Navy identifies SEAL Team 8 member

Navy identifies SEAL Team 8 member who died from injuries after Virginia Beach fast-rope training exercise.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The United States Navy identified 43-year-old Commander Brian Bourgeois, the commanding officer of SEAL Team 8, as the service member who died after a training exercise in Virginia Beach on December 4.

"SEAL training is toughest military training in the world, and there have been many, many SEALs who died since the inception of the SEALteams," said Mann. "Unfortunately, it's a fact of life because training has to replicate what they will be facing in time of war or conflict."