{"id":14147,"date":"2020-02-26T21:14:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/26\/naval-flight-training-resumes-for-saudi-students\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:10:48","slug":"naval-flight-training-resumes-for-saudi-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2020\/02\/26\/naval-flight-training-resumes-for-saudi-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval flight training resumes for Saudi students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabian students resumed Navy flight training Tuesday, nearly three months after a massacre at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnic.navy.mil\/regions\/cnrse\/installations\/nas_pensacola.html\" target=_blank>Naval Air Station Pensacola<\/a> by one of their comrades left three dead in a shooting that U.S. leaders linked to terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Royal Air and Naval Forces officers in the Navy\u2019s flight training pipeline were restricted to classroom studies or put those studies on hold while the sea service met <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/17\/new-regs-to-restrict-firearms-base-access-travel-for-international-military-students\/\" target=_blank>new requirements<\/a> on base access and vetting for international military students put in place by the Secretary of Defense following the Dec. 6 shooting by Saudi Royal Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/12\/06\/active-shooter-at-nas-pensacola-reported-dead\/\">2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That total includes 64 Saudi students at commands at the Pensacola base and another 26 at the Naval Station Mayport-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/airfor\/hsm40\/Pages\/WelcomeAboard.aspx\" target=_blank>Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 40<\/a>, Naval Education and Training Command spokesperson Cmdr. James Stockman told Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/02\/21\/here-are-the-navys-new-rules-for-foreigners-seeking-to-enter-bases\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3762879.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here are the Navy\u2019s new rules for foreigners seeking to enter bases<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The measures will be implemented on Feb. 25.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, the Navy also began restricting base access for foreign nationals by assignment only. That followed a new regulation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/02\/06\/navy-issues-new-rules-on-foreign-military-students-and-firearms\/\" target=_blank>prohibiting the possession and use of personally owned firearms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other updates include requirements that international military students formally accept the new policies to be permitted to train in the U.S., Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Megan Issac said in an email. The Navy has also developed a policy for continuous vetting of the foreign students which will be implemented by March 13, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Navy is making every effort to minimize disruptions to our foreign national partners while implementing the revised security initiatives,\u201d Isaac said in a statement Wednesday. &#8220;Foreign military training remains one of the most effective tools to advance U.S. national security, and these actions will enable the Navy to continue to strengthen our alliances and build our partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators have said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/12\/06\/active-shooter-at-nas-pensacola-reported-dead\/\">Alshamrani<\/a> relied on a hunting loophole to legally purchase a Glock 9mm pistol from a Florida dealer in July, months before an early morning rampage that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ag\/staff-profile\/meet-attorney-general\">U.S. Attorney General William Barr<\/a> characterized as an \u201cact of terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though there were no indications that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/12\/06\/active-shooter-at-nas-pensacola-reported-dead\/\">Alshamrani<\/a> acted in concert with other students, Barr also announced in January that nearly two dozen Saudis who had been in the U.S. for military training were being sent home after investigators discovered either anti-American or \u201cjihadist\u201d material on their social media. 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