Looney, 29, of Owings, Md., was an All-American lacrosse player at the Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 2004. He was commissioned as a naval intelligence officer and served in Korea before joining the SEALs. He was assigned to one of the Coronado-based teams in June 2008.
Two other SEALs and a Naval Special Warfare support technician — all from East Coast teams — were also killed, along with five Army air crew members, in the crash in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. Three coalition personnel are in critical condition at a U.S. hospital in Afghanistan, the Navy said.
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