The deaths in January of two U.S. Navy Seals, who drowned while boarding a suspected Houthi arms smuggling vessel off the coast of Somalia, were preventable, according to a Navy report.

The drownings of two Navy SEALs during a maritime intercept off the coast of Somalia were preventable, caused by a lack of proper training and unclear guidance on effective flotation, a Navy investigation found.

A military investigation has concluded that two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures and a lack of understanding about what to do after a fall into deep,