By Julianne Stanford / Kitsap Sun
A 22-year-old sailor was found dead on the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis on Saturday afternoon with “no obvious and apparent cause of death,” according to Stennis spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Frederick Martin.
The Navy has identified the sailor as Akiree Pointer, an engineman fireman recruit from Arlington, Texas.
The command is investigating his cause of death, Martin said.
“John C. Stennis and the Navy convey their condolences to the Sailor’s family and friends in their time of loss,” the ship’s public affairs office said in a press release issued on Tuesday.
Pointer attended Navy basic training at the Naval Recruit Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois, before joining the aircraft carrier.
The Stennis is in port in Bremerton preparing for its next scheduled deployment.
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