Navy SEAL trainee dies during ‘drown proofing’ exercise by: FOX 5 Digital Team Posted: May 10, 2016 / 02:31 PM PDT Updated: May 10, 2016 / 03:37 PM PDT ...

Military SEAL Trainee Died After ‘Drown-Proofing’ Exercise, Navy Confirms by Ken Stone • Times of San Diego May 10, 2016, 6:03 p.m.

This clip from a government video about Navy SEAL training shows some of the underwater "drown-proofing" exercises trainees must do. A sailor died during a SEAL pool exercise on May 6.

He never regained consciousness. A SEAL official speaking for the Navy this week emphasized that the drill – known as “drown proofing” – wasn’t particularly rigorous.

Navy Seal who drowned during gruelling training exercise was homicide victim, says coroner James "Derek" Lovelace, 21, was repeatedly 'dunked' as part of 'drown-proofing' drill ...

On May 6, Seaman James Derek Lovelace, 21, went into distress during a training exercising called “drown proofing,” in which prospective SEALs tread water while in uniform and wearing a diving ...

CORONADO, Calif. — An underwater training course for Navy SEALs that the Washington Post calls “legendarily difficult” proved fatal Friday for one student at a California naval station ...

A Navy spokesperson said the death is now under investigation. The sailor, Seaman James Derek Lovelace, 21, was undergoing basic underwater demolition/SEAL training, better known as BUD/S, Navy ...

Hake passed drown proofing and a battery of other monumental physical and mental tests during Navy SEAL training, from which he graduated on Oct. 19 in Coronado, Calif. He had been there since March.