Tag: U.S. Navy SEALs

  • Amendment named for late Manalapan SEAL candidate seeks better medical care

    Amendment named for late Manalapan SEAL candidate seeks better medical care

    The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment offered by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) which is aimed at improving medical care and oversight for high-stress military training programs in response to the death of U.S. Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, who died in February after completing the Navy’s rigorous “Hell Week”…

  • Autopsy concludes Manalapan SEAL trainee died of pneumonia

    Autopsy concludes Manalapan SEAL trainee died of pneumonia

    MANALAPAN — Kyle Mullen, 24, the Manalapan native who died in California on Feb. 4 as he was training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL, passed away from “acute pneumonia due to Streptococcus pyogenes (a type of bacteria),” according to an autopsy report his mother, Regina Mullen, received from the Navy. Kyle Mullen, a 2015…

  • Autopsy concludes Manalapan SEAL trainee died of pneumonia

    Autopsy concludes Manalapan SEAL trainee died of pneumonia

    MANALAPAN — Kyle Mullen, 24, the Manalapan native who died in California on Feb. 4 as he was training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL, passed away from “acute pneumonia due to Streptococcus pyogenes (a type of bacteria),” according to an autopsy report his mother, Regina Mullen, received from the Navy. Kyle Mullen, a 2015…

  • Funeral service held for Manalapan grad who was training for SEALs

    Funeral service held for Manalapan grad who was training for SEALs

    MANALAPAN – A funeral service was held on Feb. 25 at St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church for Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, who died on Feb. 4 while training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL. On Feb. 6, the U.S. Navy confirmed that Mullen, a SEAL candidate assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training…

  • Manalapan mourns passing of Navy SEAL trainee

    Manalapan mourns passing of Navy SEAL trainee

    MANALAPAN – Residents in Manalapan are mourning the passing of former Manalapan High School football player Kyle Mullen, 24, of Manalapan, who died on Feb. 4 while training to become a U.S. Navy SEAL. On Feb. 6, the Navy confirmed that Mullen, a SEAL candidate assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command, died at…