Jack of Harts

Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base’s commander recognized the danger the Second Great Depression’s protests, riots, and gang violence held for his military base. And for those personnel who lived off base. Fort Worth JRB was a reserve base, so that was most of them. They had civilian jobs and careers throughout the Metroplex, their children attended nearly every school, and their families shopped at all of the most popular malls. The commander recalled every single serviceman assigned to the base, ordering them to bring their families with them. But even Fort Worth JRB was not large enough to accommodate that large an influx of people. So the commander activated numerous contracts to rent homes, rooms, and entire schools in nearby neighborhoods, and expanded the patrols to cover those areas. It was a technical violation of the law, but the police turned an official blind eye to that. Fort Worth JRB was a bastion of calm in the burning Metroplex, after all. Until the rioters and looters came for them.