unhappycamper note: Since the ‘Pentagon’ has ‘requested’ that I only post one paragraph from articles on Army Times, and Airforce Times, I’ve decided to give ya’ll an unhappycamper summary of the article and a link to the OP. To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.To keep in that same (new) tradition, I will also do the same for for articles on Navy Times, Marine Corps Times, stripes.com and military.com.
To read the article in the military's own words, you will need to click the link.
(This space reserved for a legally correct snark dump.) It sure is beginning to smell like fascism.
unhappycamper summary of this article: Based on prior experience, I would also expect to see a sharp rise in local crime rates. As well as a rise in the prison population.
What’s happening at Joint Base Lewis-McChord? By Megan McCloskey
Stars and Stripes
Published: September 17, 2010
Now multiple criminal and military investigations are under way into the conduct of Lewis-McChord troops and the adequacy of the medical and mental health care they are receiving when they come home from war.