U.S. sailor Darren Collins, 22, dies aboard California-docked plane provider
SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy on Monday recognized a sailor who died onboard an plane provider in Southern California.
Info Methods Technician 2nd Class Darren Collins, 22, died Sunday morning as the usCarl Vinson was docked at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, the Navy stated.
The reason for his dying was underneath investigation however there weren’t any indications of suicide or foul play, a Navy assertion stated.
Collins was a local of Damaged Arrow, Oklahoma, who joined the Navy in 2019. He attended Info Warfare Coaching in Pensacola, Florida, earlier than reporting aboard the Carl Vinson in October 2020, the Navy stated.
“My deepest condolences exit to the Collins household on this time of tragic loss,” the provider’s commanding officer, Capt. P. Scott Miller, stated within the assertion. “As shipmates we grieve the premature passing of a proficient younger man.”
The Carl Vinson’s psychologist, chaplains and a counselor are providing help providers to the crew, the Navy stated.