Bodies of Missing American Servicemen in Afghanistan Identified as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove & Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley

Bodies of missing American servicemen in eastern Afghanistan found and men identified as Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove and Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley.

The Hinterland Gazette wishes to express its deepest sympathies to the families of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove and Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley. Both sailors went missing in an extremely dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan. Jarod Newlove was recently found dead and his body recovered, according Fox News. McNeley's body was recovered earlier.

The family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area, had been notified of his death, the U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to disclose the information.

Newlove and Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley went missing last Friday in Logar province. NATO recovered the body of McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colorado — in the area Sunday.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press in Kabul on Thursday that two days ago the Taliban left the "body of a dead American soldier for the U.S. forces" to recover. The Taliban said McNeley was killed in a firefight and insurgents had captured Newlove. Mujahid offered no explanation for Newlove's death. Source

I am wondering why the servicemen were in such a dangerous part of the country by themselves. Nonetheless it is a tragedy and it seems as though this war isn't showing any signs of ending. At least with the United States being victors.