The search for Airman Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch was suspended on July 30, two days after he went missing in the Timor Sea

The U.S. Navy has identified the sailor who was reported missing earlier this week from the aircraft carrier George Washington as it transited the Timor Sea. Here, the carrier transits while underway in the Philippine Sea on June 15. (MC3 Geoffrey L. Ottinger/U.S. Navy)

A USS George Washington (CVN-73) crewmember believed lost at sea while the carrier operated near Australia was “a proud sailor” who was excited about his future with the sea service, his family told USNI News this week.