There had been a “flight line mishap” involving a junior sailor and a helicopter at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and two U.S. Navy chief petty officers had the unenviable task of informing that sailor’s parents about the accident.
Shortly after 6 p.m. on June 25, 2018, two U.S. Navy chief petty officers clad in crisp white dress uniforms were driving from Luke Air Force Base west of Glendale to a house in the far northern reaches of Peoria. There had been a “flight line mishap” involving a junior sailor and a helicopter at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, and the chiefs had the unenviable task of informing that sailor’s parents about the accident.…