CASABLANCA, Morocco — The stays of the second U.S. Military soldier who went lacking throughout navy workouts in Morocco have been recovered, the Military mentioned Wednesday, ending a multinational search operation that deployed air, naval and synthetic intelligence property.
The soldier was recognized as Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington of Taveres, Fla., the U.S. navy Europe and Africa mentioned in an announcement. She was 19 years outdated.
“Royal Moroccan Armed Forces transported the Soldier’s stays by a Moroccan helicopter to the morgue of Moulay El Hassan Army Hospital in Guelmim, Morocco,” the assertion mentioned.
Collington served as an air and missile protection crewmember and was assigned to Charlie Battery, fifth Battalion, 4th Air Protection Artillery Regiment, tenth Military Air and Missile Protection Command, U.S. Military Europe and Africa mentioned.
Collington entered the Common Military’s Delayed Entry Program in 2023 earlier than starting active-duty service in 2024. She accomplished Primary Fight Coaching and Superior Particular person Coaching at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, as a 14P air and missile protection crewmember. She reported to Charlie Battery, fifth Battalion, 4th Air Protection Artillery Regiment, in Ansbach, Germany, in February 2025 and was promoted to specialist on Might 1, 2026.
Her awards and decorations embrace the Military Service Ribbon.
The announcement got here days after the navy mentioned the stays of one other soldier, 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 14A Air Protection Artillery officer, had been recovered. The 2 troopers fell off a cliff throughout an off-duty leisure hike in Morocco. Their stays are en path to the US.
A spokesperson for U.S. Military Southern European Job Pressure, Africa advised The Related Press that the circumstances surrounding the incident stay beneath investigation.
The 2 troopers had been reported lacking Might 2 after taking part in African Lion, an annual multinational navy train held in Morocco. Their disappearance triggered a search operation involving greater than 1,000 U.S. and Moroccan navy and civilian personnel, the SETAF-AF spokesperson added.
Property deployed throughout the operation included a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol plane, unmanned aerial programs, thermal and ISR sensors, an unmanned underwater car, side-scan sonar, a Moroccan multibeam echosounder and U.S. Coast Guard drift modeling capabilities, in keeping with the spokesperson.
African Lion 26, is a U.S.-led train launched in April throughout 4 international locations – Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal – with greater than 7,000 personnel from over 30 nations.
In 2012, two U.S. Marines had been killed and two others injured throughout a helicopter crash in Morocco’s southern metropolis of Agadir whereas participating within the workouts
