Three American soldiers who were at the center of a recovery mission in Lithuania about once a week after them Armored vehicle A dead body of water was found dead in the army on Monday. Efforts were on to find the fourth soldier.
The army said in a statement on Monday that the identity of the soldiers had stopped the pending notification of their families. The three soldiers found on Monday were assigned to 1 armored brigade Combat Team, 3G Infantry Division and were permanently stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
The soldiers went missing last Tuesday, while operating a mission to repair and toes a stable strategic vehicle. The incident is being investigated by the Army and Lithuanian officials.
The submergence vehicle of the soldiers was found on Wednesday by the army and Lithuanian officials. The army said the vehicle was removed from a peat marsh on Monday morning. In an update over the weekend, the army stated that the vehicle was at least 15 feet of water, mud -like mud and silt.
The Army said hundreds of service members of the Army, US Navy and military members of Lithuania and Poland helped 63-TON M88A2 Hercules Bakhtar Bakhtar recovery vehicle to the surface. Lithuanian civilian agencies also contributed to the attempt, the army called the situation of unstable land around the submerged vehicle a “engineering challenge”.
Excavations, pumps and several hundred tons of gravel and Earth were taken to the search area near Pabrad, close to the Lithuania-Bellars border to pull the vehicle.
Commanding General of the third Infantry Division, Major General Christopher Nori said in a statement on Monday that the soldiers who died in the incident were families.
“Our hearts are heavy with a sorrow that echoes throughout the Marne Division, both forward and at home,” Nori said. “We are standing in grief with the families and loved ones of these extraordinary ‘Dogfes Soldiers’ during this unimaginable time.”
Nori said the explorers were working around the clock in search of the fourth soldier.
The army said that the Navy divers were excluding the area around Peat Bog to make a systematic discovery.
Lithuania President Gitanas Nausada expressed condolences to President Trump and America on social media.
“@Realdonaldtrump, Lithuania condoled with the American nation,” Nausėda said on the social platform x.
Where is Lithuania located?
Located in the north -west of Lithuania BellorusUnder the leadership of the country Alexander LuakshhenkoRussian President’s prominent aide Vladimir Putin,
Lithuania, like her northern neighbor Latvia, joined NATO in 2004. Another NATO member in the south -west of Lithuania is Kaliningrad and Russian Province in Poland.
The Baltic Sea is located to the west of Lithuania.
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