(CNN) A training instructor of Navy SEALs has been temporarily reassigned following the death of a sailor earlier this month, a Navy spokesman confirmed to CNN.

"I can confirm that an instructor was assigned to duties not related to training," Naval Special Warfare Center spokesman Lt. Trevor Davids told CNN.

Seaman James Lovelace died May 6 after he had difficulty in a swimming pool while participating in a rigorous training program known as Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) at a base in Coronado, California.

He was pulled out of the water and later died. The Washington Post, which first reported the reassignment, said a preliminary autopsy showed Lovelace died of drowning.

The instructor has not been identified. No reason for the reassignment was given, nor is it clear whether the instructor is still involved with SEAL units.

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