WAHIAWA, Oahu, Hawaii -- For a second night in a row, protestors carrying signs were denied access into an Army public hearing. Three were arrested in the incident in Wahiawa Wednesday night.

Once again, the message from the Army was no signs allowed into the meeting hall. The hearing was on private property at the Helemano Plantation. It's the second in a series of public meetings to get testimony for or against Army expansion in Hawaii.

At the entrance to the Helemano Plantation banquet halls, a wall of security met protestors.

The group is demanding military officials give them an explanation as to why their signs are not welcome into the public meeting. No one from the Army answered the group pleas and several of the protestors pushed forward.

Instantly Honolulu police were called and arrests were made for trespassing. The group said it was hoping the situation wouldn't be a repeat of the arrests that happened Tuesday night at the Army hearing in Moanalua.

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"I didn't know what to expect. I thought they would learn something from last night but you know we're going to keep pushing," demonstrator Kyle Kajihiro said.

"I certainly wish the people outside protesting will lay down their signs and bring their opinions and concerns into the public meeting and tell people what's on their mind," said Troy Griffin of the Army's Public Affairs Division.

The protestors are adamantly against the Army's proposal to bring a Stryker Brigade into Hawaii. A new brigade would mean Army expansion at Schofield Barracks on Oahu and Pohakuloa on the Big Island.

"I'm so proud of our kupuna for standing up for the right to speak and testify," Kajihiro said.

The protestors are raising questions about why all four of the Army's public hearings on Oahu are scheduled on private property. The military said it can't hold it at a school because the children need to use the facility the next morning.

"Public facilities have not been open the length of time that we want to use them in the past and we want to give the public the opportunity to testify as long as they would like to," Griffin said.

There is a third public hearing Thursday at the Makaha Valley Golf Resort. The demonstrators said they will be there again with their signs. The Army has not decided how it will handle the event.