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| The slain sailor: Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Mark A. Mayo |
Are we all aware that THIS happened on Monday, March 24, 2014, on a destoyer at the Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia?
Excerpt from the above link (Note the usual disclaimer about ties to terrorism):
NORFOLK, Va. — The civilian accused of killing a military police officer on a destroyer docked at a naval base here may have gotten on base with federally approved credentials, but he was not authorized to be there, the Navy said Wednesday.Two people are dead: the sailor pictured at the top of this blog post and the perpetrator.
The Navy did not identify the man, who was killed after he overpowered a guard Monday on the USS Mahan, and said the details of his access to Naval Station Norfolk remain under investigation.
"His transportation workers ID card was valid," said Capt. Robert Clark, the base's commanding officer. "He did not have authorization to be on my base."
The investigation, which is ongoing, has not unearthed any links to terrorist groups nor evidence that any attack was planned, said Mario Palomino, special agent in charge at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Norfolk field office.
Nor have investigators determined a motive, Palomino said. The suspect had no known ties to the ship or anyone on the ship, which has a crew of about 300....
As of the time of this posting, why we do not have the shooter's name? My first thought: perhaps his digital footprint is being scrubbed before his name is released.
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WAVY.com video report asked TSA to reveal who else is required to hold similar TWIC ID
*Merchant Mariners
*Port Facility Employees
*Longshore Workers
*Truck Drivers
Shooting took place on "World's largest Naval Base" according to CBS This Morning
The sailor was fatally shot aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan, docked at the world's largest naval base by a civilian 'authorized' to be base.
details at WTKR.com
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Mark A. Mayo, 24, sacrificed himself to save a female petty officer of the watch who was disarmed by the intruder, a truck driver, and then turned the watch stander’s gun at Mayo.
Quote: “We have been able to rule out any additional threat to the Navy pertaining to this civilian. We have ruled out any link to terrorism. And preliminary facts do not indicate this was a pre-planned attack,” officials say."
He was a truck driver, meaning he had access to the base and to the pier to drive his truck up. Its unclear if he used his ID to access the base and pier. Initial reports were he blew through both.
from comment by PajamaMama at above link
The assailant rolled his 18-wheeler onto Norfolk Naval Station Monday night, waved through Gate 5 after showing his credentials.
He parked near the piers and, using the same card, walked through a second manned checkpoint. He was not armed and again, was not stopped.
It was only when he approached the guided missile destroyer Mahan, moored at Pier 1, that the man - a civilian - garnered any suspicion.
The next moments turned violent. He wrested a weapon from the petty officer of the watch, who was standing guard and tried to stop him. He then fatally shot a sailor who came to help before the attacker was shot and killed, the commander of Norfolk Naval Station said.
The deadly breach at 11:20 p.m. on the waterfront of the Navy's largest base demonstrated once again how vulnerable military installations are to attacks - not only from external terrorist threats but from insiders who've been entrusted with access in the normal course of business. A civilian contractor opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard in September, killing 12 people.
At Norfolk Naval Station, there are tens of thousands of trusted insiders. More than 120,000 people in Hampton Roads are authorized to access the region's bases for work. Tens of thousands of vehicles come and go daily.
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To get a TWIC card, a worker must provide personal information, including fingerprints, and pass a background check conducted by the civilian Transportation Security Administration. Workers pay approximately $130 for a card and must reapply every five years.
Some of that information, including the fingerprints, is embedded in the card. But since the TWIC program was created, it has faced questions about its cost and usefulness, especially because some installations don't have devices to read the cards. Norfolk Naval Station is among them.
Instead, guards at gates and security checkpoints make sure the people presenting TWIC cards match the photos on the cards.
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Guards typically would not allow a TWIC card holder onto a pier if they hadn't been told ahead of time, he said. It's unclear whether that was the case Monday.
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A week ago, the Pentagon released a series of recommendations to improve base security after last year's shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. A civilian contractor, Aaron Alexis, killed 12 people before shooting himself. Gortney helped lead the review. Among the recommendations was a continuous evaluation system to routinely update background checks of people who hold security clearances to access military installations.
The Mahan returned to Norfolk in September after an 8-1/2-month deployment that included time in the Mediterranean Sea because of the civil war in Syria. The ship was commissioned in 1998 and has a crew of about 250 sailors and officers, according to a Navy website.
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comment posted at link:
eason to be there
Submitted by Brett13 on Wed, 03/26/2014 at 5:31 am. I am a retired Navy CPO and work on NOB. My questions is... Why was this "contractor" given access to the base after taps and did anyone validate his bill of lading? Installations onboard do not normally take deliveries after working hours unless arranged in advance.
I stood many a gate guard during my 20 yrs of service and this person's need to be onboard after normal working hours would have raised a red flag for sure. Ship's don't take deliveries after taps and if they do they are well aware of who and what is being delivered. Regardless of time of day an 18 wheeler should never be permitted onboard without a valid lading and POC at end point.
Update:
PilotOnline.com: Navy launching 2nd investigation ...
Among other new information, Clark said the assailant - whom officials have identified but not named publicly - should not have been on the base that night. At the gate driving a tractor-trailer cab, he used a valid credential called a TWIC card, issued to transportation and maritime workers. But Mayo's shooter also should have had a legitimate business reason for coming in, and Clark suggested he didn't.
"On this particular evening," Clark said, "he did not have authorization to be on my base."
Clark said the Navy is launching a second investigation - on top of one being conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service - that will examine how the shooter made it through the gate as well as another checkpoint before the pier.
Mario Palomino, NCIS's agent in charge, said investigators haven't determined a motive. They don't think the assailant, who Palomino said did not work for the Defense Department, knew anyone on the Mahan.
And they don't think the attack was planned.
"We have been able to rule out any additional threat to the Navy," Palomino said. "We have ruled out any link to terrorism."
He said that before Mayo died, he shot back.
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comment at link:
Anyone find it curious
Submitted by RivahMitch on Wed, 03/26/2014 at 6:14 pm. that while the government immediately announces that "there's no link to terrorism" the name of the murderer, presumably on it's TSA approved ID card, has NOT been released?
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As AoW points out in her post, yeah . . .there are a few of us that remain curious. I suspect there are several additional curious posters at the comments section of that site given the number of deleted comments based on "rules violation. Reason: Disparaging ..."
The author of the PilotOnline linked article updated the piece with the following details in the comments section:
MAYO WAS NOT MANNING THE PIER CHECKPOINT
Submitted by corinne.reilly (staffer) on Thu, 03/27/2014 at 11:43 am.
This is Corinne Reilly, the writer. Navy officials have told us that Mayo wasn't manning the pier checkpoint; he was patrolling nearby. Sailors who man pier checkpoints come from the ships moored there. We've added this information to the story.
Navy plans to ID shooter in USS Mahan death
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Navy is planning to identify and provide more information on the man who opened fire on board USS Mahan Monday night, killing a Sailor.
The service originally said the civilian had some level of access to the installation but later backed off the assertion.
The service originally said the civilian had some level of access to the installation but later backed off the assertion.
army times
It could be weeks before autopsy results are provided to investigators, he added.
It wasn’t immediately clear Thursday when the bodies would be released to Mayo and the civilian’s families.
Official identifies civilian who shot Navy sailor As Jeffrey Tyrone Savage on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to publicly speak about the case.
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Jeffrey Tyrone Savage on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to publicly speak about the case. The incident raises questions about the TWIC program, which was created a decade ago, primarily to ensure security at civilian marine terminals. The government ID cards are also sometimes used to access military bases.
To get a TWIC card, a worker must provide personal information, including fingerprints, and pass a background check conducted by the civilian. Some felonies disqualify applicants from receiving the security pass, but manslaughter is not listed among them.
Savage's conviction for distribution of a controlled substance might have disqualified him had it happened within the past seven years. More than 2 million people hold valid TWIC cards nationwide.
If TSA is passing a convicted felon through a background check and giving him authorized access to our military installations then how can we trust them to be checking anything else??
I just got home from work.
Still no name?
Addendum: Officially named, I mean.
Never mind. I found the name: Jeffrey Tyrone Savage.
According to NCIS:
"Savage, an employee of Majette Trucking, did have a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). A TWIC alone does not authorize base access; it must be used in conjunction with other documents to gain authorized entry. The NCIS investigation has confirmed that Savage had no reason or authorization to be on Naval Station Norfolk. The chain of events that allowed Savage entry to the installation and the ship are under investigation.
Navy.Mil
Yet, Investigators do not believe the assailant knew anybody aboard the Mahan and wasn’t a regular visitor to the base. The Navy has ruled out terrorism as a motive.
Ruled out terrorism . . .based on what evidence?
How much prison dawa was this murderer exposed to during his previous convictions? There are reports that he resided with a woman and three kids. Any visible hijabs in that household?
This primative refusal to bear witness to the inherent danger in Islamic doctrine, the 'hear no-see no-say no-evil' PC MC nonsense doctrine is not going to end well.
The 'lips sealed' pattern illustrated by people who knew this felon is remarkable.
Quote via WTKR:
"In 2005, Savage was convicted of manslaughter in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Before that, he served time in Maryland for dealing crack.
The Navy says he worked for Majette’s Trucking.
Labarbara Majette says he didn’t technically work for her; instead he drove a truck she leased out to Rail Port Trucking on South Military Highway in Chesapeake.
“I don’t know anything. They let us know that he had the credentials, he had the experience. And you know he was a driver,” says Majette.
NewsChannel 3 went to Rail Port where he drove trucks to see what his former co-workers had to say about the 35-year-old from Portsmouth.
No one there wanted to talk including a man who appeared to be managing the business.
It’s unclear how long Savage had worked at Rail Port.
Labarbara Majette, who owned the truck he drove didn’t know anything about Savage’s work status with the company.
His former employer did not want to talk to NewsChannel 3 about if they knew of Savage’s violent past.
It’s one that included two different stints in jail, including being locked up for manslaughter as recently as five years ago."
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via HamptonRoads.com
"Eric Loulies, 40, believes Savage had been living across the street from him in a townhouse on Radford Circle in the Western Branch section of Chesapeake. He said he couldn’t recall ever speaking to Savage, but saw him in passing.
“Sadly, it doesn’t shock me,” Loulies said. “So much stuff like that happens nowadays.”
Another neighbor, who would not give her name, said a woman also lived in the home, along with three kids.
Loulies said that unmarked law enforcement vehicles showed up in the complex on Tuesday, the day after the shooting. It started with one sedan, whose occupant staked out the complex from a side street for at least a couple of hours, he said. Then, as many as seven other unmarked vehicles joined him.
The armed officers – some of them wearing purple latex gloves – stayed for several hours, going in and out of the townhouse.
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There are few reasons why people would be afraid to reveal what they know about this Savage.
Savage had been in and out of prison over the years, according to court records.
"While driving on Interstate 85 in Charlotte, N.C., in 2005, Savage got into an argument with a passenger, Maurice Griffin, also from Hampton Roads. The two men struggled for control of a gun. Griffin was shot and killed and dumped on an interstate ramp, according to a summary of the case."
What the above link and most reports fail to mention is that the passenger was Savage 's best friend.
Family felt Navy base shooter had changed his life
"The man who drove a semi-truck onto Norfolk Naval Station before killing a sailor left a halfway house two years ago, promising family he was going to make some changes.
Jeffrey Tyrone Savage married the mother of his youngest child. He took classes to get his commercial driver's license. Earlier this year he obtained a federal security credential allowing him access to port facilities and military bases, and he soon found work with a local trucking company.
"We had seen a change in Jeffrey," said Rena Duffie, a cousin who lives on Virginia's Eastern Shore. "When we looked at him, we didn't see the old Jeffrey anymore. We saw a man who loved his wife and had committed himself to being a good father and providing for his family. We thought the old Jeffrey was gone.
He was charged in the 2005 shooting death of Maurice Griffin, a 30-year-old Chesapeake resident, in Charlotte, N.C. They were driving from Georgia to Virginia when they fought over a handgun. Savage shot Griffin and left his body on the side of an Interstate 85 on-ramp. Police were called when someone passing by saw Griffin's body, originally thinking it was a deer.
Prosecutors planned to seek the death penalty against Savage if he didn't plead guilty, according to court records. Savage accepted a plea deal in February 2008 and was released from prison at the end of 2009.
Savage and Griffin had been best friends before the shooting, according to Griffin's aunt, Vanessa Griffin of Chesapeake.
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