{"id":106147,"date":"2020-10-12T12:23:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106147"},"modified":"2020-10-12T12:23:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:23:32","slug":"sailors-receive-awards-for-thwarting-a-gunman-who-attacked-naval-air-station-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106147","title":{"rendered":"Sailors receive awards for thwarting a gunman who attacked Naval Air Station Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_106148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106148\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201008-N-PM193-1127.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-106148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201008-N-PM193-1127-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201008-N-PM193-1127-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201008-N-PM193-1127-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/201008-N-PM193-1127-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-106148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Oct. 8, 2020) Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Gregory J. Slavonic awards officer Stuart Levitt with the Distinguished Civilian Medal for Valor during an award ceremony at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NASCC). Slavonic visited NASCC to recognize the base Sailors and civilian who displayed acts of heroism during an active shooter emergency on May 21, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexander C. Kubitza)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several people have been awarded medals for their heroism, devotion to duty, and effective teamwork in minimizing the damage from a terrorist attack earlier this year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Navy has awarded 11 sailors and one civilian for their bravery in response to an attack on Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, on May 21, according to Navy officials.<\/p>\n<p>One sailor was wounded when a gunman opened fire at the base. The FBI later identified the suspected shooter, who was killed in the attack, as Adam Salim Alsahli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored to be able to present these awards today,\u201d acting Undersecretary of the Navy Gregory Slavonic said during an Oct. 8 ceremony. Five months ago, these individuals\u2019 rapid, decisive actions, and their courage under fire, ensured no loss of life. This surprise assault could have been deadlier, but they utilized their training and responded swiftly and exceptionally thwarting the nefarious intent by the intruder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Two MAs received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (the highest award for bravery not in combat), seven sailors received Navy Commendation Medals, and two sailors were also recognized but it doesn&#8217;t say the manner in which they were honored. The civilian DoD police officer received the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award for valor, which is the Secretary of the Navy&#8217;s highest civilian medal.<\/p>\n<p>Source; <a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/news\/navy-awards-sailors-corpus-christi-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Task and Purpose<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people have been awarded medals for their heroism, devotion to duty, and effective teamwork in &hellip; <a title=\"Sailors receive awards for thwarting a gunman who attacked Naval Air Station Corpus Christi\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106147\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sailors receive awards for thwarting a gunman who attacked Naval Air Station Corpus Christi<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[410,119,389],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bravo-zulu","category-navy","category-valor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106149,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106147\/revisions\/106149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}