A U.S. M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle that was carrying ... on a scheduled maintenance mission to recover another U.S. Army vehicle in the training area when they disappeared early Tuesday.

The M88 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility ... is utilized by both the United States Army and Marine Corps. It's a beast of a full-tracked armored vehicle that weighs 70 tons, designed ...

A large-scale recovery operation got underway but ... and stabilize the ground” in order to pull the 70-ton vehicle ashore, the army said.

In a statement, the Army said that the area around the site is “incredibly wet and marshy and doesn’t support the weight of the equipment needed for the recovery of the 70-ton vehicle without ...

The M88 was found the morning of March 26; US and partner military forces have been working around the clock since to pull the nearly 70-ton vehicle out of the bog. The recovery effort involved ...