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IDENTIFIED: all soldiers that died in #Lithuania training accident

Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle Creek, MI

Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr., 25, of Joliet, IL

Staff Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, CA

Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam

All were assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team at Ft. Stewart, GA.
taskandpurpose.com/news/final-

Task & Purpose · Fourth and final soldier identified from armored vehicle that sank in Lithuania swampStaff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, was an artillery mechanic. He and two other soldiers were posthumously promoted.

🇩🇪🇱🇹 #Germany officially launched its first permanent foreign troop deployment since World War II on Tuesday — a 5,000-strong armored brigade in #Lithuania — as Berlin moves to bolster #NATO’s eastern flank in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine.

politico.eu/article/germany-la

POLITICO · Germany launches permanent troop deployment on NATO’s eastern flankBy Chris Lunday

The bodies of three American soldiers who went missing on March 25 during military exercises were found at a training ground in Pabradė, Lithuania.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced that the three missing American soldiers were found dead, while the search for a fourth soldier is still ongoing.

Earlier on Monday, an armored Hercules vehicle, which the U.S. soldiers had been traveling in, was pulled from a swamp.

Operation Hercules: Polish Military to Help Find Missing U.S. Soldiers

The General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces has established a special military task force for a search and rescue mission in Lithuania. The operation is named "Hercules."

For the mission, 30 Polish soldiers have been designated, along with equipment requested by the Lithuanian side.

GABRIELIUS LANDSBERGIS:
The Truman Doctrine is dead and the Trump Doctrine is here

The Truman Doctrine, stating that US national security depends on helping free peoples to resist autocrats, was US policy from 1947 until 2025. What now?
landsbergis.com/the-truman-doc

Gabrielius Landsbergis · The Truman Doctrine is dead and the Trump Doctrine is hereThe Truman Doctrine, based on helping free peoples to resist autocrats, was US policy from 1947 until 2025. RIP.