Update:
PilotOnline.com: Navy launching 2nd investigation ...
Among other new information, Clark said the assailant - whom officials have identified but not named publicly - should not have been on the base that night. At the gate driving a tractor-trailer cab, he used a valid credential called a TWIC card, issued to transportation and maritime workers. But Mayo's shooter also should have had a legitimate business reason for coming in, and Clark suggested he didn't."On this particular evening," Clark said, "he did not have authorization to be on my base."
Clark said the Navy is launching a second investigation - on top of one being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service - that will examine how the shooter made it through the gate as well as another checkpoint before the pier.
Mario Palomino, NCIS's agent in charge, said investigators haven't determined a motive. They don't think the assailant, who Palomino said did not work for the Defense Department, knew anyone on the Mahan.
And they don't think the attack was planned.
"We have been able to rule out any additional threat to the Navy," Palomino said. "We have ruled out any link to terrorism."
He said that before Mayo died, he shot back.
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Anyone find it curious Submitted by RivahMitch on Wed, 03/26/2014 at 6:14 pm. that while the government immediately announces that "there's no link to terrorism" the name of the murderer, presumably on it's TSA approved ID card, has NOT been released?
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yeah . . .there are a few of us that remain curious. I suspect there are several additional curious posters at the comments section of that site given the number of deleted comments based on
"rules violation. Reason: Disparaging ..."
The cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach developed vastly after the bases were built and in doing so enclosed them. I-64 and the Hampton Roads Tunnel is literally in sight of the carrier piers and the by-pass near Portsmouth gives a view of NNSY.
Another idiotic idea was building Pier 10. Back in the mid 1980's as I understand it an additional two carrier berth pier was built between Piers 12 & 7 which at the time only allowed three carriers to be at NOB which IMO was a very wise policy. Evidently instead of keeping Mayport open as a home port for a carrier or two all east coast carriers were moved to Norfolk. Worse than that is the fact the Navy has put carriers there in a shipyard posture.
The base as far as trucks go has several options. One is by appointment only delivery with a checking station right outside the main gate. The other would be a transfer depot away from the base and have military drivers deliver from there.