Posted on 03/07/2026 7:06:31 AM PST by Leaning Right
The U.S. Navy is making a renewed emphasis to sailors in the San Diego area to take extra precautions in public in case of personal attacks in light of recent political events and the U.S. involvement in Iran, according to a Navy sailor based in the San Diego area.
That sailor, who asked not to be identified, told FOX 5/KUSI that the naval base shared an internal message this week advising them to refrain from wearing clothing or having items on their car that identify them as Navy and could potentially make them a target of attacks.
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I’m not sorry to say that if I saw someone attacking a sailor, that would more than likely be the last day the attacker will be able to chew solid food.
Better to arm them and tell them to shoot whoever gives them guff. That’d take care of both foreign and domestic enemies that self-identify.
Nothing unusual, many times when I was in port and world events changed, we were told to do this.
Honestly sounds more like a good base commander.
Against enemies foreign and domestic....
Unless they are in the US
/s
So much for that base parking sticker on the bumper
Be very careful in democrat territory
> sounds more like a good base commander <
Oh, yes. I certainly agree. It’s not that the base commander is being over-cautious.
It’s that he even has to consider such a thing on American soil.
“That sailor, who asked not to be identified, told FOX 5/KUSI that the naval base shared an internal message this week advising them to refrain from wearing clothing or having items on their car that identify them as Navy and could potentially make them a target of attacks.”
TBH im not sure I believe any of this.
I worked for the DoD for 30 years directly attached to the US Navy and in all that time I never met one service member that I would ever think would share something like that with the media.
I’m not saying it didn’t happen but in my experience I doubt it.
The purple or unnatural bright red hair is a typical sign.
Aposematism - Family of antipredator adaptations in which a warning signal is associated with the unprofitability of a prey item to potential predators, such as bright colors or patterns indicating that an organism is dangerous or unpalatable
The place changed a lot since we moved outta there in 1992.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I considered that. The story is evidently based on one sailor’s report. But on the other hand, Fox has at least some reputation for honest reporting.
So I thought I’d throw it out there for discussion.
Helpful. Thank you. I’ll pass it along.
The time was the anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing in WW2.
The sailors were warned not to wear clothing specific to the navy.
Typically made no sense as whites stood out in a nation of shorter people.
Sure, I appreciate the post.
Only thing that makes me think it may have actually happened is it’s California.
Heh! My original orders were for the USS Blue Ridge in Yokosuka. When I married my first ex, they changed my orders for USS Peleliu in San Diego.
I should have went to Japan.
That, attacking anyone in uniform, is something to be taken personally.
July 3, 1988 , USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655.
My ship, USS Coral Sea , was entering the harbor of Halifax Nova Scotia. for a port visit.
The command was concerned about protest and said come back to the ship if trouble started.
No trouble, Canucks were buying beers for the crew.
Good advice, but that didn't work when I was in the service because our short haircuts made us stand out like a sore thumb. My wife and I and another couple went to a pizza joint in Champaign, Illinois in 1972 and I half expected trouble, but nothing happened. I was never attacked.
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