Army student from New Jersey lost in California’s rough ocean Dan Alexander Published: November 26, 2025 Searchers who are helping find U.S. Army specialist Amanpreet Thind on rocks at Soberanes Point within Garrapata State Park in northern California (Monterey County Sheriff’s Office)

✅ U.S. Army specialist from NJ swept into ocean during Big Sur wave surge

✅ Victim also a student at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey

✅ Search hampered by rough surf; body spotted offshore then lost in turbulence

A search for the body of a U.S. Army specialist from New Jersey who was swept into the Pacific Ocean in California's Big Sur region continued on Tuesday.

U.S. Army specialist Amanpreet Thind was on the rocks at Soberanes Point within Garrapata State Park in northern California

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