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WINGS OF GOLD FOR SHOOTING VICTIMS

PENSACOLA, Fla. The Navy posthumously awarded Wings of Gold Dec. 10 to all three Sailors killed during the Dec. 6, 2019, shooting at Naval Aviation Schools Command aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

Acting Secretary of the Navy the Honorable Thomas B. Modly proclaimed Ensign Joshua K. Watson as a naval aviator, and Airman Mohammed S. Haitham and Airman Apprentice Cameron S. Walters as naval aircrewmen. Chief of Naval Air Training Rear Adm. Daniel Dwyer oversees all undergraduate Naval

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