very healthy military population here in this region so there's a general sense of disappointment. >> reporter: bruce retired as a colonel, last serving at langley air force base which is being stripped of $10 million for that cyber operations and training facility, at a time when cyber attacks are one of the greatest threats to national security, along about others that will now be ignored, says democratic congresswoman, elaine luria, a retired naval commander whose district is also affected. >> i know firsthand from having spoken to the commanders at the bases where this is going to happen that it is going to impact our mission and our security. >> reporter: not just the security of the nation but those serving it, whose priorities now may not be addressed. >> it's like your husband, it's your 98 poneighbor, it's your w going on a deployment and you don't want to think their ship wasn't maintained properly or they don't have the tools they need to do their job. it hits home a lot in a