Navy SEAL Nathan Gage Ingram honored with posthumous Navy and Marine Corps Medal

Naval Special Warfare NSW operators stand in formation during a ceremony posthumously awarding Special Warfare Operator st Class Nathan Gage Ingram with the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the Silver Strand Training Complex in Imperial Beach April Photo by U S Navy Mass Communication Specialist st Class Chelsea D Daily A Coronado-based Navy SEAL who died during a mission in the Gulf of Aden last year has been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism The Navy made the announcement about the honor for Special Warfare Operator st Class Nathan Gage Ingram on Thursday Ingram was lost at sea along with Special Warfare Operator st Class Christopher J Chambers on Jan Chambers lost his grip while boarding a vessel carrying an illegal shipment of Iranian-supplied ballistic-missile and cruise-missile components bound for Yemen Navy representatives disclosed Our thoughts prayers are with the family friends and teammates of Navy SEAL Nathan Gage Ingram NoOneLeftBehind NoOneForgottenhttps t co S y KzYIl pic twitter com MJTxrwcSsc SEAL Legacy SEALLegacy January After Chambers fell into the gulf Ingram jumped in without hesitation to try and save him according to the Navy Ingram s wife Jewel Ingram accepted the award on her husband s behalf during a ceremony last week at the Navy s Silver Strand Training Complex in Imperial Beach She mentioned in a comment One thing that stood out was Gage s clear understanding of the fallen heroes who came before him and the profound legacies they left within the teams of Naval Special Warfare In Gage s words We have to lose one of us to learn and do better It s the only way we improve Ingram who hailed from Roanoke Texas enlisted in September and graduated from boot camp at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes two months later He served with West Coast SEAL units upon graduating from qualification training in Coronado in He also received various personal and unit awards A Navy statement disclosed last fall discovered that the fatal case was preventable and marked by systematic issues The Navy also reported Thursday that Ingram s and Chambers deaths led to reviews of training and other procedures to ensure the safety and readiness of each operator and combat encouragement personnel and honoring the memories of our lost teammates Members of the Ingram family hold the Navy and Marine Corps Medal posthumously awarded to Special Warfare Operator st Class Nathan Gage Ingram in Imperial Beach Photo by U S Navy Mass Communication Specialist st Class Chelsea D Daily