Ep. 37 — If This Is Training, Then Why?

What if some “exercises” were never just exercises? In Episode 37 we play an imaginative — but grounded — connect-the-dots game: if Rex 84 set an early precedent, then Operation Blackjack might show the modern scenario planning, and if Jade Helm 15 was a field test, then the federalization of cities and states becomes more than theory.

We walk through:

Rex 84 — If continuity plans included mass detentions, what does that say about contingency thinking?

Operation Blackjack (2009 Telegraph slides) — If these were “fictional” scenarios, then why do so many details line up with later policy and drills?

Jade Helm 15 — If local suspicion bubbled into national outcry, then what did officials learn about public reaction and information control?

This episode isn’t an accusation — it’s an if/then exploration. We lay out timelines, compare planning language, and ask the uncomfortable question: If they rehearsed control, then what happens to local sovereignty when crisis hits?