1 KM/H = .621 MPH
Older M88, especially modded for use Lithuania from back in the 1960s likely doesn't have a dual-incremented speedometer.
Posted on 03/26/2025 8:35:27 AM PDT by McGruff
Four U.S. Army soldiers were missing Wednesday in Lithuania after disappearing during a training exercise, the U.S. embassy in Vilnius said in a statement posted on social media, thanking the Baltic nation's military and police for helping American forces search for them.
The embassy said in a post on social media that the troops went missing from a training area near Pabrade, near Lithuania's far eastern border with Belarus, a nation closely allied with Russia. The embassy did not say when the soldiers went missing.
"The soldiers, all from 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, were conducting scheduled tactical training at the time of the incident," the embassy's statement said. "Search and recovery efforts are underway."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Visiting Captain Ramius’ family?
Yikes...that doesn’t sound good! I hope that Vlad knows that it’s dangerous for his little buddies in Belarus to do bad things to US military personnel.
Why are our troops even over there? The Baltic states ( especially Latvia ) are anti- Trump on steroids.
When I last visited Lithuania, I was shocked by their liberal ( EU) agendas.
A NATO/EU/CIA “Gleiwitz incident?”
I’m seeing another ominous report but no confirmation yet.
The shape our military is in may explain a lot….basic map reading is no longer taught….heavy reliance on GPS….probably drove across the border.
Perhaps it is a CBS error -- https://x.com/USEmbVilnius/status/1904894430709965243
Associated Press says "Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported...."
Military Times just says the story will be updated. They attribute to "U.S. Army Europe and Africa" with no link.
NBC reports with few details except a quote by the US commander.
The best source seems to be: PRESS RELEASE - U.S. Soldiers reported missing in Lithuania US Army, 26 March 2025.
What's with our media that cannot post a simple statement from our own military's website?
“Four US Army soldiers have reportedly been found dead the day after they were reported missing during a training exercise in Lithuania.
The four servicemen, who have not been identified by authorities, were with the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.
Early reports indicate that the soldiers may have been traveling in an M88 recovery vehicle, one of the largest armored vehicles used by the US military, which may have fallen into a body of water.”
Daily Mail, not a reliable source.
If true sad and tragic for these brave, young Americans to die so far from home and so uselessly.
Probably offed by Eurpeons so they can blame it on Ruskies.
They’ll do anything to get US forces fighting Russia.
1 KM/H = .621 MPH
Older M88, especially modded for use Lithuania from back in the 1960s likely doesn't have a dual-incremented speedometer.
that happens, in 1978 Reforger 3 buddies in military police unit in anm151 invaded Austria by taking a wrong turn, oops no GPS back then.
“It’s like going into Wisconsin.”
Just need “an incident” to take things to the next level
There’s no telling what Biden had going on
And here we are. Be interesting when we get more details.
Have they checked *all* the bars?
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There should not be US “training” exercises in Lithuania.
We zip in
We zip out
Praying 🙏 they’re somehow
found OK
Lithuania has been a member of NATO since March 29, 2004. US is still in NATO. Would you like to run your comment by Pete Hegseth?
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