The two SEALs were attempting to board a ship carrying weapons bound for Houthi fighters in Yemen when they went overboard, the military said.
Two Navy SEALs who went missing earlier this month during an overnight mission off the coast of Somalia are now presumed dead, U.S. military officials said Sunday.
The announcement caps a 10-day search and rescue for the two SEALs who were carrying out a weapons raid of an illicit ship in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 11 when they went overboard, U.S. Central Command said.
The ship was later determined to be carrying Iranian weapons bound for Houthi fighters in Yemen, the military said.
More than 21,000 square miles were searched with the help of U.S., Japanese and Spanish air and naval resources before both men were declared deceased. âWe are now conducting recovery operations,â the command said in a statement.
The two men were identified on Monday as Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram.
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