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by enemy fire, but a full investigation will be conducted. commanders and special operations and the navy are moving quickly to send assistance officers to the families and hometowns of those lost offering as much information and assistance as they can. remains are expected at dover air force base delaware in the coming days. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. president barack obama was notified of the helicopter crash and released a statement which reads in part "their deaths are ...

down. now to pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> don, in the worst single incident in ten years of war in afghanistan, 25 u.s. special operations forces lost their lives. 22 of them were navy s.e.a.l.s, many from the same unit that conducted the raid against osama bin laden, though none of the s.e.a.l.s on that mission were on this raid. a u.s. military source confirms they were rapidly called in to assist another unit that had been pinned down in a fire fight in the eastern afgha...