Four American military personnel went missing during training in eastern Lithuania. The soldiers, from the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, disappeared with a tracked vehicle at General Silvestras Žukauskas training facility. A large-scale search operation, led by Lithuanian Armed Forces with international support, is ongoing to locate them, emphasizing the strong US-Lithuanian military partnership.
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