Our bases need hardened checkpoints with loaded M2 .50 cals at the ready. ISIS uses armored vbied’s on checkpoints.
The threat has never been against bases - think of other places with dozens of unarmed military personnel. The recruiting headquarters, stations and MEPS facilities have always been the biggest worry, and the Pentagon hasn’t done diddly squat to secure them. Two years after 9/11, we were told the government-contracted cleaning crews for those facilities hadn’t even been vetted, and most workers spoke no English. The contracts were for six years and there was nothing the government could do until those contracts expired.