Decorated Navy SEAL commander Robert Ramirez found dead in California home
December 24, 2022
A highly decorated Navy officer, who had just recently taken command of SEAL Team 1, was found dead in his San Diego home Monday, according to reports.He was 47.
Commander Robert “Bobby” Ramirez’s cause of death is unknown as police continue their investigation.
“Bobby was an outstanding leader, devoted husband and father, and a good friend to us all,” Capt. David Abernathy, commanding officer of Naval Special Warfare Group 1, who is in charge of all San Diego-based SEAL teams, said in a statement to Navy Times.
Foul play is not suspected in Ramirez’s death, Abernathy said.
Ramirez, who enlisted in the Navy in 1996, took command of SEAL Team 1 last month.
Ramirez is the second SEAL team commander to have died in the past year.
Commander Brian Bourgeois, who commanded SEAL Team 8 in Virginia Beach, died in December 2021 after falling from a helicopter during a training operation.
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Rossi was supposed to replace Lieutenant General David Mann.
"With Rossi's death, David L. Mann's term as USASMDC commanding general was extended beyond statutory limits pending confirmation of another candidate as his successor. James H. Dickinson was nominated and confirmed in December 2012 for promotion to lieutenant general, and relieved Mann on January 5, 2017."
Mann was replaced by John W. Raymond who went on the serve in the Space Force.