Posted on 02/07/2022 1:53:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
A star New Jersey high school athlete who went on to play football at Yale and Monmouth universities died on Friday after completing the grueling first phase of U.S. Navy SEAL training called “Hell Week,” the Navy announced.
Seaman Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, died Friday evening at a hospital in Coronado, California, near San Diego. The cause of his death is under investigation, the Navy said.
“We extend our deepest sympathies to Seaman Mullen’s family for their loss,” said Rear Admiral H.W. Howard III, commander, Naval Special Warfare Command. “We are extending every form of support we can to the Mullen family and Kyle’s classmates.”
Earlier on Friday, Mullen and his Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class successfully completed “Hell Week,” an assessment candidates must pass for further selection as a SEAL. Mullen was not actively training at the time of his death, the Navy said.
“He was a great kid with a big smile on his face. He was funny, very smart, very talented, able to accomplish everything he wanted to,” said Mike Hammer, who was his travel soccer league coach. “He was just an awesome kid.”
Mullen was a linebacker and tight end at Manalapan and led the Braves to a 2014 Central Jersey Group V state title, and was named team most valuable player. He caught a touchdown and had a sack in the 21-7 victory over South Brunswick.
He was a six-time letter winner in football and basketball season, according to his Yale biography. He also was on the Honor Roll and a member of the National Honor Society.
“We are all heartbroken to hear of Kyle’s passing. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of Kyle’s family and friends during this difficult time,” said Charles B. Sampson, Freehold Regional High School District superintendent.
Mullen played forward on the Manalapan basketball team, scoring 266 points in his senior year, according to NJ.com sports stats.
“He was a really talented basketball player and football player,” Hammer recalled. He was an extremely smart guy, just a great kid,” Hammer said.
In 2015, he went on to Yale, where he played in seven games in his freshman year. In 2017, Mullen was named to the All Ivy League second-team, and in 2018 was named team captain, according to Yale.
In 2019, he played a fifth-year season at Monmouth University, seeing action all season and finishing with 26 tackles and five sacks.
The Navy will try to hide the real autopsy findings from the family.
You’re probably right.
A guy I know very well gave up being an officer, as did many men in his unit, to take a shot at special forces when it was spelled with a capital “S” and a capital”F”, and they were the ONLY ones who wore a beret, as an enlisted man. He won the beret. BTW, he insists that he, and his comrades-in-arms, hated the term “Green Berets”, which they insisted was a “hat”, “headgear”, and they called themselves “Special Forces” Soldiers, or Troopers, or Operators. He joked once that, “Now, the 443rd Combat Mess Kit Repair Unit (Abn) has it’s own beret! Cream colored with
chips of beef in it!” FUNNY GUY! Or WEIRD. I still can’t tell which.
IT’S A SHAME THE KID’S DEAD. THE VAX IS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND.
I jumped the gun commenting before I read the part of your post about “Officers don’t get to be the point of the spear, so to speak.”
Officers who are doing their job are ALWAYS the point of the spear!
Profoundly ignorant AND stupid statement. Obviously, you have no military experience. There are just many, many more slots for EM’s than Officers.
Get educated. Stupid, I don’t know what you can do about.
Re: 13 - Be honest. You WANT it to be C.
Nah…after two years of warning people about New World Order plans for vaccine induced depopulation, I am simply pointing out the obvious. I am also prepping, praying, and buying ammo.
He’s known them both for decades. Literally.
He really IS best buddies with CH.
Such a disappointment to us all...
He wasn’t training at the time of his death.
https://patch.com/new-jersey/manalapan/navy-seal-who-died-after-hell-week-was-manalapan
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