The deaths of two US Navy SEALs during an operation earlier this year to seize Iranian weapons bound for Yemen's Huthi rebels were "preventable," an investigation into the incident found.

Two U.S. Navy SEALs died off the coast of Somalia in January following a series of "preventable" "systematic failures," according to a military investigation released on Friday, Oct. 11.

A military investigation into the deaths of two U.S. Navy SEALs determined that both deaths were preventable. The Navy SEALs drowned in January while trying to board a dhow ship that was illegally transporting Iranian cruise missile and ballistic missile components from Iran to Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

The drownings of two Navy SEALs during a maritime intercept off the coast of Somalia were preventable, caused by a lack of proper training and unclear guidance on effective flotation, a Navy investigation found.

An investigation into the death of two Navy SEALS who drowned during a mission to seize Iranian missile parts bound for the Houthi rebels in Yemen found that the deaths could have been prevented. The report from an outside investigator found the deaths of Chief Special Warfare Operator Christopher J.

The following is the Sept. 6, 2024, U.S. Central Command investigation into the Jan. 11, 2024, deaths Chief Special Warfare Operator Christopher Chambers and Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Nathan Gage Ingram during a boarding operation off the coast of Somalia.

A military investigation has concluded that two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures and a lack of understanding about what to do after a fall into deep,

Chief Special Warfare Operator Christopher J. Chambers and Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Nathan Gage Ingram died in January.