Navy: Member of SEAL Team 8 dies after training incident

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy says that a SEAL commandant has died from injuries helium got during a grooming mishap successful Virginia.

Naval Special Warfare Command said Wednesday that Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois was injured Saturday.

The 43-year-old fell portion fast-roping down from a helicopter.

Bourgeois was the commanding serviceman of SEAL Team 8.

Rear Adm. H.W. Howard III, commandant of Naval Special Warfare Command, said Bourgeois “was 1 of our precise champion leaders, who possessed each the attributes that marque our unit effective.”

The origin of his autumn is nether investigation.

A Navy authoritative says it wasn’t wide if the enactment separated from the aircraft.