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Q: Story highlights High School classmates say Checque always knew he wanted to join the military 
  
 The Defense Department identifies the SEAL slain in the rescue effort 
  
 Dr. Dilip Joseph was among three abducted while returning from a rural clinic, officials say 
  
 Two local Afghan leaders say smugglers were responsible; ISAF blames the Taliban 
  
 The U.S. Defense Department on Monday identified the SEAL killed during a successful raid to free a captive doctor in Afghanistan. 
  
 Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque, 28, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, died Saturday during the effort to free Dr. Dilip Joseph , the Navy said. NATO commanders believed Joseph was in imminent danger from his captors when the raid took place. 
  
 While the Defense Department announcement said only that Checque belonged to an "East Coast-based Special Warfare Unit," a U.S. official said the man was a member of the Navy's Special Warfare Development Group, more commonly known as SEAL Team Six. The elite unit is the same one that took part in the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. 
  
 The official didn't know if the SEAL who died was involved in that operation. 
  
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 "He gave his life for his fellow Americans, and he and his teammates remind us once more of the selfless service that allows our nation to stay strong, safe and free," President Barack Obama said of the slain SEAL before his identity was made public. 
  
 Armed men kidnapped Joseph and two other staff members for the international aid group Morning Star on Wednesday as they returned from a rural medical clinic in eastern Kabul province. 
  
 Tribal leader Malik Samad and district chief Muhammad Haqbeen told CNN that Joseph and an Afghan doctor were abducted near the village of Jegdalek in the Sarobi district, just outside Kabul. 
  
 The International Security Assistance Force said Taliban insurgents kidnapped the men. Samad and Haqbeen identified the kidnappers as smugglers. 
  
 Morning Star said negotiations began "almost immediately" with the captors and went on sporadically into Saturday night, when two of the three were released. 
  
 The Afghan doctor's family paid $12,000 to the smugglers, Haqbeen and Samad said. Morning Star denied paying any "ransom, money or other consideration" to win the release of its staffers, and the raid to free Joseph came 11 hours later after the other two were released. 
  
 U.S. officials provided few details about the rescue effort, but Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said the SEALs "knew they were putting their lives on the line to free a fellow American from the enemy's grip." 
  
 Checque joined the Navy in 2002 after graduating from high school, according to a brief service record provided by the Defense Department. After attending recruit training in Illinois and advanced training in Virginia, he entered the SEAL program in April 2003. 
  
 He was assigned to his first SEAL unit in August 2004, and transferred to a second unit, presumably SEAL Team Six, in September 2008. 
  
 He received the Bronze Star and several other awards during his 10-year Naval career. 
  
 His former high school superiors and classmates at Norwin High School in North Huntington, Pennsylvania, remembered him as diligent and enthused about joining the military. 
  
 "He worked hard everyday and never complained," his former wrestling coach Rich Ginther told CNN affiliate WPXI. "I remember his senior year him basically telling us what he was training for, and it was to get in special forces." 
  
 The current vice principal, who graduated two classes ahead of Checque, called him a role model for the current students. 
  
 "It's scary to hear these kind of stories that come out," said Micheal Choby, "but I'm going to testament to the kind of man Nick built himself to be for these kids who are here aspiring to be in the military." 
  
 Former classmate Stefanie Stewart told CNN she sat next to Checque on the school bus almost every day. 
  
 "He always knew he wanted to go into the military," she said. "He was a very driven individual, had a very keen sense of mind. A strong-minded person. But underneath that, you could tell he had a good heart." 
  
 The rescued doctor has worked with Morning Star for three years. He serves as its medical adviser, and travels frequently to Afghanistan, the agency said. 
  
 Morning Star did not release the identities of the other two men, citing safety concerns. 
  
 Joseph is expected to return home to Colorado Springs, Colorado, within a few days, after medical examinations and debriefings, the agency sad. 
  
 On Sunday, his family extended condolences to the slain sailor's family. 
  
 "We are incredibly grateful for the multiple agencies of the U.S. government that have supported us in this difficult time, and especially the quick response by our military and partner allies to rescue Dilip," the family said. "They showed great heroism and professionalism." 
  
 Despite the kidnappings of Joseph and its two other staffers, Morning Star reiterated its "commitment to continue its work" in Afghanistan. ||||| A member of a U.S. special operations team was killed during a weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul five days ago. 
  
 President Barack Obama praised the special forces on Sunday, saying the mission was characteristic of U.S. troops' "extraordinary courage, skill and patriotism." 
  
 A spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Dr. Dilip Joseph of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was rescued early Sunday, local time, in eastern Afghanistan. Joseph, a medical adviser for Colorado Springs-based Morning Star Development, was rescued after intelligence showed he was in imminent danger of injury or possible death, according to the U.S. military. 
  
 The U.S. did not immediately identify the special forces soldier killed in the mission. 
  
 "He gave his life for his fellow Americans, and he and his teammates remind us once more of the selfless service that allows our nation to stay strong, safe and free," Obama said in a statement. 
  
 In a separate statement Sunday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, "In this fallen hero, and all of our special operators, Americans see the highest ideals of citizenship, sacrifice and service upheld." 
  
 Morning Star, a relief group that helps rebuild communities in Afghanistan, said in a statement that Joseph was uninjured and would probably return home in a few days. The group also said two of his co-workers were freed by their captors about 11 hours before the rescue, after hours of negotiations were conducted over three days. 
  
 Morning Star said the three workers were abducted by a group of armed men while returning from a visit to one of the organization's rural medical clinics in eastern Kabul province. The group said the three workers were taken into mountains about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Pakistan border, 
  
 The relief group said it would not reveal the identity of the other two men because they live and work in the region. The group said it did not pay ransom to obtain their release. 
  
 Morning Star praised those who helped get their workers back unharmed, singling out "courageous members of the U.S. military who successfully rescued Mr. Joseph as they risked their own lives doing so." 
  
 The group also offered thanks to local Afghan elders "who made visits and appeals to the captors advocating for the release of the hostages." 
  
 Joseph was captured by Taliban insurgents on Wednesday in the Sarobi district of Kabul province. 
  
 The rescue operation was ordered after intelligence showed that the doctor was in imminent danger of injury or possible death, according to a statement by the U.S.-led military coalition. 
  
 "This was a combined operation of U.S. and Afghan forces," said 1st Lt. Joseph Alonso, a spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "Information was collected through multiple intelligence sources, which allowed Afghan and coalition forces to identify the location of Joseph and the criminals responsible for his captivity." 
  
 Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said the joint force planned, rehearsed and successfully conducted the operation. 
  
 "Thanks to them, Dr. Joseph will soon be rejoining his family and loved ones," Allen said. |||||
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A member of Seal Team Six died during a daring rescue mission in Afghanistan yesterday, in which special forces successfully freed an American doctor from the Taliban. "He gave his life for his fellow Americans," President Obama said in praising the man, while Leon Panetta called him a "fallen hero." He was later identified as Pennsylvania native Nicholas Checque, a Petty Officer 1st Class with an "East Coast-based Special Warfare Unit." A source tells CNN that unit is Seal Team Six, though he couldn’t say if Checque had helped kill Osama bin Laden. Dr. Dilip Joseph was captured five days ago, along with two other workers from the Morning Star relief group, the AP reports. While NATO says their captors were Taliban militants, Afghan leaders say they were smugglers. Whoever they were, negotiators were able to convince them to release Joseph's two compatriots about 11 hours before the raid. But the Pentagon opted to launch a rescue mission, which it described as "a combined operation of US and Afghan forces," when intelligence indicated that Joseph's captors were on the verge of harming him.