U.S. soldier dies during training incident in Hungary, Army says

An American soldier died during a training incident in Hungary, the army announced on a press release on Saturday.

Sgt. Aaron Cox, 24, from Mabank, Texas, died Thursday near Camp Croft, Hungary in preparations for the next fiscal year Saber Guardian 25. The army said that Cox had died of injury to a vehicle accident, but did not provide more details.

Cox joined the army in 2021, and it was its second deployment. He previously deployed in Poland in 2022. He was a infant -affected infantryman with the 2nd mobile brigade, the 101st air division (Air Assault).

“The loss of the SGT. COX is a tragedy for all of us in the strike team,” said Colonel Duke Reim, Commander, 2Mbct, 101st Airborne Div. “He was a soldier and a strong leader who quickly crossed the ranks while serving.” He also thanked the Hungarian allies for their help and support for soldiers.

Reim said that an investigation into the accident is underway.

A similar tragedy occurred a few months earlier when four American soldiers died in March In Lithuania, after having disappeared during a mission of repairing and towing a immobilized tactical vehicle. The soldiers did a training exercise in the massive general training field of Silvestras žkauskas in the city of Pabradė. Their vehicle was Disputed The next morning, said the American army, then was found the next day by the army and the Lithuanian authorities.

It took more than a week to withdraw their overwhelmed Armored recovery vehicle from a peat bog. A thick mud and a soft soil around the site made a Complicated recovery effortsaid the army. It required specialized equipment to drain water aside and “stabilize the floor”, to pull the 70 -ton vehicle on the ground.

Hundreds of army, naval and soldiers from Lithuania and Poland have helped surface the 63 -ton armored armored recovery vehicle, the command said.

The Associated Press And

Alex Sundby

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