The body of the second of two US soldiers reported missing during an international training exercise in Morocco has been recovered, the US Army notified on Wednesday.
The pair disappeared near a cliff on the Atlantic coast while taking part in the African Lion 2026 military exercises.
The remains of the two servicemembers, including 19-year-old specialist Mariyah Collington, whose body was found in a coastal cave on Tuesday, were transferred to a Moroccan military hospital and then loaded onto a US Air Force C-130 plane for repatriation.
The US Army said in a statement that the two bodies were en route to the United States.
A massive week-long land, air and sea search was launched by the United States military and Moroccan and allied forces in the Cap Draa Training Area after the service members went missing on last Saturday.
The authorities have concluded search and rescue operations. With both Soldiers accounted for, the focus shifts to recovery and repatriation,” the US Army said.
“The incident remains under investigation,” it added.
“More than 1,000 US and Moroccan military and civil personnel took part in the search, covering 21,300 square kilometres," it added further.
Last week a US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told that the two soldiers may have fallen into the sea, pointing to the likelihood of an accident and ruling out terrorism.
