 Numerous military personnel then made their homes in the community, and many elected to stay after their retirement or otherwise completing their service obligation.This large military presence gives the town a more cosmopolitan populace than other area towns farther away from the base.Daleville was the victim of an F1 tornado on November 24, 2001, part of the Arkansas-Mississippi-Alabama tornado outbreak that occurred on November 23 and 24 of that year.