Look to the skies, Texans
We finally know the details of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to monitor the military exercise
Jade Helm 15 to ensure it does not
subjugate an unruly Texas and place it under Islamic control, or whatever the newest version of that theory is on a day-to-day basis. Behold the crack monitoring team
charged with keeping Texas free:
Abbott's office said Tuesday that four to five members of the State Guard are expected to coordinate with a military liaison at Austin's Camp Mabry, according to The San Antonio Express-News. The State Guard is expected to brief the governor's office once a day, offering a review of the past 24 hours' activity as well as a rundown of what's scheduled to happen in the next 72 hours.
The State Guard is not expected to monitor "Jade Helm 15" in the field, however, according to the newspaper.
That seems a sufficient force to ensure a military training exercise spanning much of the southwestern United States does not do anything untoward. Or that if it does, Greg Abbott will hear about it within 24 hours so that he can write the appropriate stern memos. Note that this is independent of the larger(?) volunteer force that will be driving around Texas
looking for Jade Helm so they can call in their sightings. There's no word on whether they will also be sending updates to Gov. Abbott—it probably depends on their paper-airplane folding skills and whether Abbott leaves his office windows open.