article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: Soldiers will operate in and around towns in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado Utah Colorado where some of Soldiers wil drop from planes while carrying weapons loaded with blanks in what military officials have dubbed Realistic Military Training.
article_snippet: But with residents of the entire states of Texas and Utah dubbed 'hostile' for the purposes of the exercises, Operation Jade Helm has some concerned the drills are too realistic.
article_snippet: Texas is listed as a hostile sector, and of course, we are...
article_snippet: Texas, which the military has designated as 'hostile' for the purposes of the training, was chosen to be a hub of the unprecedentedly large program because 'Texans are historically supportive of efforts to prepare our soldiers' writes the USASOC . '
article_snippet: The diverse terrain in seven states replicates areas Special Operations Soldiers regularly find The diverse terrain in these states operating in overseas.'
highlights_snippet: Soldiers armed with blank rounds will operate in and around towns in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado for 8 weeks .
  