People criticized the Navy secretary for carrying a pistol on Afghanistan base during visit |...

Even with an assigned PSD, should senior officials carry when in Theater especially those considered hot such as Afghanistan? Navy Secretary Richard Spencer (a Marine Aviator from 1976 to 1981) was a topic of back-and-forth conversation after recently released pictures from his recent special holiday visit to Afghanistan. Navy spokesman Capt. Patrick McNally went into more detail and said: “He was offered the weapon to carry while he was traveling around (Afghanistan) and he accepted that offer. It was not something that he specifically requested and it was offered to everybody on the travel team,” he added.