{"id":65792,"date":"2016-05-15T09:14:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=65792"},"modified":"2016-05-15T09:14:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:14:33","slug":"lovelace-was-one-on-one-with-instructor-before-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=65792","title":{"rendered":"Lovelace was “one-on-one” with instructor before his death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Washington Post<\/a> reports that a SEAL instructor was pulled from his teaching position following the death of James Lovelace the other day.<\/p>\n

The instructor was removed this week following the May 6 death of Seaman James Derek Lovelace, 21, of Crestview, Fla., said Navy Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Command. The incident occurred during the famously grueling Basic Underwater Demolition\/SEAL (BUD\/S) course at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in California.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NBC News<\/a> and the Virginian-Pilot have jointly conducted their own interviews;<\/p>\n

According to more than a half-dozen sources who’ve spoken to The Pilot \u2014 none of whom are eyewitnesses, but who include two family members of SEAL students who were present during the incident and a former SEAL who’s coaching a student through the same course \u2014 Lovelace had been held underwater before passing out.<\/p>\n

Unlike what was initially described by the Navy, the sources say the drill involved physical harassment of trainees by instructors in the water, intended to test their ability to stay afloat under stress.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t a “drown proofing” drill, as was initially reported, but a more intense exercise known as “combat tread,” according to three of the sources. During “combat tread,” students swim in camouflage uniforms while instructors grab at them in the water. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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