operational Loss of Commander
Brian Bourgeois, U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2001

(Annapolis, MD)—The U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation expresses its sincere condolence for the loss of Commander Brian Bourgeois, U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2001, on 7 December from injuries sustained in a training accident.

Our alumni community feels the pain of loss for each of its members, especially so when the loss occurs in the line of duty. Brian’s class was the last to graduate before the attacks of September 11th put our Nation on war footing and Brian and his classmates spent nearly their entire careers in harm’s way.

Our Navy Hymn provides the words so many of us feel in these moments – “O hear us when we cry to thee, For those in peril on the sea!”

We join in grief with Brian’s family.