Regina Mullen says the Navy is deflecting the issue with a focus on PEDs.
or the “letter of warning” that the Navy issued to three officers in charge of the training.
Mullen, a registered nurse from Manalapan, said she met with Rear Admiral Brett W. Mietus, who is head of the office of sailor fitness in Washington, D.C., at her lawyer’s office last Wednesday night. Also at the meeting was her congressman from New Jersey’s 4th District, Rep. Chris Smith, who has called for the Armed Services Committee to hold a hearing on high-stress SEAL training exercises conducted by the Navy in Coronado, California, where Mullen died.
Mullen believes the Navy’s focus on steroids is a distraction from the real issue: the lack of medical care after he got pneumonia during Hell Week. “Our deepest sympathy extends to Seaman Mullen’s family and friends during this difficult time,” said Rear Adm. Keith Davids, the commander of the Naval Special Warfare Command.as a form of discipline more than eight months after Mullen’s death. His mother says the letters are little more than a slap on the wrist.
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