The troops, assigned to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort Stewart, Georgia, were last seen aboard an M88 recovery vehicle before it was found submerged in deep mud and water.

The likely accidental deaths of four Americans in the Baltic state will not by themselves stop plans for redeployment. And they shouldn’t.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to leave the NATO alliance should member states fail to increase defensive spending. Now, they are.

Recovery efforts continue for four missing U.S. soldiers near the spot where their Hercules armored vehicle was found submerged at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Thursday,