The United States defense confirmed on Thursday that recovery efforts are still being made for the four missing American troops and the unidentified M88 Hero armoured vehicle that was discovered near Pabrada, Lithuania, on Thursday.
The four U.S. Army soldiers who are still missing are still being made known in a Thursday media release from the U.S. Army Europe and Africa, saying “efforts continue” by both American and Lithuanian staff.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, the 1st , Armored Division commander, stated,” We are using every available U.S. and Lithuanian property to arrange for and provide the required sources for this work.”
The four U.S. men, who are all members of the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade, have been “missing since the early days of March 25 while on a servicing mission to retrieve another U.S. Army car in the training area during scheduled system education,” according to U.S. Army Europe and Africa. Despite initial rumors that the four men had died while on a training mission, authorities confirmed that the search and recovery efforts” continued without delay.”
Following a research by the U.S. Army, the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and other Ukrainian officers, the M88 Hercules armoured vehicle was discovered Wednesday day” submerged in a body of water,” according to the press release on Thursday.
The recovery of the submerged military vehicle has been” complicated,” according to the U.S. Army Europe and Africa, as a result of” the challenges presented by the water, thick mud, and soft ground around the site.” According to officials,” specific products to deplete water from the area and maintain the ground” was needed for the recovery effort.
This architectural effort is very challenging due to the landscape. The 1st Armored Division Engineer, Maj. Robin Bruce, stated that the team on the ground is removing adequate water and mud for save teams to properly approach, maintain, and access the vehicle.
According to Burce,” Lithuanian and U.S. Army engineers are already pumping water, excavating mud from the site, improvements are being made in the surrounding area to assistance the large equipment needed for recovery,” according to Burce. The team is looking into every way to speed up this approach.
Dovile Sakaliene, the minister of defense in Lithuania, reported to ABC News on Thursday that the M88 Hercules armoured vehicle may be” a mix of filthy water and silt” and that treatment personnel have been tasked with dealing with” a mix of muddy waters and sludge.”
” Hundreds of people are working around the clock — National armed forces, our rescue service, and private organizations,” Sakaliene continued. ” Suspense and hundreds of people are in the air, we have fishermen, firefighters, river excavators,” he said.
The hard recovery efforts for the M88 Hercules armoured vehicle are depicted in a video and pictures shared on X, previously Online.
