Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason Finan

Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, 34, of Anaheim, California, was an explosive-ordnance-disposal supervisor and platoon leading chief assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three in Coronado, California, and deployed in support of SEAL Team Five. He died on October 20, 2016, near Bashiqa in northern Iraq, when his vehicle struck a roadside improvised explosive device while he was advising coalition forces during the campaign to recapture Mosul.

CPO Finan enlisted in the Navy in August 2003. After completing basic training, he served aboard the USS Ronald Reagan. He became qualified as an EOD technician in September 2007 and completed multiple combat deployments. CPO Finan later became a master EOD technician, naval parachutist, diver and expeditionary-warfare specialist.

CPO Finan was remembered as a talented and respected sailor who was exceptionally proud of serving his country. He was greatly loved and admired by his superiors, peers and junior sailors.

CPO Finan was survived by his wife and son.