Iron,
During the EAL strike one of the requirements for collecting strike pay was to walk the picket line for X hours per week.
Don't know about the other bases, but in Mia, some of the ethical bretheren went to the local daily work places and hired some down and out type to sign in and carry their sign for them. They paid the guy a pittance and collected their strike pay from guys like you while they were on the golf course or out on the water.
I agree, that no call for "replacements" would seem to indicate it's all over except the lawsuits...