Lithuanian capital #Vilnius will hold a ceremony on 3 April 2025 to honour four US soldiers who died during a #military exercise at the #Pabrade training area in eastern #Lithuania. The ceremonial cortege will proceed through the city centre and will be met by top officials and ambassadors.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-vilnius-to-hold-ceremony-for-dead-us-soldiers/

The body of a fourth US soldier has been found at the #Pabrade training area in eastern #Lithuania. The rescue operation took seven days. Several hundred people gathered outside the US embassy in #Vilnius to pay their respect.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-body-of-fourth-us-soldier-found-at-pabrade-training-area/

The body of the fourth and final U.S. Army soldier who went missing during exercises near Pabradė has been found in Lithuania.

#USA #Lithuania #Pabrade #Soldiers

The US #M88 vehicle sunk into bog on #Pabrade military training ground in #Lithuania has been recovered last night.

Please note there’s now only confirmation of recovery of the vehicle but no videos and photos, and, most importantly, no information about the crew. It’s not because “it’s not there”, as some social media are speculating, but because of US embargo on information about the fate of their crew that will be only only published by US MOD likely after families are notified, which likely means mid-day US time.

Realistically, I think chances of crew evacuating from the vehicle after sinking are zero because at depth of 5 m the pressure on the hatches would be equivalent to 5 tons if it was just water.

The recovery operation was very challenging technically due to the weight of the vehicle (70 tons) multiplied by the density of the bog - not just water, but highly viscous mud. From what I’ve seen they’ve used two separate multiple pulley systems attached to two bulldozers which acted as anchors, plus two other M88 working as winches.

P.S. some channels are posting a historic video of recovery of some WW2 tanks from a swamp, which are unrelated to the M88 incident

Likely geolocation https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/55.024350/25.918087

Day 4 of submersion for the #US #Usa military rescue vehicle with 4 American soldiers which got lost while doing a drill in #Lithuania, in #Pabrade near the border with #Belarus. Turns out it went fully submerged into a large swamp, 6 feet under the mud. Still sinking down.

#NATO #NAFO

Three days ago, a #US #Usa military rescue vehicle with 4 American soldiers got lost while doing a drill in #Lithuania, in #Pabrade near the border with #Belarus. Turns out it went fully submerged into a large swamp. Search is underway, 3rd day in.

Today's update on delfi.lt : https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/kariuomenes-atstovas-jav-kariu-paieskos-ir-gelbejimo-operacijoje-pasiektas-progresas-120097482

#NATO #NAFO #EU

Four U.S. Soldiers Still Missing in Lithuania After M88 Hercules Vehicle Sinks in Swamp

https://defensemirror.com/news/39157/Four_U_S__Soldiers_Still_Missing_in_Lithuania_After_M88_Hercules_Vehicle_Sinks_in_Swamp

#USArmy #Lithuania #MilitaryExercise #MissingSoldiers #SearchAndRescue #NATO #Defense #MilitaryTraining #M88Hercules #Pabrade

Four U.S. Soldiers Still Missing in Lithuania After M88 Hercules Vehicle Sinks in Swamp

https://defensemirror.com/news/39157/Four_U_S__Soldiers_Still_Missing_in_Lithuania_After_M88_Hercules_Vehicle_Sinks_in_Swamp

#USArmy #Lithuania #MilitaryExercise #MissingSoldiers #SearchAndRescue #NATO #Defense #MilitaryTraining #M88Hercules #Pabrade