On the night of January 11, 2024, two Navy SEALs from SEAL Team 3 paid the ultimate price in the rough waters of the Arabian Sea off Somalia.
Christopher Chambers, 37, of Maryland, and Nathan Gage Ingram, 27, of Texas, were boarding a vessel carrying Iranian-made missile components bound for Houthi forces in Yemen. In heavy seas, Chambers slipped from the ladder into the gap between the vessels. Without hesitation, Ingram jumped in after his teammate. Both men were quickly lost beneath the waves, weighed down by their gear.
A massive 10-day search covering more than 21,000 square miles by US, Spanish, and Japanese forces found no trace. They were declared dead.
Chambers had enlisted in 2012, earned his Trident in 2014, and served multiple deployments, including combat against ISIS. Ingram enlisted in 2019, completed BUD/S in 2021, and was on his first deployment. Their mission succeeded in seizing the weapons, but the cost was two exceptional operators.
We remember Chief Special Warfare Operator Chambers and Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Ingram not only for how they died, but for how they lived and served.
Never forgotten 🔱