Seaman Apprentice Joseph Min Naglak, 21, was killed after being struck by a plane propeller aboard the USS George H.W. Bush after securing the plane to the ship’s flight deck

Joseph Min Naglak of New Jersey joined the Navy last year and served aboard the USS George H. W. Bush. He died Monday on the flight deck. Thank you for your service, Airman Apprentice Naglak.  AND WATCH YOUR HEAD IN THE OTHER LIFE

• ABH at U.S. Navy
• Studied Homeland Security/Counterterrorism at Monmouth University
• Went to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North
• Engaged to Niki Weber
• Joined May 2009

Seaman Apprentice Joseph Min Naglak, 21, was killed after being struck by a plane propeller aboard the USS George H.W. Bush on Monday, Sept. 18, 2018.



September 19, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC — 

A sailor killed aboard the USS George H.W. Bush was struck by an aircraft’s turning propeller after securing the plane to the ship’s flight deck, a Navy spokesman said Tuesday.

Seaman Apprentice Joseph Min Naglak was struck by the propeller of an E-2C Hawkeye on Monday during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier, which was off the East Coast of the United States, said Navy Cmdr. Dave Hecht, a spokesman for Naval Air Force Atlantic. Naglak was the only sailor injured in the incident, which remains under investigation, Hecht said.

Naglak, 21, was an aviation boatswain’s mate from West Windsor, New Jersey. He had served aboard the Bush since August 2017, four months after he enlisted in the service, according to the Navy.