Bodies of 4 Marines killed during NATO exercises returned to US

(Clockwise) Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz (prime left), Capt. Ross A. Reynolds, Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy and Cpl. Jacob M. Moore had been killed in Norway final week.
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The 4 U.S. Marines killed throughout NATO workouts in Norway final week have been introduced residence.

The stays of Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz, Capt. Ross A. Reynolds, Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy and Cpl. Jacob M. Moore had been escorted by members of their squadron to Dover Air Power Base in Delaware, the place they landed on Friday, a Marines public info officer instructed The Submit.

They arrived in Delaware from Bodo, Norway, the place members of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 held a ramp ceremony in “the early morning hours” of Friday.

Tons of of Marines and sailors, plus NATO service members, saluted as the lads had been loaded onto an Air Nationwide Guard C-130.

The 4 Marines had been reported lacking the night of March 18, after their MV-22B Osprey didn't return from a coaching mission. They had been later recovered from a crash website within the Arctic Ocean.

A Marine Corps carry crew carries the switch case containing the stays of Marine Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz, of Allen, Indiana, throughout a dignified switch at Dover Air Power Base March 25, 2022.

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4 Marines had been killed when their Osprey plane crashed in a Norwegian city within the Arctic Circle throughout a NATO train unrelated to Russia’s battle in Ukraine on March 18, 2022.

Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III/U.S. Marine Corps through AP

Norwegian Police launched a photograph of the Osprey crash website.

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Their our bodies might be transferred to their closing resting locations in accordance with their households’ wishes.