They wanted to kill U.S. Pilots.......military fighters they can't usually get to since they are out of reach on bases and flying high over the battlefield...
So why choose a base where most of the pilots are still in training? These instructors stationed there are not the ones flying the F/A-18s and F-35s off of ships. Any Navy pilot can be a basic flight instructor, but they are usually the guys who fly P-8s, C-130s, E-2s, C-1s, etc.
I do not know how the Navy refers to their intelligence guys. In the Army they often referred to as the 2 shop, operating under the S-2 or G-2 depending on level of Command. But whatever you guys call them, they really dropped the mop on the deck at that base. It is quite common to have foreign military students at training bases. We sell a lot of equip requiring specialized training. Much of this could be done could be and should be done forward, OCONUS, but often isn't. In these days of asymmetric warfare, dealing with terrorists and indeed states that support terrorist, but are considered allies, a higher level of ongoing security intelligence regarding foreign military students should be maintained as SOP. You cannot have 100% vehicle inspection at guard posts coming on to bases. Traffic can be horrible as it is. That said, foreign military students reporting for training duty could be posted to go through a different line at the checkpoints for closer inspection. Foreign Military students should be housed on post, even in what you and I would call sub- standard housing and denied statements of non availability at billeting. This would cut down on the routine in/out traffic of foreign national. Our facilities are not here for their convenience. Training Command level 2 shops or whatever the Navy calls them should be utilized at training bases to effect ongoing alertness to activities and attitudes of Foreign Military Students. At the first hint of unpopular ideas or attitudes on the part of Foreign Military students. the offending student should be shipped home. Training here is a privilege not a right.
They wanted to kill U.S. Pilots.......military fighters they can't usually get to since they are out of reach on bases and flying high over the battlefield...
So why choose a base where most of the pilots are still in training? These instructors stationed there are not the ones flying the F/A-18s and F-35s off of ships. Any Navy pilot can be a basic flight instructor, but they are usually the guys who fly P-8s, C-130s, E-2s, C-1s, etc.
I do not know how the Navy refers to their intelligence guys. In the Army they often referred to as the 2 shop, operating under the S-2 or G-2 depending on level of Command. But whatever you guys call them, they really dropped the mop on the deck at that base. It is quite common to have foreign military students at training bases. We sell a lot of equip requiring specialized training. Much of this could be done could be and should be done forward, OCONUS, but often isn't. In these days of asymmetric warfare, dealing with terrorists and indeed states that support terrorist, but are considered allies, a higher level of ongoing security intelligence regarding foreign military students should be maintained as SOP. You cannot have 100% vehicle inspection at guard posts coming on to bases. Traffic can be horrible as it is. That said, foreign military students reporting for training duty could be posted to go through a different line at the checkpoints for closer inspection. Foreign Military students should be housed on post, even in what you and I would call sub- standard housing and denied statements of non availability at billeting. This would cut down on the routine in/out traffic of foreign national. Our facilities are not here for their convenience. Training Command level 2 shops or whatever the Navy calls them should be utilized at training bases to effect ongoing alertness to activities and attitudes of Foreign Military Students. At the first hint of unpopular ideas or attitudes on the part of Foreign Military students. the offending student should be shipped home. Training here is a privilege not a right.