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Coast Guard ends search for Navy SEAL
The search for a Navy SEAL who was missing after an open-ocean training exercise Feb. 19 near Kaena Point ended Sunday after the Coast Guard suspended its operations.
Coast Guard, Navy and Marine Corps crews worked with the Honolulu Fire Department and city Ocean Safety crews to search a 24,000-square-mile area using aircraft, cutters, small boats and shore personnel, the Coast Guard said.
"In this case, I have the heartbreak of informing not only the family, but a close-knit military community, that a loved one could not be found," Coast Guard Capt. Joanna Nunan said in a statement Sunday evening.
The sailor became separated from other members of his command during the training the afternoon of Feb. 19.
The Navy said the missing man is 34 and a petty officer first class assigned to a Hawaii-based special-warfare unit.
The Navy said 10 sailors were training using rigid-hull inflatable boats.