Two US Navy sailors reported missing off coast of Somalia

WORLD, Jan. 13 (YPA) – Two US Navy sailors were reported missing at sea while conducting operations off the coast of Somalia on Thursday evening, US Central Command said in a statement on Friday, adding that search and rescue operations were ongoing to locate them.

“The sailors were forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F) area of operations supporting a wide variety of missions,” the US Central Command explained.

The statement added that additional information would not be made available until the personnel recovery operation was complete.

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