A mission to find four missing U.S. soldiers in Lithuania has been hampered by wet and muddy terrain, complicating an effort involving hundreds of personnel, U.S. Army officials said Thursday ...

Four US Army soldiers have died in Lithuania after they disappeared on a training site while on maneuvers just miles from the border, NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.

Hundreds of Lithuanian and U.S. soldiers and rescuers took part in the search through the thick forests and swampy terrain around Pabradė, which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) west of the border ...

US and Lithuanian soldiers ... Ground-search parties waded through thick forests and swampy terrain, which “complicated recovery efforts.” It came after the US Army Europe and Africa confirmed ...

Hundreds of Lithuanian and US soldiers and rescuers took part in the search through the thick forests and swampy terrain around Pabradė, just 10 kilometers (6 miles) west of the border with Belarus.

"The equipment and machinery that would be needed are now concentrated (here), the terrain is swampy, which will require heavier equipment and some extra supplies," Lithuanian Chief of Defense ...