Posted on 03/27/2014 1:26:43 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
jumped between the gunman and a petty officer, saving that officer's life, Navy officials He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcwashington.com ...
Not to worry. The perp will no doubt be executed in oh, about twenty years. Maybe.
Amen to that.
The perp is already dead.
No. The perp got it in 20 seconds. The hero took the bullet and the perp ate some lead. Happy ending.
Thanks for agreeing with me.
The article says he disarmed her. How do you know how it happened, or what 'disarmed' means? Does the Navy give every person standing a quarterdeck watch a sidearm?
“We do not know enough to say that this perp, who may have been large, pwoerful, and trained...we just do not know...could have also taken it away from a male sailor.”
We know enough to say that it was much less likely that he could have taken it from a male sailor, and less likely that he would even have tried this if the watch had been a man. We also know enough to say that a man would have been more likely to shoot the assailant.
We also know enough to say that men will often protect women, instinctively, even at the expense of their own lives and the mission.
The only women in the Navy should be doctors and nurses. Period.
“Does the Navy give every person standing a quarterdeck watch a sidearm?”
In my day, only the petty officer of the watch got a sidearm. The officer of the deck could wear it if he wanted, and if he wanted to be known as a...sorry, couldn’t think of anything clean.
God bless and hold dear this very special hero.
My question is, why hasn’t the gunman been publically identified.
.......when they determine he has no connection to the muzzies and therefore no lies or coverup story are necessary
And me on another thread......
I disagree. The only reason this perp should have had her weapon is because she was already dead.
I was with you 100% down to “doctors and nurses”. So, now I’m 90%.
I believe one should be honest and apply the “would I want my daughter confronting some big ape forcefully trying to board a billion dollar warship with a gun in her hand?”
Everyone but the president of NOW would say No!
This guy could have been a killer terrorist and cut her head off in a split second on the way to 72 virgins! The Navy should not have had her in that position period!
Finally, there are many non combatant roles in the Navy that women can, and historically have, handled.
Sadly very few; they are trained to AVOID personal risk.
A few years back a ditch caved in on a worker.
Firemen arrive... the chief orders them back!
There is a man fully visible in the ditch.
The chief says they need a trench box to enter the ditch!
Whilst they waited someone jumped down in the hole to assist the injured. He could not detect a pulse and left.
The firemen waited.
About FIVE HOURS later the trench box arrived; an hour more and it was set in position.
He was dead.
The chief said it was too dangerous to go in the ditch.
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Apparently another breakdown in military base/facilities security (Ft. Hood, Norfolk, and Naval Yard, DC).
When is someone going to learn to do the job properly, or has security been compromised by PCism? With Mabus being the Secy of the Navy, you can answer that question by yourself.
I would say that Mabus is not the Secretary of the Navy, but is the “Secretary of the Queens’ Navy” (thank you HMS Pinafore, Doilie Carte Opera, 1953).
Sorry, didn’t read far enough.
Sorry, didn’t read far enough.
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