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Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers graduated from Westfield High School

Members of the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team 3 have released details about the two SEALs who were lost at sea during a raid on a boat carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen.

The Navy has released the names of two SEALs who died during an operation in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 11, identifying the Special Warfare Operator who jumped in to save his teammate as Westfield-native Christopher Chambers.

Christopher Chambers, who died trying to save another Navy SEAL, was a Westfield High School graduate and former UMass Amherst student.

Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher Chambers, one of two Navy SEALs who died in a mission off the coast of East Africa, was a Massachusetts native.

Governor Maura Healey and state Veterans Services Secretary Jon Santiago on Tuesday mourned the death of a US Navy SEAL who graduated from Westfield High School and who was lost at sea on Jan. 11 while trying to rescue a fellow SEAL during a mission off the coast of Somalia.

U.S. Africa Command said its forces targeted the Al-Shabaab terror group with an airstrike over the weekend, successfully hitting and killing three members in southern Somalia.

Governor Healey and Secretary of Veterans Services Jon Santiago issued statements on Tuesday about the passing of Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers.

Rep. Mike Waltz wants the Biden administration to share information with Congress on the situation that led to the deaths of two Navy SEALs in the Arabian Sea.

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