Lt. Brendan Looney, a Navy SEAL and former standout lacrosse player at the Naval Academy, was buried yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery next his best friend, Marine 1st Lt. Travis Manion. Looney, 29, was one of nine service members killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Sept. 21. Looney and Manion were roommates at the Naval Academy, where they were members of the class of 2004. Like Looney, Manion was an athlete at the academy, where he wrestled. In 2007, Manion was killed by a sniper in Iraq. Manion was laid to rest in Pennsylvania. But upon hearing the news…
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A former Naval Academy lacrosse player was one of the nine U.S. troops killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash Tuesday in Afghanistan. Lt. Brendan Looney, a Navy SEAL and a 2004 Naval Academy graduate, was one of four sailors killed. The Defense Department officially announced Wednesday evening that Looney, Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician (Collection) (SW/FMF) David Blake McLendon, Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Adam Smith and Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class Denis Miranda were killed in the crash. Five Fort Campbell, Ky.-based soldiers were also killed. A native of Owings, Md., Looney was a graduate of DeMatha Catholic High…
