Posted on 04/05/2019 12:24:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A male sailor who shot and wounded a female sailor at a Virginia naval air station was killed by security personnel at the base Friday morning, officials said.
The female sailor who was shot "several times" in the parking lot of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach was hospitalized with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Capt. Chad Vincelette, commanding officer, said in a statement.
"The shooter was quickly identified, shot and killed by my Naval Air Station Oceana security personnel," he said. The sailor was armed with a handgun.
Vincelette said the incident was an "isolated domestic shooting," but the reason behind the violence was unknown and being investigated. Officials have not shared the identities of the shooter or the victim.
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Just damn!
I went to COMSEC school at NAS Oceana.
BTW NBC, you capitalize Naval Air Station from now on. You got that?
Have the designated gender idnentities been released yet?
I saw that. Navy Officers are rather legendary for that kind of thinking. Weird
“I saw that. Navy Officers are rather legendary for that kind of thinking. Weird”
It’s commonplace for military officers (not just Navy) to take “ownership” of the personnel under their command.
Hahahahaha....
“Yes, Chief!”
Yup, it’s a package deal that works both ways.
They’re ‘your’ sailors when you’re bragging about how great they are.
They’re ‘your’ sailors when you’re explaining to the Captain why half of your division was returned to the ship by the Shore Patrol.
Either way, as the officer you own it.
Know lots of officers. Only a few ass hats like that.
That’s actually appropriate capitalization/lack of according to news writing AP style. Even military journalists write like that. But it does look weird, doesn’t it.
I guess he wasn’t using a .45.
Sack the Captain for inadequately trained sailors.
Navy Officers fancy themselves as a type of aristocracy.
When I was a teenager in Virginia Beach, NAS Oceana was where we went to the beach ... ah, the onshore breeze from the hog farms! ... and I also rode horses there. The horses were deaf in the frequencies of jet engine, just like my dad.
Correct you are!
They still have the horses.
Hog farms not so much.
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