They get more press then results. Around here they never show in any real numbers and I think they know they are at risk when they do show. That being said, maybe they will show up in real numbers and find out just how tough Kokomo can be.
When I was a kid, they use to paint "Baby Burner" on the sidewalk in front of our house and do other things to the house (not living on a base). In another town I lived in Jane Fonda would hang out across from the base gates and harass the wives and their children. People would hang out in front of our house. Never fucked with the Veterans, just their families while they were half way around the world.
Hence the reason I became such a street brawler in my youth. I took it serious when my Dad would leave and look at me and say take care of your mother and brother while I am gone. That is when you really wish you lived on base and not in a civillian community but I decided not to take shit from any bullies becasue my Dad wore a uniform to work every day, even supposed peace loving ones.
A coward is a coward, no matter what phony banner they hide behind. Same shit, different war. I wish I had not read this thread today. I was already pissed about this story.