Jade Helm, Texas Woman With Unluckiest Name In The World?
Jade Helm is more than a controversial realistic military training drill. One Texas woman is the only known person in the United States to share the same name as the RMT exercises slated to take place in July. Just a few months ago finding out that no other person shares your same name in America would have been nothing more than a trivial curiosity, but after news about Operation Jade Helm 15 went viral, Miss Jade Helm’s life has become a bit complicated.
The HowManyOfMe website allows users to type in their first and last names to find out exactly how many other United States residents share the same name. According to the name-finding website, Jade is the 126th most popular name for baby girls.
Jade Helm of Texas is a writer and a wine industry consultant. The young woman has absolutely nothing to do with the military or the conspiracy theory craze surrounding Operation Jade Helm 15.
Helm first learned of the Operation Jade Helm 15 when she received a Facebook friend request from a “confused” stranger. During an interview with the Washington Post, Miss Jade Helm had this to say about all of the attention her unique name has brought her in recent weeks.
“Maybe I have a low threshold. but I got annoyed pretty early. I scrolled the person’s page and two posts down their feed was a link about the Jade Helm operation. This has happened countless times. On Facebook I can deny the request but some of my new Twitter followers will be disappointed. Or maybe they will learn something about wine. My father chose my name and I was to be called Jade regardless of gender. Nikki Jade if a girl and Mickey Jade if a boy.”
Miss Helm also noted that her name was inspired from a “girlie magazine” her father was browsing. Helm is her married name.
“My friends seem to delight in posting links to my page: ‘Did you know… Have you seen…What have you gotten yourself into now?’ I usually respond that ‘Wine was just my cover. Please don’t blow it.'”
When on Facebook friend asked Jade Helm what wine goes best with massive military drills, she suggested Kung Fu Girl Rising or Boom Boom Syrah.
“Maybe they chose Jade Helm because it is a kick-a** name. They could have asked, though,” Miss Helm said when asked why she thought the military chose Jade Helm as the name for the realistic military training exercises. Helm does not have an opinion on any of the conspiracy theories surrounding Operation Jade Helm 15.
[Images via: Jade Helm Facebook and Shutterstock.com]
