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US military working to recover 70 ton vehicle from Lithuanian swamp as 4 Army soldiers remain missing
[FoxNews] The Hercules recovery vehicle is estimated to be encased in 2 meters of mud and is about 4 meters below the water's surfaceUS military crews, alongside Polish and Lithuanian teams, continue efforts to find four U.S. soldiers who went missing last week in Lithuania. U.S. Navy divers have successfully attached two lines to hoist points on a sinking M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle that was carrying four U.S. Army soldiers who disappeared early Tuesday during a training exercise near Pabradė, Lithuania. The soldiers, based in Fort Stewart in Georgia, were riding in the vehicle on a scheduled maintenance mission to recover another U.S. Army vehicle in the training area when they disappeared. After the second line was attached to a hoist point on the Hercules on Sunday, the Army said the vehicle could be anchored to prevent it from sinking further into the bog it was in. "Engineers expect to start winching early this morning," the U.S. Army Europe and Africa said in a post on X. "The process is projected to take a significant amount of time and effort, as the terrain surrounding the peat bog remains challenging – but the rescue workers will not be deterred." Posted by: Skidmark 2025-03-31 |
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