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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.

Lithuania recovers US army vehicle, soldiers' fate unknown.

After a six-day search, authorities in Lithuania on Monday recovered a US military vehicle that sank deep into a swamp during a training exercise.

It was taking part in a tactical training at a large training area in the eastern Lithuanian town of Pabrade, just 10 kilometers west of the border with Belarus.

The fate of four missing US soldiers remains unknown.

mediafaro.org/article/20250331

Rescuers and the military used heavy equipment and excavators to pull the armored vehicle out of the swamp. | Image: Petras Malukas/AFP/Getty Images
DW · Lithuania recovers US army vehicle, soldiers' fate unknown.By Dmytro Hubenko

Say, remember what happened to the #RomanEmpire when they stopped taking care of their #soldiers? [Read below]

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from VA

apnews.com/article/veterans-af

Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration’s plans to cut the VA’s budget

apnews.com/article/veterans-do

"Some historians trace the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the Senate’s decision to reduce the soldiers’ pension. With less incentive to join the army, the Roman citizens turned to different careers. The Senate then filled the ranks of the army with Barbarians, diminishing the cohesion and discipline. These decisions are major contributing factors that lead to the fall of Rome. A cautionary tale to not mess with a veteran’s pension and post service benefits."

wearethemighty.com/mighty-hist
#USPol #FallOfTheEmpire #USEmpire #Veterans #VeteransBenefits #History #AncientHistory #Histodon #BadDOGE #DOGE #HistoryRepeats

‘I’ll need more #ammo’ — #Ukraine’s soldiers react to Trump-Zelensky Oval Office showdown

When the #Kyiv Independent spoke to #soldiers, several said they couldn’t respond properly due to Russian #shelling and strikes that occurred in the hours following the tumultuous meeting.

One sent a photo of a #Russian #kamikaze #drone strike on their position near the front lines.

kyivindependent.com/trump-can-

The Kyiv Independent · 'Trump can go to hell' — We asked 7 Ukrainian soldiers about Zelensky's Oval Office argumentBy Chris York

Think it's now over 3 years since a large amount of #nazi #soldiers drove over the boarder into #Ukraine and started to rape, murder and plunder as the #RedArmy did so many times before.

Those #russians who has survived this war should be worried for #Ukrainians to take matter in their own hands, and execute #warcriminals unless we get a court that has power to call any suspect for trails and the country where they are will deliver them without any protests.

Dear Mr. #Vance, in the Second World War (WWII), triggered by German #nazis, approx. 400.000-416.000 #American #Soldiers died, fighting for #freedom and #democracy. Overall, 70-85 million died.
You, stating that German parties have to work with German Nazis again, are spitting on the graves of these soldiers, who died for their own country, the US, for the greater good of the world.
Every cell of every of these soldiers deserves more respect and has more honor than you have and will ever have.