Body of one US soldier in Morocco recovered after two went missing

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The body of one of the U.S. soldiers who went missing during a Northern Africa training exercise has been recovered by a Moroccan military search team.

The two soldiers had been reported missing one week ago after participating in U.S. Africa Command’s exercise African Lion 2026. The initial investigation suggested that on May 2, one service member jumped into the ocean to save the other service member who had fallen into the water off the sea cliffs by the Cap Draa Training Area outside of Tan-Tan, Morocco.

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