Navy SEAL candidate killed during ‘Hell Week’ ID’d as 24-year-old NJ man

A Navy SEAL candidate who died throughout “Hell Week” coaching over the weekend was recognized Sunday as 24-year-old Kyle Mullen of Manalapan, NJ.

Mullen died throughout an underwater demolition class close to San Diego, Calif., on Friday. One other candidate for the elite navy squad was hospitalized through the coaching train, in keeping with a report by USA At this time.

“Nice athlete however a greater individual,” stated Ed Guerreri, the soccer coach at Manalapan Excessive College, the place Mullen performed, to the outlet.

“Everyone beloved him,” Guerreri stated. “Most likely probably the greatest children I ever had. Nice, nice child on the sphere however even higher off the sphere.”

The coach stated his gamers will now put on a No. 44 patch — Mullen’s outdated quantity — on their uniforms on the Monmouth County faculty.

Mullen went on to play at Yale College, the place he was chosen second-team All-Ivy League as a defensive lineman, and for Monmouth College, USA At this time stated.

Mullen was chosen second-team All-Ivy League as a defensive lineman for Yale College and Monmouth College.

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Kyle Mullen, 24, died throughout an underwater demolition class throughout his Navy SEAL “Hell Week” coaching.

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Rear Adm. H.W. Howard, commander of the US Navy Particular Warfare Command, supplied his condolences to the younger sailor’s household.

“We're extending each type of help we will to the Mullen household and Kyle’s classmates,” Howard stated in a press release.

Navy SEALs, thought of probably the most elite unit of the navy’s naval arm, require candidates to make it by means of a rigorous, 26-week coaching program earlier than they will be part of.

Navy SEAL candidates take part in “surf immersion” throughout Fundamental Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) coaching on the Naval Particular Warfare (NSW) Heart in Coronado, Calif.

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Underwater drills that take a look at the boundaries of 1’s lung capability are a part of the rigorous, 26-week coaching program.

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The candidate injured through the coaching remained hospitalized in steady situation on the Naval Medical Heart in San Diego, USA At this time stated.

The final SEAL candidate to die throughout coaching was Seaman James Derek Lovelace, 21, who drowned in 2016.

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Mullen performed soccer at Yale College earlier than signing up for Navy SEAL coaching.

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