And there are Army bases whose commanders have had to order troops not
to wear uniforms offbase because the locals don't treat the military
well.

This would be a lot easier to believe with a few details that could
be checked against other sources.

Which bases do you have in mind and how many have been killed off base in
the last year just because they were servicemen?

My son graduated basic at the Air Force base in San Antonio, TX. in Feb.,
2003 and the graduates were ordered to wear civilian clothes off-base
because of a documented incident involving locals harassing servicemen.
Incidentally, the harasses were Air Force. The harassers were immediately
accosted by USMC (military police) trainees and, shall we say, deterred. Did
y'all know that San Antonio is the home of the U.S. Military Police training
base as well as the U.S. Military Police Historical Museum?


Al Mills