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A joint recovery operation from the U.S. Army, Lithuanian Armed Forces, and civilian agencies is ongoing.
Reuters |
A fourth U.S. Army soldier, who together with three others went missing in Lithuania last week when their vehicle sank in a peat bog, has been found dead, U.S. and Lithuanian officials said on Tuesda...
Yahoo |
The soldiers disappeared on March 25 in their M88A2 Hercules armored recovery vehicle while conducting a mission to repair and tow an immobilized tactical vehicle in the town of PabradÄ—, Lithuania.
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to leave the NATO alliance should member states fail to increase defensive spending. Now, they are.
Remains of the fourth US soldier killed during a training exercise in Lithuania last week has been recovered, according to reports. The still unnamed soldier’s body was found near the Pabradė — not far from the Belarus border — after a weeklong operation that combed through thick forest and swampland, NBC News reported.
A German brigade deployed on NATO's eastern flank in Lithuania formally entered service on Tuesday. The 45 Armoured Brigade of the German Army became operational following an activation ceremony in Vilnius.
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Germany bolsters NATO stance with brigade in LithuaniaGermany has decided to station an armoured brigade in Lithuania, marking the first such move since the Second World War. "We must ensure the protection of our Lithuanian allies," emphasised General Christoph Huber.
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.
The U.S. soldiers had been at the center of a recovery mission in Lithuania for nearly a week after their armored vehicle sank near the country's border with Belarus.
The body of a fourth U.S. Army soldiers have been found nearly a week after they went missing in Lithuania during a training exercise, officials said
The soldier and three others had gone on a training mission in a 70-ton vehicle that sank in a bog near the border with Belarus.