A sailor died Saturday of injuries suffered on July 7 from an improvised explosive device, the Defense Department reports.
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Michael Brodsky participates in a training exercises for dog handlers.
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Michael Brodsky died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The 33-year-old from Tamarac, Fla., was injured in a dismounted IED explosion.
Brodsky died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, according to Navy Region Southwest spokesman Brian O’Rourke.
He had been assigned to the San Diego-based Navy Region Southwest Security Detachment since December 2010. He enlisted in the Navy in 2001 and served overseas in Sasebo, Japan, and Naval Support Facility Bahrain. He also deployed to Afghanistan as an individual augmentee, O’Rourke said.
