Lithuania deploys dogs in search for final missing US soldier after vehicle sank in swamp

Police moving dogs are present progressive successful the hunt for the 4th and last missing U.S. worker whose armored conveyance sank successful a swamp successful Lithuania past week. 

Three American soldiers were declared deceased Monday aft crews retrieved the M88 Hercules armored betterment conveyance from a peat bog adjacent Pabradė, Lithuania. The conveyance disappeared connected March 25 "while conducting a ngo to repair and tow an immobilized tactical vehicle," according to U.S. Army Europe and Africa. 

"Police moving dogs from the Lithuanian Armed Forces began enactment yesterday day and NATO state Estonia joined the betterment efforts aboriginal this morning," U.S. Army Europe and Africa said successful a connection Tuesday.  

"Two Estonian betterment dogs, Tilt and Maik, and their handlers flew from Tallinn, Estonia. They arrived connected country astatine 2:00 a.m. and began searching astatine 7:00 a.m. this morning. Handlers person positioned the dogs successful a U.S. Navy Rigid Inflatable Boat to find immoderate hint scents beneath the surface," it added. 

3 AMERICAN SOLDIERS DECEASED AFTER US ARMORED VEHICLE PULLED FROM LITHUANIAN SWAMP 

Maik, a hunt and rescue subject constabulary canine and his handler from the Estonian Defense Forces assistance successful the hunt for a missing American worker adjacent Pabrade, Lithuania connected Tuesday, April 1.  (U.S. Army/U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Christopher Saunders)

U.S. Army Europe and Africa besides said "more capabilities proceed to travel to the betterment site, including... 2 specialized drone systems – including 1 equipped with ground-penetrating radar – are being utilized to assistance successful the search." 

"The names of the deceased are withheld pending confirmation of adjacent of kin," it continued. "An probe into the circumstances astir this incidental is ongoing." 

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A hunt is ongoing Tuesday for the 4th and last missing U.S. worker successful Lithuania. (U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Christopher Saunders)

Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll wrote connected X Monday that "We volition not remainder until the 4th and last Soldier is recovered and brought home.  

"No words tin genuinely seizure the symptom of this loss, but my deepest condolences spell retired to the families, friends, and chap soldiers mourning their heroes," helium said. 

U.S. Army vehicles, including 2 M88 betterment vehicles, are adjacent Vilnius, Lithuania, connected Tuesday arsenic efforts proceed to find a missing American soldier. (AP/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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U.S. Army Europe and Africa announced Monday that the armored conveyance was removed from the swamp "after a six-day-long effort that required tremendous resources from Lithuania, our steadfast ally, and hundreds of work members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces and the Polish Armed Forces – on with different elements from the Lithuanian authorities and civilian agencies – to lick the engineering situation of recovering the 63-ton-vehicle from an country surrounded by unstable crushed conditions."