Lt. Brendan John Looney was among nine service members who lost their lives when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed in Southern Afghanistan.
Navy SEAL Looney, 29, is from Owings, Maryland. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 2004; while in the Academy, Looney was an All-American lacrosse player. A feature on NavySports.com remembers one of the Academy’s graduates.
The feature shared that after graduation from the Academy, Looney initially worked in the Navy intelligence community. He eventually asked for a transfer to the Navy SEALs, which was approved in 2006. He began BUD/S training in March, 2007, and was the “Honorman” for BUD/S Class 265. He graduated on June 22, 2008, and married his wife Amy three weeks later, on July 12. He was deployed to Iraq 2 days after the ceremony.
Brendan’s family shared words of remembrance with NavySports, describing him as “an honorable man,” and that “he was proud of serving his country and being where he was.” He is survived by his parents, Kevin and Maureen; wife, Amy; and siblings LT. Stephen Looney, LTJG Billy Looney, Bridget, Erin and Kellie.
There will be a public visitation for Brendan Looney on October 3, from 2 – 5 pm, at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. The funeral service will be on October 4 at St. John the Baptist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. Brendan Looney will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, next to 1st Lt. Trasvis Manion, his roommate at the Naval Academy, who was killed in the line of duty in 2007.
September 25th, 2010 - 8:41 am
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September 27th, 2010 - 5:23 pm
My heart and prayers are go out to Brendan’s wife, family, and friends. Thank you for ‘giving’ our nation your husband, son, brother, nephew, grandson, friend…. God Bless all of you. May you soon find peace and ‘see and feel’ Brendan in special ways during the years to come. Sending you Love and Prayers from another mother of a Naval Academy Graduate (’07).
Catherine Janosky
September 30th, 2010 - 10:15 am
Our prayers and thoughts are with the enitre Looney family. Our nation is blessed by Brendan’s service and his ultimate love of our country. He is the example for our current generation to follw! May God bless Amy, his parents, sbilings, and extended family as they grieve. My God wrap his arms around each of you, hodling you tightly and loving you with His great love!
October 1st, 2010 - 4:25 am
Thoughts and prayer to Family & Friends, my first born is serving in the USMC and served in Afghanistan, I support all service men and women and pray for protection and safe return wherever they serve. I am dearly sorry for your great loss and the loss to our Country. Peace, love and honor.
USN DAV Angel Maldonado Sr.
October 2nd, 2010 - 10:53 am
[...] In 2007, 26-year-old Marine Lt. Travis Manion of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was killed in Iraq. While there was undoubtedly much anguish as a result of his death, there was one person who was greatly affected: his best friend and roommate at the Naval Academy, Lt. Brendan Looney. [...]
February 1st, 2011 - 2:45 pm
My son, Mason Canale, served on the team with Brendan in Afghanistan. Mason’s deployment ended soon before Brendan was killed, and he wears a bracelet in honor of him. Mason is not a SEAL; he’s in the Army, and was fortunate enough to be chosen to serve on Brendan’s team. My son is young, and didn’t have near the experience that the SEAL members did. I can’t help but think that Brendan probably did much to look out for my son, with his advanced experience and training. For this, I thank him.. My heart aches for “Loondog’s” family, and I sincerely hope that somehow some peace can be found in his passing away. I am so very grateful for his service; no words can express it….