Four Soldiers Missing In Lithuania
By Four US soldiers went missing in Lithuania on Tuesday. On Wednesday, in one of his daily press availabilities, President Donald Trump couldn’t care less. He was asked on Wednesday if he had heard about the soldiers missing in Lithuania. “No I haven’t.” And he moves on to the next question. Not a shred of emotion.
The soldiers were in a M88 Hercules recovery vehicle on a maintenance mission to recover another Army vehicle. The M88 went off the track, which is a bad idea in the boggy Baltic states.
When the search teams found it, it was deep under water and mud. Retrieving it is a major operation. The water is being drained, and it looks like the most difficult part is finding solid ground from which to apply leverage. Hundreds of Lithuanian and American personnel are involved.
Baltic bogs have long swallowed up heavy equipment. Here’s a recent retrieval.
Cross-posted to Nuclear Diner