Part and parcel with armored military vehicles positioned roadside along the interstates. Conditioning on the one hand, practicing deploying and positioning on the other.
Very bad.
And I think I'd be inclined to take a few pot-shots, but they won't be pulling this stuff over suburbia.
Agreed, but to Weisshaupts point, we may not know it is no longer conditioning and drilling or the real thing until order 66 goes out and people start getting rounded up and bullets start flying.
Putting aside for now the question of active duty military & national guard loyalty being with the fascists or the people, logistically speaking, are they not limited to seizing control of key distribution centers of financial activity, energy production and distribution, and food and water distribution? Otherwise they would be too spread out. Those not impacted by these areas (more rural) will likely be confronted by local constabulary, sheriffs and stray state troopers. The sheriffs I see being the most resistant to the fascists, the troopers may be split, any local police are almost always mostly yes men to politicans already, so...