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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stone, who was most recently stationed with the Hawaii-based Special Operations Command Pacific, was<a href=\"http:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/recipient.php?recipientid=3806\"> twice awarded<\/a> the Silver Star, the Navy\u2019s third highest award for valor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A SEAL operator for most of his 18-year Navy career, Stone completed multiple tours to Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 1999 Naval Academy graduate Stone first spent two years as a Surface Warfare Operator onboard the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg before being accepted into the SEAL community for training in February, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a community where much of the work is out of the public eye, Stone gained some public notoriety in 2006, when the then-lieutenant was the commander of Delta Platoon, SEAL Team Three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under his command that day was Master-at-Arms Second Class (SEAL) Michael Monsoor, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor after being mortally wounded on Sept. 29, 2006, in Ramadi, Iraq. Monsoor jumped on an enemy grenade that was thrown in the vicinity of his teammates, absorbing the blast with his body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe recognized immediately the threat, yelled \u2018grenade\u2019 and due to the fact that two other SEAL snipers, our brothers, could not possibly escape the blast, he chose to smother it with his body, absorbed the impact and lost his life in the process,\u201d Stone told reporters in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Monsoor wasn\u2019t the only hero that day. Stone was awarded the Silver Star for his actions as the leader of the unit. Reports say that Stone was on a adjacent rooftop with another sniper element when the unit came under heavy fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs ground force commander for a combined sniper overwatch tasked with protecting the western flank of a battalion clearance operation, enemy insurgents attacked one of Lieutenant Stone\u2019s elements with small arms, rockets, and finally a hand grenade that wounded three of the four SEALs in the element, one of them mortally wounded,\u201d his Silver Star citation reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRealizing the severity of the situation and the vulnerability of the embattled element, he led his team into the fray as they departed their overwatch position and moved into the street where they fought their way through heavy enemy fire toward the element in peril. Upon reaching the wounded SEALs, Lieutenant Stone took control and directed the evacuation of the wounded men.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional actions, Stone would later be awarded a second Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Combat \u201cV\u201d Device, the Navy Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Army Commendation Medal with \u201cValor\u201d Device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stone was \u201cliked by everyone fortunate enough to cross his path. He made great friendships and found solace in pursuing his passion for surfing and other adventurous activities,\u201d an Oct. 2 Naval Special Warfare Command <a href=\"https:\/\/ethoslive.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/02\/naval-special-warfare-operator-dies-in-off-duty-accident\/\">blog <\/a>entry read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the blog post, the Naval Special Warfare Command\u2019s commander, Rear Adm. 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