":["post-47711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-your-army"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"RSGCLEKUOREQXHFVQWM7JCENGM","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-army\/2015\/07\/14\/jade-helm-15-controversial-military-exercise-starts-wednesday\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635724854026288118-arm-jade-helm-1jpg.jpg\")
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will act as a liaison for citizens and coordinate with the Army from Camp Mabry, headquarters of Texas Military Forces, according to the governor’s office. A spokesman said the state should have no reason to worry or distrust the military, and said most communications between the Texas s<\/span>State g<\/span>Guard and constituents have dealt with simple logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635724856980554803-arm-jade-helm-2jpg.jpg\")
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