PENSACOLA, Fla. — The response from law enforcement Thursday morning got a lot of attention both on the road and in the neighborhoods near Corry Station.

From the moment the first call went out around 10:15 a.m. for a reported active shooter, every available first responder rushed to the base.

Former NAS Pensacola Commanding Officer Tim Kinsella said the incident immediately brought back flashbacks from the deadly December 6, 2019, terror attack at NAS Pensacola.

“Shock, horror,” Kinsella said. “I immediately went back to that morning of December 6th. My thoughts went out to the skipper to Mamasan and what she was going through. I knew exactly what was going through her mind at the time.”

Kinsella said Thursday’s response was the product of what was learned from the attack just over five years ago.

“The response from the sheriff’s department and the police department was immediate,” he said. “The fact that we now have a Bearcat that was sitting right outside the building where the shooting was reported to have happened, our mindset is different. It’s one thing to train for, it’s one thing to talk about it, it’s one thing to say it’s going to happen one day. But when it does actually happen, you’re ready for it the next time.”

Thursday’s incident still being investigated. A sweep of the premises at Corry Station and NAS Pensacola found no active shooter or injuries, as well as no evidence of gunshots having been fired.

Kinsella says the base is not immune to swatting and bomb threat calls.

“When I was skipper on the base, we had several bomb threats,” he said. “A couple of them unfortunately were just disgruntled sailors who didn’t want to go to school that day. You don’t know what’s going through people’s mind — and we’re living in an environment where everything seems a little more on edge. Why somebody would do that? I don’t know. But if the Navy finds out who it is, they wont be with the Navy much longer.”