This lockdown bullshit is getting old...on a friggin’ military base!
It does have it's uses. I think the word is misused these days. A base lockdown is used for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it's to restrict access to the facility regardless of if you are stationed at said base. This keeps the bad guys out. Sometimes it keeps the perps in. Don't want someone committing a crime and heading off base where the military has no jurisdiction. During natural disasters it keeps military personnel from leaving the base and civilians from mobbing the base.