recruiting security for many years. >> army recruiting center is the army in the community. if young men and women want to come and talk to us we need a nice open area for them to come and do that. we need a welcoming area. you know barricades and barriers built like a fortress is not really a welcoming atmosphere. >> he did say that they're looking into the security at recruiting facilities and we'll see if this policy changes. now, there is a history of attacks at recruiting centers in attacks just like this in 2009 a man named akim mohammed opened fire in little rock arkansas killing one soldier and wounding another. he pled guilty and is serving a life sentence. elsewhere, at a recruiting station in times square in the heart of manhattan, no one was injured when a bomb went off. that case was not solved. there was surveillance video of the bomber riding a bicycle approaching the recruiting