Posted on 07/27/2010 11:37:43 PM PDT by Cindy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 665-10 July 27, 2010
DOD Announces Navy Casualty and Identifies Sailor Listed as Whereabouts Unknown
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor and the identity of another sailor listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN). The announcement resulted from a July 23 incident in Logar province, Afghanistan, while the sailors were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley, 30, of Wheatridge, Colo., died from wounds sustained from the July 23 incident. Coalition Forces recovered his body July 25 after an extensive search. He was assigned to Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1), San Diego.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, 25, of Renton, Wash., is listed as DUSTWUN from the July 23 incident. Search and recovery efforts are ongoing, and the incident is under investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at defense.gov ...
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http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=54944
From Chief of Naval Operations Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead extended the following statement on the events in Afghanistan:
“The deepest sympathy of the entire Navy is with the family and friends of Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley, who died from wounds sustained in Logar Province, Afghanistan, Friday. We appreciate all the coalition forces have done to bring our shipmate home, and we know they continue to do everything they can in the search for Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, who remains missing. I remain extremely proud of the thousands of US Navy Sailors serving on the ground in Afghanistan today, and the tens of thousands who have deployed to Afghanistan during the past nine years.”
Prayers to the families of these Sailors. Prayers that the surviving MIA Sailor is found safely.
Praying with you in agreement.
In Jesus’ Holy Name.
Amen.
Travel.State.Gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs - Travel Warning: "PAKISTAN" (SNIPPET: "The presence of Al-Qaida, Taliban elements, and indigenous militant sectarian groups poses a potential danger to U.S. citizens throughout Pakistan...") (July 22, 2010)
http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/one-isaf-servicemember-recovered.html
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/07/us_recovers_body_of.php
“US recovers body of missing sailor in Afghanistan”
By BILL ROGGIO
July 27, 2010
SNIPPET: “The body of the sailor was recovered in the Charkh district in Logar province, which is just south of the capital of Kabul. “The body was found from Nawshahr village in Charkh district on Sunday afternoon,” the provincial spokesman told Xinhua.
Charkh is a known Taliban stronghold in Logar. The two US soldiers are reported to have accidentally driven into the Taliban-controlled region on Friday after departing their base in Kabul.
The Taliban claim to have captured the other US sailor, but have not released any evidence proving they are holding him at this time.”
Amen to that. Our thoughts and prayers are with them all, and for the safe return of our missing warrier.
Prayers for his safe return.
OFF THREAD TOPIC, but posted here for archival purposes.
NOTE The following text SNIPPET is a quote:
http://www.defense.gov//News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=60191
Allegations of Civilian Casualty in Logar Province Are False
Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2010 – The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan was made aware today of allegations in the media regarding a civilian casualty incident in the vicinity of Charkh district, Logar province, according to military officials.
After conducting a thorough investigation of the alleged attack on Afghan civilians, Regional Command-East officials have determined the allegation is false.
“None of our operational reporting supports this unfounded claim,” said U.S. Army Maj. Patrick R. Seiber, the public affairs director of RC-East.
Terrible that another serviceman is in their hands. WHAT WAS THE NAVY DOING IN THE AREA???????? Not much water anywhere there.
We have every branch of the military represented here doing a wide variety of "work". The fact that there's "not much water anywhere there" is an asinine statement.
Take a few minutes and think about it.
It will come to you.....
What is the rank petty officer third class? E-? Thanks in advance no disrepect I don’t speak Navy.
PO-3 = E-4
He could have been special ops; he could have been supporting intelligence, aircraft, communications, etc; he could have been an IA (individual augmentee) - basically sailors assigned to land-based support of Army infantry.
WHAT WAS THE NAVY DOING IN THE AREA???????? Not much water anywhere there.
The USN Seals are very active in Afghanistan.
there was a soldier who got taken months ago, what happened to him seeing as the media ignored the story like they usually do if it affect their dear messiah
SEAL’s probably (Navy special forces, Sea, Air, Land = SEAL)
In the NAVY, your rate is your job (BT2 - Boiler Technician, 2nd Class Petty Officer is your RANK).
There is no CORPORAL in the Navy.
CTT3 ro_thunder
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