Naval Academy Shooting

[Flash]

The reports of an active shooter at the Naval Academy yesterday fortunately turned out to be false, with the threat originating from a (former?) middle's laptop at his home in the Midwest. But apparently as a result of the warnings a scene from the next Naked Gun movie occurred on campus:

"Amid the initial chaos and confusion on campus, the midshipman mistook a law enforcement officer for the shooter and struck him in the head with a parade rifle. The law enforcement officer then fired at the midshipman, wounding him in the arm, the officials said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/...e_code=1.lU8.IBSa.r2s3RvB7Fs37&smid=url-share
Both the midshipman and the law enforcement officer were stable and receiving treatment, the officials said."

 

[mmx1]

Give that mid an award!

 

[CommodoreMid]

If he goes aviation he’s already got a call sign worthy story

 

[JTS11]

If he goes aviation he’s already got a call sign worthy story

Nah, he'll be an Infantry Officer.

 

[CommodoreMid]

Fun thread jack, LEEROY is now a brevity word. It’s the opposite of a ROLEX.

https://www.alssa.mil/Portals/9/Documents/mttps/sd_brevity_2025.pdf?ver=n4_AmEM1NW5oJwXYnxCwnQ%3D%3D

 

[WhiskeySierra6]

Fun thread jack, LEEROY is now a brevity word. It’s the opposite of a ROLEX.

https://www.alssa.mil/Portals/9/Documents/mttps/sd_brevity_2025.pdf?ver=n4_AmEM1NW5oJwXYnxCwnQ%3D%3D

That is pure poetry.

 

[Brett327]

That is pure poetry.

I think Choda may be personally responsible for getting that in ALSA.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Fun thread jack, LEEROY is now a brevity word. It’s the opposite of a ROLEX.

https://www.alssa.mil/Portals/9/Documents/mttps/sd_brevity_2025.pdf?ver=n4_AmEM1NW5oJwXYnxCwnQ%3D%3D

That… is… awesome. I wonder if the original Leeroy has any idea how far his legend has made it.

We used to try and to come up with ways to brief a LEEROY call during workups, usually something along the lines of going to the merge without a targeting assignment.

This is better use of the term.

 

[CommodoreMid]

Your use is definitely apropos, but you are correct in that the ALSA definition is most true to the the original usage.

 

[hlg6016]

My account at Reddit has been locked down for a week for giving a negative critique of the midshipman's performance.
In the USMC sub of all places.

 

[sevenhelmet]

My account at Reddit has been locked down for a week for giving a negative critique of the midshipman's performance.
In the USMC sub of all places.

Reddit generally sucks, that’s no real loss. Your blood pressure will have time to recover.

 

[hlg6016]

Sad state of affairs when Critiquing a buttstroke on a Marine sub is viewed as promoting violence.