Rescue crews had worked for days to extract the M88 Hercules that disappeared during a military training exercise in Lithuania on March 25 only to be found in a muddy bog.
Rescue crews had worked for days to extract the heavy M88 Hercules that disappeared during a military training exercise.
There are fears it may hold the remains of four missing US soldiers from the First Brigade, Third Infantry Division, who had been training near Pabrade, Lithuania.
The recovery effort required specialized equipment to pump water and mud from the site and stabilize the soft ground of the surrounding area.
“Due to the terrain, this is an incredibly complex engineering effort,” Maj. Robin Bruce, 1st Armored Division Engineer, told reporters.
Lithuania hosts approximately 1,000 US troops on a rotational basis, in place ostensibly to bolster NATO’s deterrence capabilities against the backdrop of the alleged «Russia threat» narrative.
