The U.S. Navy identified the sailor from the USS George Washington who went missing in the Timor Sea earlier this week.

On Friday, Aug. 1, the Navy announced that Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/ Recovery Equipment) Airman Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV was declared dead. He went missing during a training exercise on Monday, July 28 and is believed to have gone overboard. He was 19.

The USS George Washington, as part of Carrier Strike Group 5, is currently operating in the Indian Ocean as part of the Talisman Sabre 2025 bilateral exercise with Australia.

The Navy, along with the Australian Defence Force and Australian Border Force, began searching for Rivera Lynch after he was reported missing on Monday. Search and rescue efforts involved several U.S. Navy assets, including the Ticonder

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