Comments on: NAS Pensacola Remains Closed To The Public http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James McNair http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-484379 James McNair Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:37:54 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-484379 My family has been visiting the area since 1974. My wife and I had been visiting on our own since 1985. We loved watching the blues practice, including the B1RD jokes. I always loved Naval Aviation. The Blue Angels have always been part of our visit to the Gulf Coast. It breaks my heart that I can no longer go to the museum to see all the historic aircraft, and that I can no longer go see the Blues practice. I have contributed to the Museum in the past. Please open the Museum back up. Please, allow people like me whom have followed the Blues for so many years back in to see them practice again. To me it seems to be a typical School yard response. Everyone pays the price for the deeds of a few. My family has been visiting the area since 1974. My wife and I had been visiting on our own since 1985. We loved watching the blues practice, including the B1RD jokes. I always loved Naval Aviation. The Blue Angels have always been part of our visit to the Gulf Coast. It breaks my heart that I can no longer go to the museum to see all the historic aircraft, and that I can no longer go see the Blues practice. I have contributed to the Museum in the past. Please open the Museum back up. Please, allow people like me whom have followed the Blues for so many years back in to see them practice again. To me it seems to be a typical School yard response. Everyone pays the price for the deeds of a few.

]]> By: David Pursell http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-445756 David Pursell Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:41:25 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-445756 Why don't you take time to write your various congressman like Representative Matt Gaetz at U.S. Representative for the First District of Florida 1721 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-4136 And the Naval Base commander also, Captain Timothy F. Kinsella Jr 850-452-2714 and tell them, that if they had not been allowed to train terrorist on the base they wouldn't have had an attack on our servicemen. That the public visitors are/were not the terrorist. Is is not time to get the Naval Museum open to the public again??? Sincerely, David Pursel Why don’t you take time to write your various congressman like
Representative Matt Gaetz at
U.S. Representative for the First District of Florida
1721 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4136

And the Naval Base commander also,
Captain Timothy F. Kinsella Jr
850-452-2714

and tell them, that if they had not been allowed to train terrorist on the base they wouldn’t have had an attack on our servicemen.

That the public visitors are/were not the terrorist.

Is is not time to get the Naval Museum open to the public again???

Sincerely,
David Pursel

]]> By: John O McBee http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-443432 John O McBee Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:24:54 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-443432 Planned on stopping by the museum on March 9,10 but after reading the above which was depressing, looks like it is closed again. As a former Navy pilot in Viet Nam it seems ridiculous that a VA card cannot allow an old man to visit. I flew old 424 VIP parked in the back lot for CINCPACFLT in 1965-66. Sad commentary! Planned on stopping by the museum on March 9,10 but after reading the above which was depressing, looks like it is closed again. As a former Navy pilot in Viet Nam it seems ridiculous that a VA card cannot allow an old man to visit. I flew old 424 VIP parked in the back lot for CINCPACFLT in 1965-66. Sad commentary!

]]> By: Concerned citizen http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-405589 Concerned citizen Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:42:58 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-405589 I'm hearing concerns regarding the museum and the lighthouse. What about the cemetery where hundreds of our service members and loved ones are forever resting? Both my grandparents and my dad are buried there. I’m hearing concerns regarding the museum and the lighthouse. What about the cemetery where hundreds of our service members and loved ones are forever resting? Both my grandparents and my dad are buried there.

]]> By: Caitlin O’Malley http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-405569 Caitlin O’Malley Sat, 18 Jan 2020 15:44:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-405569 The museum was built before all this craziness that has transpired since 9/11 it was never an issue before then. The museum was built before all this craziness that has transpired since 9/11 it was never an issue before then.

]]> By: Caitlin O’Malley http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-405568 Caitlin O’Malley Sat, 18 Jan 2020 15:41:42 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-405568 To those saying the lighthouse should have been built elsewhere, it is an aid to marine navigation and was built where it was needed. It just happens to part of the base now. Get real. To those saying the lighthouse should have been built elsewhere, it is an aid to marine navigation and was built where it was needed. It just happens to part of the base now. Get real.

]]> By: Wellactually http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-405555 Wellactually Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:42:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-405555 1.To my knowledge, the museum is not funded by taxpayer money. If so, it is a tiny drop in the bucket of the budget which is largely privately funded. 2.Real people work there to preserve and educate about US Naval History. It is a wonderfully curated fountain of knowledge. 3.If we get rid of things we are proud of, we are letting our opposition win. The museum has been open for years with no domestic issues. Let me go back to work, thanks. 1.To my knowledge, the museum is not funded by taxpayer money. If so, it is a tiny drop in the bucket of the budget which is largely privately funded.
2.Real people work there to preserve and educate about US Naval History. It is a wonderfully curated fountain of knowledge.
3.If we get rid of things we are proud of, we are letting our opposition win.

The museum has been open for years with no domestic issues. Let me go back to work, thanks.

]]> By: mike http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-405554 mike Fri, 17 Jan 2020 22:23:34 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-405554 use the power of your vote to get people in office that will not kowtow to the military-industrial complex and won't allow these types over here. then the base should go back to normal. there is much to be said on this subject that decorum prevents being discussed due to the sensitivity of the issue. if the majority wants a change it should happen. a silent majority will get overrun every time. :( use the power of your vote to get people in office that will not kowtow to the military-industrial complex and won’t allow these types over here. then the base should go back to normal.

there is much to be said on this subject that decorum prevents being discussed due to the sensitivity of the issue. if the majority wants a change it should happen. a silent majority will get overrun every time. :(

]]> By: SW http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-405529 SW Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:31:04 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-405529 Typical government response. It wasn’t ‘the public’ who committed the terrorist acts. Typical government response.
It wasn’t ‘the public’ who committed the terrorist acts.

]]> By: Mark Rivalto http://www.northescambia.com/2020/01/nas-pensacola-remains-closed-to-the-public/comment-page-1#comment-405525 Mark Rivalto Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:36:52 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=389034#comment-405525 Completely wrong to deny access to the public. Especially since it has been tax payer money plus public donations that not only built this facility but also continued to support it. If the public is going to be denied access to the base grounds then the museum needs to be moved to a public area. Since it was a foreign national that was invited to the base, maybe there should be a better job of screening who you invite ! Or just don't bring the over for joint training. Completely wrong to deny access to the public. Especially since it has been tax payer money plus public donations that not only built this facility but also continued to support it. If the public is going to be denied access to the base grounds then the museum needs to be moved to a public area. Since it was a foreign national that was invited to the base, maybe there should be a better job of screening who you invite ! Or just don’t bring the over for joint training.

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