Navy Seal Dies In Fort Knox Training Accident

A Navy Seal died at Fort Knox, Kentucky after the Humvee in which he was riding in overturned during a training exercise, according to a report in USAToday.

Jonathan Kaloust, a 23-year-old assigned to the Navy SEAL team out of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek in Fort Story, Va., died and seven other service members received minor injuries. All seven have been treated and released, said the report.

Few details of the incident were released by the Navy. The incident being investigated.

Kaloust is a native New Yorker, from  Massapequa, N.Y., located on the south shore of Long Island. He joined the Navy in March 2011. Kaloust graduated high school before getting a political science degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He was a successful wrestler during both his high school and college years, according to the Navy, USAToday reported.

He is survived by his parents, Gary and Irene Kaloust, and a sister, Melanie, all of Massapequa.

Fort Knox, about 50 miles southwest of Louisville, is home to about 14,000 military personnel, including active duty members and reserves. The Army post houses the Army's Human Resources Command and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division. The world-famous U.S. gold depository is also on the base.

The U.S. Navy has used Fort Knox as a training ground for almost 70-years, since the ending of World War II. The post covers more than 170 square miles and the Salt River runs through it.

The Salt River is used for training and live fire exercises involving artillery, Bradley fighting vehicles, helicopters and other weapons about 320 days a year. Sections of the Salt River within Fort Knox are considered danger zones by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and off limits to the public because of the risk of unexploded ordnance, USAToday reported.