The Navy said Seaman Kyle Mullen, of New Jersey, 24, and another aspiring SEAL were hospitalized in San Diego just hours after completing the grueling Hell Week.
— A Navy SEAL candidate who died just hours after completing the grueling Hell Week test was identified Sunday as a 24-year-old sailor who joined the military last year.
Seaman Kyle Mullen, of Manalapan, New Jersey, died at a San Diego area hospital on Friday after he and another aspiring SEAL reported experiencing symptoms of an unknown illness, the Navy said. The other sailor, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized in stable condition, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Sunday.File photo shows U.S. Navy SEAL candidates participating in"surf immersion" during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif.
The Navy said neither one had experienced an accident or unusual incident during the five-and-a-half-day Hell Week.CBS San Diego affiliate KFMB-TV reportsRear Admiral H.W. Howard III, the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, California, offered his sympathies to Mullen's family in a statement.
"We are extending every form of support we can to the Mullen family and Kyle's BUD/S classmates," Howard said.With great sadness I inform my friends, family and entire community that we lost one of our own Original lManalapan...
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