PREMIUM TIMES mailed the US Navy a week after Mr Aregbesola’s death was announced, enquiring further details about him. But the force responded just with very brief details, reiterating the incident was being investigated.
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Before his death, the deceased was one of the sailors supporting operations in the Red Sea, the department revealed in a statement three days after his death. But the force responded just with very brief details, reiterating the incident was being investigated. Two months after, on 22 September 2020, he was dispatched to ‘Student, Naval Aviation Technical Training, Pensacola, FL’ from where he was moved to ‘Student, Naval Aviation Technical Training, Jacksonville, FL’ and lastly to ‘Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 74, Jacksonville, FL’ on 26 December 2020.Although we could not speak with any of deceased relatives as the U.S.
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