The recovery of the fourth soldier ends a weeklong search for four U.S. soldiers whose armored vehicle was found submerged in a Lithuanian peat bog.
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon is rapidly expanding its forces in the Middle East as the U.S. military continues airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen and steps up its pressure on Iran, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday evening ordered the military services to set sex-neutral physical fitness standards for combat arms, reversing over a decade of the erosion of standards in hopes of recruiting more women.
When his company was ordered to take a hill during the Korean War's Operation Ripper, Sfc. Nelson Brittin led the way.
The confirmation came after recovery teams pulled the soldiers' M88 Hercules armored vehicle from a swamp Sunday night.
"Several" A-10 Warthogs and more than 300 airmen are deploying as the U.S. military builds up forces in the region amid fighting in Yemen.