Navy pilots livid over law making them 'soft targets,' demand changes after Pensacola attack
By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times
Monday, December 16, 2019
Dozens of Navy pilots are demanding changes to a law that they say has made them “soft targets†for attackers on military bases for decades.
A letter signed in the wake of Saudi national Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani’s deadly Dec. 6 attack at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola — the second lieutenant killed three and wounded others before he was stopped with deadly force — says it’s time for a 1992 law to change.
“ENS Joshua Kaleb Watson was a small-arms instructor and captain of the rifle team at the United States Naval Academy,†the letter says of one victim, Fox News reported Sunday. “Yet when charged with standing the watch, he was equipped with nothing more than a logbook and a pen.â€
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