JBLM just got the 16th CAB and its 24 helos. Lots more traffic down there. Put away the tin foil.
We live on a small privately owned public use airport 30 miles northeast of JBLM. We have noticed more military helicopter activity in the last couple of months, but none of them have been painted white. They have come in after dark on a few occasions and are quite awesome at that time because other than their running lights and strobes they are nearly invisible after dark.
Sometimes several will make low passes down the runway and just a couple weeks ago two of them landed on the taxiway just down from our house and some guys got out and ran around for a couple of minutes while other helicopters made passes overhead. My wife was a little worried that I might have posted something inflammatory about Obama and they were coming to get us. It was quite a show for the neighbors and us.
At least half the people that live on the airport are veterans and pretty much all of us all love military aircraft so I don't think anyone minds them. We all do get annoyed by the flight school helicopters from Boeing Field that come up during the day and hover in front of our houses for what seems like hours on end. They disrupt everything from walking the dog to just trying to watch TV or have a conversation on the phone. The taxiways are on a slight slope so the tips of the blades on the R22s are sometimes just about the right height to whack someones head off when they land in front of our house. It is especially disturbing to me when we have grand-kids visiting.