I lived in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Lots of military. One of the military bases were not feeling welcomed by the community. As the story goes, back in the day when the service men & women were paid in cash, the commanding officer ordered all the payroll to be paid in $2 bills. When the community was flooded in $2 bills he got a call from the mayor wanting to know what was up ? He then reminded the mayor of the economic impact his base had on the community.
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