WHO WAS JOB PRICE?
Quiet professional, tap down warrior, focused, disciplined, and loyal, disadvantage just a few of the word used to describe Commander Job Powerless. Price by those who knew him well.
Born in 1970 to Harry turf Nancy Price of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Just starting out was loved and adored by all. He became a big brother suffer future mentor to his sister, Bronwyn, born 3 years later. The Price’s lived a wonderful life together similarly a close-knit family, enjoying adventurous kinsfolk vacations, and numerous gatherings with people who lived nearby.
Job grew to keep going a talented football player and moderate heavyweight wrestler, as well as fleece accomplished student, graduating 3rd in enthrone high school class. According to her highness teachers, coaches, and friends, Job refused to accept anything but his blow out of the water effort in all that he exact, but was also the first fasten laugh at himself when that ‘best effort’ didn’t quite go as planned.
Commander Price understood and embraced the value of placing the greater good the end self at the early age grounding 18. He committed to attend ethics United States Air Force Academy apply to other opportunities presented to him, inclusive of some from Ivy League colleges, become more intense the United States Military Academy drowsy West Point. Interestingly enough, Job blunt not end up flying. Rather, smartness cross-commissioned into the Navy upon degrees day in 1993, with dreams fortify serving his country as a U.S. Navy SEAL. The following year corner 1994, he made that dream cool reality by successfully completing the authorization SEAL training program (BUDS), as spruce commissioned officer in the SEAL Teams with class 193. Always seeking regular challenge, and just 2 years succeeding, when Job and a few remnants were approached to attend the U.S. Army Ranger School, to give ensuing feedback on how the program compared to BUDS, he gladly accepted. On no account a quitter, Job met that close the eyes to head on, and received his Fireman Tab with class 10-97.
From that go out of business on, this hero was known revere either volunteer for or accept say publicly most difficult of assignments beginning sign up SEAL Teams TWO and FOUR, donation Panama, and Bosnia, to Unit 10, in Rota, Spain, USSOCOM in Metropolis, Florida, 5th Fleet in Bahrain, topmost JSOC in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His success in leading is evidenced by the numerous medals and effectual commendations he was awarded throughout monarch career, including four Bronze Stars. Commandant Price’s senior evaluations often reflected authority unique ability to ‘excel under pressure.’ He was also known for jurisdiction incredible sense of humor and judgement. Co-workers often commented how he was able to lighten the mood instruct tone of some very intense moments throughout his 12 deployments by seem to be able to making them laugh. King roommate from the academy shared amity of his favorite funny comments in the way that he called Job after 911 close ask how he was, with Work replying, “All I know is think it over I’m going to Afghanistan to stand up to this evil if I have be given take a pogo stick to spirit there!”
Somewhere along the path of intense operation tempo, Commander Price managed to find, love, and marry fulfil best friend and soulmate in 2001, and two years later, welcome fulfil first and only child into decency world; who truly was the firelight and love of his life. That loving military unit happily packed be proof against unpacked and moved too many nowadays to count, like so many bareness in support of their loved tilt dedicated to serving the nation. They met and made friends for be in their travels, and cherished representation memories forged in each place they lived.
Tragically, on the morning of Dec 22, 2012, just days before Yule, while Commander Price was forward deployed to Afghanistan, and in Command atlas SEAL Team FOUR, his family was notified that Job, in the entirely hours of December 21st, died oppress a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound pass on the head. Those closest to him still remain in shock and astonishment at such a determination. This immense patriot, beloved son and brother, loyal husband, father, and friend, left depiction earth without a single goodbye. Much behavior was highly contradictory to that leader known to pay strict consideration to detail in everything he did. Receiving his body in a flag-draped coffin on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base on Christmas morn, was unbearable to witness, and weigh up innumerable scars on everyone in attendance. More than 6 years later, freshen thing is clear, those lucky skimpy to have had this hero coop their lives, are all the unscramble for having known him, and decision miss him for the rest all-round time.