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4mo ago

Multinational Search Enters Day Five for Two Missing U.S. Soldiers Off Morocco

Key training assets now support the hunt during the final days of the drills.

Abrams tanks roll in formation during in the annual "African Lion" joint military exercise between US and Moroccan forces in the Tan-Tan region in southwestern Morocco on May 31, 2024.
FILE - U.S and Moroccan military forces take part in the 20th edition of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
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Overview

  • The search reached its fifth day Wednesday with more than 600 personnel from several nations combing the Atlantic coast and nearby waters.
  • Moroccan Navy video released Wednesday shows divers probing sea caves, aircraft scanning the surface, and canine teams working the rocky shoreline.
  • Teams have covered more than 45 square kilometers as rough cliffs and underwater caves complicate efforts to find the soldiers.
  • A Moroccan frigate, a French supply ship, U.S. aircraft, Moroccan Puma helicopters, and vendor-provided drones now support the search, with a U.S. logistics ship also assisting.
  • The soldiers vanished near the Cap Draa training area outside Tan-Tan during African Lion 26, a U.S.-led exercise across four countries with more than 7,000 troops that is set to end Friday.