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The fate of the four soldiers who were aboard the craft remains unknown.
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“Words cannot express how deeply this loss is felt by everyone in our unit,” said Capt. Jackson Patillo, a commander in the 1st Battalion.
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The M88A2 Hercules was recovered from a swamp during a recovery operation for four US Army soldiers who went missing during a training exercise.
U.S. Army military vehicles including two M88 Recovery vehicles roll to attend recovery efforts continuing for a missed U.S. Army soldier at a training range in Pabrade, Lithuania, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)
The BAE Systems M88 recovery vehicle has become a workhorse for U.S. military recovery efforts, bailing out stuck and disabled cavalry and tanks with ease.
Lithuania’s defense ministry says the missing armored recovery vehicle crewed by four Fort Stewart soldiers has been pulled out of a bog.
The seven-day search operation included hundreds of U.S. and Lithuanian troops, U.S. Navy divers, and helicopters to transport search teams.
The soldiers, who are all based in Fort Stewart, Georgia, went missing on Tuesday while operating a M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle, the Army said. On Wednesday, the 70-ton vehicle was found submerged in about 15 feet of water and mud in a training ...