Navy IDs SEAL killed in weapons training

[unhappycamper]

Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class (SEAL) Shapoor Alexander Ghane Jr.


Navy IDs SEAL killed in weapons training
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Feb 1, 2008 15:33:49 EST

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Officials on Friday identified the Navy SEAL shot and killed Wednesday during a live-fire training exercise as Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class (SEAL) Shapoor Alexander Ghane Jr.

Ghane, 22, of Las Vegas, died after he was hit by gunfire about 2 p.m. Wednesday during a close-combat training exercise at the Mid-South Institute of Self-Defense Shooting near Lake Cormorant, Miss., said Lt. Tommy Crosby, a Naval Special Warfare Group 1 spokesman in Coronado, Calif. Ghane was evacuated by helicopter form the shooting facility to the Elvis Presley Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., where he was pronounced dead, Crosby said.

The Navy and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are investigating the incident.

Navy SEALs and other elite special operations forces, as well as police units, often train for close-quarters battle at military or contractor-run shoot houses and ranges, sometimes with live ammunition or with blanks or chalk rounds at very short range.

The Mid-South Institute has been training military and law enforcement shooters for more than 15 years, according to the company’s Web site.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/02/navy_sealkilled_080131w/

[lligrd]

1. Live Fire Training??

What A wonderful friggen idea! :sarcasm:

[rakeeb]

2. yes, live fire training is kind of a crazy idea.....

kinda like how running is a crazy training method for marathons.