Sun Dec 23, 2012, 04:46 PM

Judi Lynn (78,163 posts)

Official: Navy SEAL died of apparent suicide

Source: Associated Press

Dec 23, 4:34 PM EST
Official: Navy SEAL died of apparent suicide
By KIMBERLY DOZIER
AP Intelligence Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. military officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a Navy SEAL commander in Afghanistan.

A U.S. military official says SEAL Team Four member Cdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died Saturday of a non-combat-related injury that the official says "appears to be the result of suicide."

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the death is still being investigated.

Troops from SEAL Team 4, which is based in Virginia Beach, Va., are part of the mission to train Afghan local police to stave off the Taliban in remote parts of Afghanistan.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_AFGHANISTAN_SEAL_DEATH?SECTION=HOME&SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Official: Navy SEAL died of apparent suicide (Original post)	Judi Lynn	Dec 2012	OP
Very sad. I am so sorry for his family.	GreenPartyVoter	Dec 2012	#1
Sad	AlphaCentauri	Dec 2012	#2
...another, military suicide.	SoapBox	Dec 2012	#3
.	patrice	Dec 2012	#4
The Navy Always Says Suicide First Because They're Too Lazy to Do Proper Investigations	mckara	Dec 2012	#5
No lazier than civilian law enforcement agencies....	OldDem2012	Dec 2012	#6
Wonder what he knew	Ter	Dec 2012	#7
There was a recent Seal casuality.	Historic NY	Dec 2012	#8
More deaths to suicide than combat this year	PDittie	Dec 2012	#9
An estimated 58,168 American service men and women died in Vietnam.	Rozlee	Dec 2012	#10

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 04:59 PM

GreenPartyVoter (64,757 posts)

1. Very sad. I am so sorry for his family.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:06 PM

AlphaCentauri (6,455 posts)

2. Sad

condolence for the family

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:07 PM

SoapBox (5,909 posts)

3. ...another, military suicide.

Amazing.

and sad.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:40 PM

patrice (47,711 posts)

4. .

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 09:27 PM

mckara (1,463 posts)

5. The Navy Always Says Suicide First Because They're Too Lazy to Do Proper Investigations

His family should take this announcement with a grain of salt until they see corroborating evidence that preponderantly agrees with this conclusion. It may be true, but the Navy has a tendency to look for easy answers rather than trying to find the truth.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 10:05 PM

OldDem2012 (3,526 posts)

6. No lazier than civilian law enforcement agencies....

....who ALWAYS make the closest family member their chief suspect no matter what the evidence tells them.

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:33 PM

Ter (4,225 posts)

7. Wonder what he knew

n/t

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Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:08 AM

Historic NY (19,873 posts)

8. There was a recent Seal casuality.

http://icasualties.org/OEF/Fatalities.aspx

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Mon Dec 24, 2012, 07:57 AM

PDittie (6,866 posts)

9. More deaths to suicide than combat this year

http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/279389.html

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Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:59 PM

Rozlee (1,414 posts)

10. An estimated 58,168 American service men and women died in Vietnam.

It's also estimated that between 50,000 and 100,000 Vietnam vets committed suicide after their return in the years from 1968 to 1989. I'm so very, very afraid for our troops and angrier than I can say about the evil people that sent them into unjust wars.

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