Posted on 07/25/2018 8:23:55 AM PDT by Simon Green
Naval Special Warfare Command says it will evaluate its training procedures after a group of Navy SEALs and trainees were shot at by a man with a pellet gun late Monday evening.
Around 10:30 p.m., Navy SEAL instructors and trainees were conducting a nighttime qualification dive when Scott Douglass Weaver, 47, confronted them near the Halsey Road bridge at Liberty Station, authorities said.
At one point, the man began firing a pellet gun at the divers. A Navy spokesman said that’s when the SEALs called the police.
San Diego Police arrested Weaver for assault with a deadly weapon, threats, brandishing a replica firearm and obstruction, a police spokesman said.
The Navy said no military personnel were injured.
Police did not say whether Weaver had a motive for targeting the SEALs or if he was even aware of who he was firing upon.
“That will be determined after the investigation is completed,” San Diego Police Officer Billy Hernandez said in an email.
Navy SEALs are a clandestine special-warfare component of the Navy. As such, much of what they do — including training — is treated as sensitive information.
“We don’t want to highlight our training,” said Lt. Trevor Davids, public information officer at Naval Special Warfare Training Center. “(But) we do train in San Diego Bay.”
The notoriously arduous SEAL training school — Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) — is located at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Prospective SEALs train in the Silver Strand surf as well as other locations in and around the bay.
Davids said the Navy takes the safety of its students and the public into consideration when planning its training.
“We recognize we are training in a densely-populated area,” Davids said, “We have procedures in place to protect our students.”
Davids said the Navy will examine the incident in an “after-action” report, and that it could affect how future training is conducted.
“It’s something we (will) plan for and evaluate for the safety of our students and the public,” he said.
Darwin Award Candidate.
Yeah like armed security. Duh. In training environments most times soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen are sheep to the slaughter.
“when Scott Douglass Weaver, 47,”
47?
Shove that gun up his ______
I mean really.
Might as well shoot a BB into the rear of a Mama Grizz. Sounds like a case of way too much drinking.
Just put an armed guard on duty.
The next pecker-head who tries this, give him/her an early retirement.
What is it with people today? Good grief!
Remarkable restraint showed by the SEALs by calling the Police to come take care of this... Im sure they very much would have preferred to take care of this the way they are trained to.
“Scott Douglas Weaver, recently deceased . . . “
Live fire exercise. ;)
I think the bigger point is the perp had a pellet gun. Had it been a real fire arm not much seals could have done but get killed or run.
Yea, he is lucky the Seals called the police.........
I suspect that he knew very well.
.... and I wish they had.
Oh well.
It does make you question the IQ involved when you attack a group of SEALs with a pellet gun. Sheesh.
> Just put an armed guard on duty. <
I’m not seeing why they don’t do this. Pick an NCO out of the group, give him a bit of training regarding the use of lethal force in civilian situations, then arm him.
Perhaps the BB gun guy in this story was just some old drunk. But there are plenty of wanna-be jihadists around these days that would love to take out a US serviceman or two.
I agree with your take on it.
I will say that if that was one of those pump pellet guns though, they can pack quite a wallop.
It’s not just a simple BB gun. It truly is a lethal weapon.
If hit in the eye, you could lose your sight too.
I hope he gets a long stay in prison for his efforts.
Weaver thinks the seals were Russians had to be a democrat.
It's a vulnerability. What if it had been a jihadi with a real gun?
They do parts of their training on publicly accessible beaches and not closed, military restricted areas. This is why they called the police. They are not authorized to make an arrest and although they could take action to prevent injury, etc, they don’t want it to become a big incident making local and national news. That encourages the other fruits and nuts to emulate. The local police are aware there are unannounced training exercises and usually handle any issues quietly and without fanfare.
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