The Navy has publicly recognized the sailor who died Monday after being discovered injured on a pier as an investigation into the dying continues.
Electronics Technician Navigation third Class Devon Faehnrich, who was assigned to the submarine USS Montana, was discovered by a fellow sailor on the shipyard at Newport News, Virginia, earlier than being taken to a close-by hospital the place he was pronounced useless.
Cmdr. Paul Macapagal, the spokesman for Submarine Pressure Atlantic, stated in an electronic mail to Navy.com that grief counseling providers and assist are being offered via the chain of command and the command chaplain.
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Faehnrich was from Colorado. Navy.com reached out to his household for extra data however didn’t instantly hear again.
In line with service document knowledge offered by the Navy, Faehnrich enlisted in April 2021 and accomplished his boot camp and submarine coaching in March 2022. He reported to the Montana, a just lately commissioned fast-attack sub, in the identical month.
He was promoted to the rank of petty officer third class in November.
Jeff Houston, a spokesman for the Naval Felony Investigative Service, confirmed in an announcement Tuesday that the legislation enforcement company “is conducting a radical investigation into the dying of the Sailor,” whereas a spokesman for Huntington Ingalls’ shipbuilding division dominated out the dying being “a office accident.”
The Newport News shipyard and the residing situations for sailors stationed aboard ships present process work there have come underneath heightened public and political scrutiny because the revelation of a cluster of suicides aboard the plane provider USS George Washington that was first reported by Navy.com final April.
“We deeply mourn the lack of our shipmate, and our ideas and prayers are with the Sailor’s household, associates and coworkers throughout this troublesome time,” Macapagal stated in his assertion.
— Konstantin Toropin may be reached at konstantin.toropin@navy.com. Comply with him on Twitter @ktoropin.
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