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The Navy has recognized 16 people whose heroic actions saved lives during a December terrorist attack on a Florida military base — including several who were themselves wounded in the shooting

The shooter had been a member of the Royal Saudi Air Force

Each sailor’s family will receive the Purple Hearts at private ceremonies that will be scheduled later

On Dec. 6th, Naval Air Station Pensacola was the site of an act of terrorism that had stunned the nation,...

The Navy and Marine Corps will prohibit foreign troops from buying and carrying personal weapons as the military continues rolling out new restrictions after a Saudi officer carried out a terrorist attack on a U.S. military base

An audio recording purporting to be from the Islamist militant group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility on Sunday for a fatal shooting in December at a U.S. naval base in Pensacola, Florida, but provided no evidence

Florida's two senators are pushing the Defense Department to award Purple Hearts to the U.S. service members wounded in the December shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola

Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday acknowledged that a deadly shooting at this Florida military base had raised concerns about international students, but said new security measures should provide a "much higher degree of confidence"

The Pensacola gunman obtained a handgun through a federal loophole that allows foreign nationals to own a gun if they have a hunting license.

The U.S. military grounded Saudi pilots and restricted the some 850 visiting Saudi military personnel in the country to classroom training as part of a "safety stand-down" during which time it reviewed vetting procedures

"I wasn't worried about being shot ... I was just worried about getting us to safety."

The 21 students being kicked out are a small minority of the 850 total Saudi military students studying in the U.S.

21 Saudi military trainees will be pulled out of the United States, said DOJ head William Barr.

Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly ordered the fleet-wide security "stand-down" and review of insider threats within the Navy and Marine Corps, with compliance expected by Jan. 10

he Pentagon said on Thursday that it found no threat in its review of about 850 military students from Saudi Arabia studying in the United States, following a Dec. 6 shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer who killed three people at a base in Florida

"It is reprehensible that a military installation, much less its warfighters based there, be at the mercy of off-base, civilian law enforcement when faced with an immediate threat to their lives"

The Saudi ambassador to the United States visited a U.S. naval air station in Florida on Thursday to extend her condolences for a shooting attack by a Saudi Air Force officer that killed three people last week, the Saudi embassy said.

No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, officials said.

An analysis of the Twitter account of 2nd Lt. Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani, a member of the Saudi Air Force who was at the Florida naval base for training, reveals that his "extremist thought" was present as early as 2015, two years before he came to the United States

"The selfless acts of heroism displayed by these young Sailors the morning of Dec. 6 are nothing short of incredible."

Nearly 175 Saudi Arabian military aviation students have been grounded as part of a "safety stand-down" after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and killed three people last week at a U.S. Navy base in Florida, U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday

The city of Pensacola, Fla., has been experiencing a cyberattack since Friday and disconnected several city services until the issue is resolved. Mayor Grover Robinson's office said officials were not sure if the attack was related to Friday's shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Station which left three sailors dead

"We MUST make sure American men and women in uniform are safe. We need to suspend this program while we do a full review."

NORTHCOM will "immediately assess force protection measures and implement increased random security measures for their facilities."

"We work with the presumption that this was an act of terrorism," USA Today quoted FBI Agent Rachel Rojas as saying at a news conference.