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Chief Quartermaster Herbert Rojas died Feb. 2, in his off-base residence, due to complications associated with COVID-19.Rojas, 50, of Richmond Hill, New York, was assigned to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes as a staff instructor.”We are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend and shipmate Chief Rojas, and we will continue supporting his
Chief Quartermaster Herbert Rojas died Feb. 2, in his off-base residence, due to complications associated with COVID-19.
Rojas, 50, of Richmond Hill, New York, was assigned to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes as a staff instructor.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend and shipmate Chief Rojas, and we will continue supporting his family and friends during this time of grief,” said Capt. Erik Thors, commanding officer, Recruit Training Command.
Navy chief dies of COVID complications Chief Quartermaster Herbert Rojas died Tuesday, Feb. 2, of COVID-related complications. (Navy) A Navy chief and staff instructor at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Illinois, died Tuesday at his home due to COVID-19 complications, the second active-duty sailor to die this week after contracting the novel coronavirus. Chief Quartermaster Herbert Rojas, 50, of Richmond Hill, New York, had been randomly tested recently and was “asymptomatic positive” at the time, according to Lt. Cmdr. Phil Chitty, a spokesman for Naval Service Training Command. Chitty declined to say when Rojas was tested, but said it was part of “sentinel surveillance testing” for all Recruit Training Command staff members.
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Navy Boot Camp Instructor Dies From COVID-19 Complications; 5 Sailors Dead Related to Virus
February 5, 2021 5:34 PM
Chief Quartermaster Herbert Rojas. US Navy Photo
This post was updated to include the identity of a USS Tennessee sailor who died from COVID-19 complications earlier this week.
An instructor at the Navy’s Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes Ill., has died from complications related to the COVID-19 virus, the service announced on Friday.
Chief Quartermaster Herbert Rojas, 50, died on Tuesday in his quarters, where he had been quarantining since Jan. 27, training command spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Phillip Chitty told USNI News.