WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a Navy SEAL commander in Afghanistan.
Cmdr. Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., died Saturday of a gunshot wound to the head while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, a U.S. military official said Monday on condition of anonymity because the death is still under investigation.
The official said Price failed to show up for an appointment and was found when others went to check on him.
Price was from Virginia Beach, Va.-based SEAL Team 4, which is part of the mission to train Afghan local police to stave off the Taliban in remote parts of Afghanistan.
It was not immediately known when Price started his tour of duty in Afghanistan, though he had been in command of the team of 25 to 30 men since June 2011, the official said. He said Price had no immediately known professional or work problems other than the stresses of deployment, which can be tremendous for troops.
“The Naval Special Warfare family is deeply saddened by the loss of our teammate,” said Capt. Robert Smith, Commander of Naval Special Warfare Group Two, which manages all Virginia-based Navy SEAL teams. “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,” Smith added Sunday.
WarSclerotic 
December 31, 2012 at 2:13 PM
As a commissioned officer in special forces he could have simply resigned, no? There is no way he shot himself…
December 31, 2012 at 2:22 PM
It’s a horrible comment on the credibility of the US government and the MSM that NOBODY I know believes the “suicide’ story.
Query: Are they covering up for Islamic terrorists or for our own spooks?
Under Bush I would have assumed the spooks. With Obama, I just have no idea.
December 31, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Well he was either shot my his own side, for whatever reason, or was killed in a top secret operation.
Its interesting also that the team that went after bin laden are almost all dead.
December 31, 2012 at 3:15 PM
own side killed him, bin laden is not dead,i would bet my yacht on that
December 31, 2012 at 4:31 PM
bin laden died in 2001 either from liver failure or an air strike but there is no way he lived until 2011 with the illness he had.
December 31, 2012 at 4:40 PM
the question should really be which bin laden died when,lol
December 31, 2012 at 5:24 PM
Its interesting that this guy is the one that lead the ‘Bin Laden Operation’
January 1, 2013 at 4:39 AM
I like to think it’s a matter of ‘Satan’s revenge’, but that would be too simplistic. The fact that stories are out there that tie all this to Hillary Clinton are interesting. I remember when Ronald Reagan was shot. He was more visible to the public than Hillary. We’ve seen nothing of her for a good 3 weeks. Strange, just damned strange.
January 1, 2013 at 8:47 PM
If it looks like bovine scat and smells like bovine scat it must be bovine scat.
January 10, 2013 at 7:49 PM
It was time to cleanup house.