{"id":12443,"date":"2019-12-08T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12443"},"modified":"2019-12-08T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T17:19:10","slug":"ens-joshua-kaleb-watson-usn-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=12443","title":{"rendered":"Ens. Joshua Kaleb Watson, USN, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5384,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pnj.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/07\\\/pensacola-shooting-victims-naval-base-identified-names-list\\\/4359008002\\\/?utm_source=oembed&amp;utm_medium=onsite&amp;utm_campaign=storylines&amp;utm_content=news&amp;utm_term=4352211002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5385,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pnj.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/07\\\/nas-pensacola-shooting-victim-identified-joshua-kaleb-watson-saved-countless-lives\\\/4364516002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.pnj.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/12\\\/07\\\/nas-pensacola-shooting-victim-identified-joshua-kaleb-watson-saved-countless-lives\\\/4364516002\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5386,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/navysports.com\\\/sports\\\/rifle\\\/roster\\\/josh-watson\\\/14627&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5387,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/navysports.com\\\/sports\\\/rifle\\\/schedule\\\/2018-19&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson was a 2019 US Naval Academy graduate. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/2019\/12\/07\/pensacola-shooting-victims-naval-base-identified-names-list\/4359008002\/?utm_source=oembed&amp;utm_medium=onsite&amp;utm_campaign=storylines&amp;utm_content=news&amp;utm_term=4352211002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported to Pensacola NAS<\/a> on November 15th. He was serving as the Officer of the Deck when the Saudi jihadist opened fire on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/2019\/12\/07\/nas-pensacola-shooting-victim-identified-joshua-kaleb-watson-saved-countless-lives\/4364516002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watson, though shot five times<\/a>, dragged himself out of the building, flagged down first responders, and informed them who and where the jihadist was located. By his actions, he saved multiple lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"782\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Watson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Watson.jpg 960w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Watson-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Watson-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Watson-940x766.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watson served as <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/rifle\/roster\/josh-watson\/14627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captain of the USNA Rifle Team<\/a>. While captain, the Navy team <a href=\"https:\/\/navysports.com\/sports\/rifle\/schedule\/2018-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beat Army&#8217;s rifle team<\/a> for the first time in a decade. He had a 4-year average of 580.6 (out of 600 possible) while competing in both smallbore and air rifle. He also competed in the NCAA Rifle Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/news\/2019\/12\/07\/nas-pensacola-shooting-victim-identified-joshua-kaleb-watson-saved-countless-lives\/4364516002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His father Benjamin said<\/a> this about his son and his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> &#8220;His mission was to confront evil,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To bring the fight to them, wherever it took him. He was willing to risk his life for his country. We never thought he would die in Florida.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson was a 2019 US Naval Academy graduate. 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