From the Governor’s office:
On December 6, 2019, a horrific act of terrorism was committed at Naval Air Station Pensacola, taking the lives of three U.S. Navy sailors and injuring other heroic victims. As a mark of respect for the victims, I signed the attached Proclamation directing the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the State of Florida from sunrise to sunset on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.
The official Navy report at the link below is heavily redacted but shocking enough. It outlines a cascading series of chronic command failures at NAS Pensacola and its tenant commands. As example, page 114 describes that NASP Navy Security Force Officers were issued body armor that “exceeded manufacturer’s warranty limit” and they had the wrong-sized ballistic panels. What? I was surprised also to learn that NSF Officers carried 9mm pistols. You’re not going to put anyone down quickly with a 9mm except with very expert shot placement. At the time, the PNJ reported that it took Deputies 11 minutes from receipt of the 911 call by Escambia County Dispatch (0644) to get to Building 633 (0655) from a substation 1.5 miles from the front gate and that the Deputy tasked to transport a wounded NSF Officer to the hospital was not familiar with the base and unsure how to get from Building 633 back to the front gate. Has anyone thought about forming a Sheriff’s Precinct with a substation staffed 24/7 on the base and with the Deputies assigned there fully integrated with NASP NSF Officers as the lead local law enforcement element ready to respond not just to a terrorism attack but anything else. Is an Escambia County EMS ambulance stationed full-time aboard NASP? Seems a good idea. The Navy owes local leaders an item-by-item debrief of every shortfall on December 6, 2019 and a briefing on everything done or in progress. The type of Civil-Military coordination described above to keep the base safe seems a lot important than worrying about base access for airshows.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20413475-command-investigation-nas-pensacola-shooting-report-and-endorsements-redacted-for-release