Los Alamitos, military town, isn’t immune to mixed feelings over troop deployment
Every day, Los Alamitos Mayor Shelley Hasselbrink and her neighbors hear the sound of troops drilling at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos — a two-square-mile base wedged in a four-square-mile city.
It’s a sound, she said, that she’s come to appreciate because it makes her feel safe.
The feeling isn’t universal.
About 4,000 Army National Guard troops have been training at the Los Alamitos base since June 8, when they were federalized — over the objection of Go