A sailor playing with an airsoft gun inside a Navy barracks prompted a security response and shelter-in-place order on Naval Base Point Loma, Navy officials confirmed to NBC 7 Thursday.

An active-duty sailor who triggered a two-hour lockdown at Naval Support Activity Naples last year by firing an airsoft gun on base is being discharged from the Navy, a spokesman said May 17, 2022.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – Military police responded Thursday after a student fired an airsoft gun at another student at the high school on this U.S. base near Hiroshima.

The Airsoft rounds used on Fort Jackson are biodegradable, which is a benefit over using traditional blank rounds. "We go through a lot of blank rounds here on Fort Jackson," Kratz said.