Chief Hospital Corpsman Daniel Douglass McCracken, a Navy reservist, died in a noncombat-related incident in the Middle East. (Shelby Thurman/U.S. Air National Guard)

A Navy reservist, who worked as a police officer in Pennsylvania, died Monday in the Middle East in a noncombat-related incident, according to the service.

Chief Hospital Corpsman Daniel Douglass McCracken died in the operational area of U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, the Navy said Friday.

The Navy did not provide details about McCracken’s death, saying the circumstances were under investigation.

McCracken was a reservist recalled to active duty, the Navy said. He was from Pennsylvania and enlisted in July 1998, according to service records. The Chester Police Department confirmed Friday that McCracken was a police officer with the city in Pennsylvania.

The Navy news release about McCracken was issued from Manama, Bahrain. Manama is the headquarters of a U.S. naval base that provides supplies and assistance to ships operating in the Middle East.

Hospital corpsmen deploy in support of combat operations, disaster relief and humanitarian assistance missions “ashore and afloat,” according to a Navy website on military occupational specialties. They can serve with Navy or Marine units on land or ships.

McCracken’s death is the second due to a “noncombat-related incident” in the U.S. Central Command area of operations in the past two months.

Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Oriola Michael Aregbesola was reported to have gone overboard on March 20 while deployed on the destroyer USS Mason.