The US Navy has unveiled the identities of the two Navy SEALs who tragically lost their lives at sea while intercepting Iranian missile components en route to Yemen.
The are Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers from Maryland and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram from Texas.
Chambers enlisted in the Navy on May 17, 2012, and graduated from boot camp at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Ill., in July 2012. He served with West Coast-based SEAL units since graduating from SEAL qualification training in Coronado, Calif., in 2014. His awards and decorations include the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat “C,” three Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals, Army Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, and other personal and unit awards.
Ingram enlisted in the Navy on Sept. 25, 2019, and graduated from boot camp at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Ill., in November 2019. Ingram served with West Coast-based SEAL units since graduating from SEAL qualification training in Coronado, Calif., in 2021. His awards and decorations include various personal and unit awards.
During the evening of Jan. 11, Navy SEALs Chambers, 37, and Ingram, 27, both part of a Naval Special Warfare unit based in Coronado, Calif., were declared missing at sea. Their disappearance occurred while they were engaged in a nighttime operation to intercept a vessel unlawfully transporting advanced lethal aid from Iran, intended for the resupply of Houthi forces in Yemen.
