U.S. Navy Seal Commander Found Dead of Suspected Suicide

Had been naval officer since '93

The commanding officer of an elite U.S. Navy SEAL Team  died of a non-combat related injury in Afghanistan on Saturday, U.S. military officials have announced. The death of Job W. Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pa., is being looked into as a suicide, but is still under investigation. Price was in charge of coordinating all SEAL Team 4 missions, and was in Afghanistan supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province. He failed to show up for an event on Saturday and colleagues found him dead in his quarters. SEAL Team 6 is best known among them for finding and then killing Osama bin Laden. Price was married and had a daughter. (Reuters)

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