3 of 4 missing US Army soldiers found dead in Lithuania
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The training exercise involving the 70-ton vehicle aimed to prepare troops for the challenges of retrieving heavy assets, like Abrams tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and artillery getting ...
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The Army has released the identity of the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania, a day after his body was recovered during a weeklong search that took hundreds of troops and oth...
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The soldiers were conducting a mission to repair and tow a tactical vehicle on March 25 when they and their vehicle were reported missing.
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A U.S. M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle was retrieved in Pabradė, Lithuania after sinking last week while carrying four American soldiers.
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.
The seven-day search operation included hundreds of U.S. and Lithuanian troops, U.S. Navy divers, and helicopters to transport search teams.
Lithuania’s defense ministry says the missing armored recovery vehicle crewed by four Fort Stewart soldiers has been pulled out of a bog.
The fourth and final missing U.S. soldier whose armored vehicle sank in a swamp in Lithuania last week was found deceased Tuesday, military officials say.
A U.S. armored vehicle that went missing in a swamp Lithuania has been retrieved from a swamp after a six-day search but there's no word on the four American soldiers in it, Lithuanian officials say.
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 ...
Three U.S. Army soldiers were declared dead on Monday after search and recovery crews retrieved a M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle.
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Air Force Times on MSN3 soldiers confirmed dead after vehicle pulled from Lithuanian swampThe confirmation came after recovery teams pulled the soldiers' M88 Hercules armored vehicle from a swamp Sunday night.