SEAL Team Four commander found dead in suspected suicide
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[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/24/us-usa-afghanistan-seal-idUSBRE8BN00T20121224[/url]
[quote=Reuters][B]The commander of an elite U.S. Navy SEAL unit has died in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said on Sunday, and a U.S. military official said his death was being investigated as a suspected suicide.[/B]
Commander Job Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, died on Saturday of a non-combat related injury in central Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province, the Pentagon said in a statement.
"This incident is currently under investigation," it said.
Price, was assigned to a Naval Special Warfare unit in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and was the commanding officer of SEAL Team Four. He failed to show up for an event on Saturday and colleagues found him dead in his quarters, the U.S. military official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
NBC News and CNN also quoted unnamed military officials as saying that the death was being looked at as a possible suicide.
Lieutenant David Lloyd, a spokesman for Naval Special Warfare Group Two, which comprises the four SEAL teams on the U.S. East Coast, declined to comment on the cause of death, saying it was under investigation.
Price was married and had a daughter. He had been a naval officer since May 1993, Lloyd said.
Captain Robert Smith, the Group Two commander, said in a statement: "The Naval Special Warfare family is deeply saddened by the loss of our teammate. We extend our condolences, thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and NSW community during this time of grieving.
"As we mourn the loss and honor the memory of our fallen teammate, those he served with will continue to carry out the mission."
SEAL is an acronym for sea, air, land.[/quote]
This high up it's never a suicide.
And IF it is, he's a jerk for leaving his wife and child like that.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957165]This high up it's never a suicide.[/QUOTE]
How does it feel to have an IQ of a carrot?
[QUOTE=NoDachi;38957179]How does it feel to have an IQ of a carrot?[/QUOTE]
These men are trained to withstand nearly everything that can be thrown at them, and hes a leader.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957187]These men are trained to withstand nearly everything that can be thrown at them, and hes a leader.[/QUOTE]
And this is your reasoning?
What a brilliant mind. How simple the world must look to you.
[QUOTE=NoDachi;38957191]And this is your reasoning?
What a brilliant mind. How simple the world must look to you.[/QUOTE]
How the fuck would he pass all the tests if hes psychologically unfit, let alone be able to have men under his command.
You don't just kill yourself from one day to the other.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957187]These men are trained to withstand nearly everything that can be thrown at them, and hes a leader.[/QUOTE]
Just because someone is trained to withstand such battlefield trauma doesn't mean they all do. Hence why so many soldiers come back with PTSD and have high suicide rates.
Stop being so damn dense.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957187]These men are trained to withstand nearly everything that can be thrown at them, and hes a leader.[/QUOTE]
Ever heard of PTSD?
Doesn't matter who you are and what you've been through because I'm pretty sure it can fuck with you badly and lead to this (but i'm not very sure oh god don't kill me medical experts)
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wow bredirish how dare you ninja me like that i will take you to high court
[QUOTE=NoDachi;38957191]And this is your reasoning?
What a brilliant mind. How simple the world must look to you.[/QUOTE]
The only one here who's an idiot is the one who's putting someone down for thinking that - GASP, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE - the news might be lying. Who's that? Well, I'll give you a hint: he has an overused avatar and his name is NoDachi.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957206]How the fuck would he pass all the tests if hes psychologically unfit, let alone be able to have men under his command.
You don't just kill yourself from one day to the other.[/QUOTE]
Everyone has a breaking point.
[QUOTE=HeavyGuy;38957215]Ever heard of PTSD?
Doesn't matter who you are and what you've been through because I'm pretty sure it can fuck with you badly and lead to this (but i'm not very sure oh god don't kill me medical experts)[/QUOTE]
Again he's a commanding officer, if he would have had issues it would have been notified and he would have been checked.
If someone is in a state of taking his own life, you would notice.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957165]
And IF it is, he's a jerk for leaving his wife and child like that.[/QUOTE]
Yeah people who commit suicide are just being jerks >:(
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957206]How the fuck would he pass all the tests if hes psychologically unfit, let alone be able to have men under his command.
You don't just kill yourself from one day to the other.[/QUOTE]
heard of stress? fucks sake he has a family and is a soldier in the SEALs, think of how stressful that could be on the mind
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957224]Again he's a commanding officer, if he would have had issues it would have been notified and he would have been checked.[/QUOTE]
Why and how?
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[QUOTE=Strongbad;38957221]The only one here who's an idiot is the one who's putting someone down for thinking that - GASP, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE - the news might be lying. Who's that? Well, I'll give you a hint: he has an overused avatar and his name is NoDachi.[/QUOTE]
So I gather you think the news is lying?
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;38957228]Yeah people who commit suicide are just being jerks >:([/QUOTE]
Yeah, selfish assholes. Leaving your child without a father and your wife without a husband. Think of your father serving his country and suddenly hearing he blew his brains out or whatever.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957165]This high up it's never a suicide.
And IF it is, he's a jerk for leaving his wife and child like that.[/QUOTE]
Holy shit, you must be a great psychologist if you can psychoanalyze people from just words and pictures.
If I send you a picture of my ass, can you give me a colonoscopy?
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957246]Yeah, selfish assholes. Leaving your child without a father and your wife without a husband. Think of your father serving his country and suddenly hearing he blew his brains out or whatever.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://gizmodo.com/5726667/the-agonizing-last-words-of-bill-zeller[/url]
Please read this next time you decide to call people who commit suicide selfish assholes.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957224]Again he's a commanding officer, if he would have had issues it would have been notified and he would have been checked.
If someone is in a state of taking his own life, you would notice.[/QUOTE]
that last bit is far from true.
you're looking at this as if suicide and depression is very black and white.
special ops does this to people, they have much much more mental issues than regular soldiers
no surprise.
Also they're more likely to hide it
Okay so now we know the SEAL team is filled with commanding officers who could commit suicide after each assignment, good to know.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957279]Okay so now we know the SEAL team is filled with commanding officers who could commit suicide after each assignment, good to know.[/QUOTE]
It's almost like he was human.
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;38957287]It's almost like he was human.[/QUOTE]
Almost like he did not know what he signed up for.
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[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957279]Okay so now we know the SEAL team is filled with commanding officers who could commit suicide after each assignment, good to know.[/QUOTE]
Can you possibly be more autistic
Like really you're probably worse than hitler
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957279]Okay so now we know the SEAL team is filled with commanding officers who could commit suicide after each assignment, good to know.[/QUOTE]
That's not what people in this thread have been saying.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957279]Okay so now we know the SEAL team is filled with commanding officers who could commit suicide after each assignment, good to know.[/QUOTE]
what
because one officer killed himself doesn't mean they all will
[QUOTE=trotskygrad;38957272]special ops does this to people, they have much much more mental issues than regular soldiers
no surprise.[/QUOTE]
Yeah while I was reading Michael Herr's Dispatches about vietnam, I don't think he came across a single sane special ops soldier.
It's the problem when you purposefully groom for more intelligent soldiers with better free thinking abilities than the next, and throw them into even higher stress environments.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957290]Almost like he did not know what he signed up for.[/QUOTE]
Nobody signs up for becoming suicidal.
Aww man :( Maybe it was the aliens.. That would make everyone happy right?
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957290]Almost like he did not know what he signed up for.[/QUOTE]
Almost like you are trying to start shit.
[QUOTE=CasualJoe;38957290]Almost like he did not know what he signed up for.[/QUOTE]
PTSD isn't something you can anticipate, you fucking prick.
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