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Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Footy star Charlie Coomben finally comes clean about his romance with his ex-teammate's SISTER Liv Taylor after keeping it a secret
It took one almighty 'stitch up' to get it out of him, but North Melbourne big man Charlie Coomben has finally 'hard launched' his new relationship - with the sister of a former teammate. The Kangaroos ruck has revealed that his new partner is glamourous Pilates instructor Liv Taylor, who is the sister of former North Melbourne star Curtis Taylor. The couple have been dating for about five months, but apart from a couple of sneaky snaps on Taylor's Instagram, they have never made it social media official. Coomben has previously admitted to dating Taylor on his 200 Plus podcast, but did reveal names or any other details. 'I've found myself a lovely girlfriend … I don't have to validate my relationship in the eyes of other people,' Comben said at the time. But he was boxed into a corner on Nova radio's Jase & Lauren show last week, where the Kangaroos big man was forced to reveal all. Coomben had appeared on Jase & Lauren previously, but Lauren had been away that day. So they brought him back - where he got more than he bargained for. 'These two [Jason and sports journalist Clint Stanaway] have not stopped raving about you since you were last on our show,' Lauren said. 'Did you have as much fun with them as they had with you?' 'It was good fun, it was a little bit of a stitch up,' Coomben replied. 'I had to do a shout out to my beautiful girlfriend Liv with the beautiful hair.' Lauren then revealed they had the audio of the previous time he had been on the show. 'What do you love about her Charlie?' Jason asked. 'Shout out to Liv, I love her hair, eyes, beautiful personality,' Coomben replied. 'What's her hair like?' Jason asked. 'It's brunette, nice, brown, long, it's great,' Coomben said awkwardly while laughing. Lauren said: 'Any woman would love to hear their partner talk about them like that.' 'I'm glad,' Coomben said. 'It got me some brownie points, it really did.' Coomben then revealed she was actually at the studio, but he left her waiting out in the car. 'You left her in the car?' shocked host Jason asked. 'I want to bring her in, I still haven't posted anything yet [to Instagram],' Coomben said. 'I'm going to get around to it.' Jason asked: 'Oh she's not on the [Instagram] grid yet? Can we bring her in?' Taylor was then brought in to face the music and do a hard launch of their relationship. 'We've been together about five months,' Coomben said as his girlfriend made her way from the car into the studio. 'It's all going really well and we're really happy.' Clint and Coomben then proceeded to talk football while they were waiting for Taylor to arrive in the studio. The North Melbourne star even entertained the listeners with an acoustic guitar cover of a Tears for Fears classic. And then Liv arrived in the studio to raucous applause. 'Do you want to kill your boyfriend right now?' Lauren joked. 'I was actually at a cafe around the corner and I just got [the show] on in time, and I was like 'he's not, is he?',' Liv said. 'I already got stitched up the last time he came on, with a love letter.' They all pointed out that Coomben was right, she did have lovely hair. 'The amount of text messages I got after that, all I got from that was I have nice eyes and long hair,' she laughed. Liv said not being 'Instagram official' had not phased her. 'Everyone else keeps getting stuck into me about it, especially [Essendon star] Sam Draper on the podcast,' she said. She was then asked to dig up the dirt on her AFL star boyfriend. 'Charlie's personality, he gets quite obsessive with things,' she said. 'So at the minute it's hiking. So every single night he sits there and watches YouTube and just watches videos on this Russell Coight type person. 'I think at the minute he's got three different sleeping bags, a light one, a medium one and a heavy one. 'So Charlie is the definition of all the gear, no idea.'
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Yahoo
Fourth Fort Stewart Soldier found dead in Lithuania, investigation continues
This afternoon near Pabradė, Lithuania, the fourth U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division who went missing on March 25 was found dead, according to a press release issued by U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The soldiers went missing in the early morning hours of March 25 in their M88A2 Hercules armored recovery vehicle while conducting a mission to repair and tow an immobilized tactical vehicle. Early the next morning, U.S. Army units supported by Lithuanian Armed Forces and law enforcement 'conducted a search in the area and found the soldiers' vehicle submerged in a body of water." Of the four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing, three were found dead in Lithuania on March 31, as previously reported by the Savannah Morning News. In the early morning of March 31, the M88A2, which weighs 63 tons, was removed from the peat bog. The soldier was found after a search by hundreds of rescue workers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces, Estonian Armed Forces, and many other elements of the Lithuanian government and civilian agencies, the press release added. The Soldier's identity is being withheld pending confirmation of notification of next of kin. "First and foremost, we offer condolences to the loved ones of our Soldiers,' said Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa. 'I can't say enough about the support our Lithuanian Allies have provided us. We have leaned on them, and they, alongside our Polish and Estonian Allies - and our own Sailors, Airmen and experts from the Corps of Engineers - have enabled us to find and bring home our Soldiers. This is a tragic event, but it reinforces what it means to have Allies and friends.' The U.S. Army is investigating the cause of the accident. 'We are incredibly relieved that we were able to bring this recovery to an end and bring closure to all the Families, friends and teammates of our Soldiers,' said Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general, 1st Armored Division. 'We cannot thank our Allies and fellow service members enough, especially the Lithuanians, who spared no resource in support of this mission. Together, we delivered on our promise to never leave a fallen comrade.' 'As the fourth and final Soldier has been recovered from this tragic accident, we will continue to mourn their loss as we work to quickly return our Dog Face Soldiers home to their families,' said Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza, commanding general, V Corps. 'It has been truly amazing and very humbling to watch the incredible recovery team from different commands, countries and continents come together and give everything to recover our Soldiers. Thank you, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, the U.S. Navy and the Army Corps of Engineers. We are forever grateful.' More: Three missing Fort Stewart Soldiers found dead in Lithuania after conducting mission The soldiers were deployed to Lithuania in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve (OAR), which was launched by the United States in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014. The soldiers were permanently stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia. "This past week has been devastating. Today our hearts bear the weight of an unbearable pain with the loss of our final Dogface Soldier," said Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, 3rd Inf. Div. commanding general. 'Though we have received some closure, the world is darker without them.' "We continue to stand by the families and loved ones through this incredibly difficult time,' added Norrie. 'Now, it's time to bring them home.' Also on April 1, Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) released a statement. 'I join all Georgians in mourning the devastating loss of four brave servicemembers from Ft. Stewart's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, who tragically lost their lives in Lithuania during a training mission. 'I send my deepest condolences to their families, loved ones, and fellow servicemembers on their loss. 'Our servicemembers risk their lives defending our nation and upholding our commitments to our allies. We will never forget their heroism and bravery. 'May their memories be a blessing.' Drew Favakeh is the public safety and courts reporter for the Savannah Morning News. You can reach him at AFavakeh@ This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Fourth Fort Stewart Soldier found dead in Lithuania
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Three US soldiers found dead after massive recovery effort in Lithuanian bog
Three of four missing U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division were found dead, an Army spokesperson confirmed, after an all-hands effort by U.S. and Lithuanian forces pulled their M88 Hercules recovery vehicle from a deep bog in a Lithuanian swamp Monday. One soldier remained unaccounted for a week after the four-man crew went missing during an exercise in the Pabradė training area. The four soldiers disappeared March 25 when their M88A2 armored recovery vehicle vanished after being dispatched to repair and tow another immobilized tactical vehicle. 'The soldiers we have lost in this tragedy were not just soldiers. They were a part of our family. Our hearts are heavy with a sorrow that echoes across the whole Marne Division, both forward and at home,' said Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division in Fort Stewart, Georgia. 'We stand in grief with the families and loved ones of these extraordinary 'Dogface Soldiers' during this unimaginable time. But the search isn't finished until everyone is home.' The recovery of the four soldiers and the 63-ton M88 comes after a huge surge of local experts and equipment and U.S. engineering and search teams to the swampy site. To aid in the search, hundreds of soldiers from the U.S., Lithuania and Poland converged on the site, including local experts with ground penetrating radar and a special U.S. Navy dive team from Commander Task Force-68 in Rota, Spain, was flown in. As far-flung experts like the dive team and engineering units arrived at a nearby airport, U.S. Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters were waiting to fly them to the search site. The M88A2 — among the largest tracked vehicles in the Army's armor arsenal — was swallowed by the swampy peat bog on the Pabradė grounds. Why the huge vehicle ended up off of established roads was unclear and Army officials have said investigations of the accident are underway. Officials have said the M88 may have been encased in mud and black pond waters as deep as 15 feet, though reports have varied on that depth. Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, the commander of the 1st Armored Division, which has led the search, said that the Navy divers set up communication links with another dive team in Hawaii that regularly works in mud and swamps with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. 'They do a lot of recovery missions in heavy swamps and mud,' Taylor said. 'They just completed a similar mission in Papau New Guinea. We had our dive team talking to their dive team about techniques of digging through the mud.' To reach the vehicle, teams had to first shore up dryland around the acres bog and then begin to drain the swamp away with pumps and equipment until divers could descend into the 'mud, clay, and sediment with zero visibility,' the Army said, to hook steel cables to the vehicle. Those cables, the Army said, were attached to two other M88A2s to pull the lost one up, but at least one of the tugs lost traction during the two-hour pull. Several bulldozers were then attached to provide additional grip. With the M88 out of the mud, the dive team has now begun a grid search in the remainder of the bog to find the final missing soldier. 'We will not stop until we find our soldiers and return them to their families,' Taylor said. Those 'Hegseth bodyguards' are actually there for the Air Force's 'Doomsday' plane Army wants junior officers to fix quality-of-life issues that drive soldiers out '100% OPSEC' apparently means texting military plans to a reporter Ranger School's new fitness test is tougher than ever, but nixes sit-ups This photo of Air Force special ops pool training is chaos. There's a reason for that.
The Guardian
31-03-2025
- The Guardian
Three of four US soldiers missing in Lithuania are found dead
Three of the four US soldiers missing in Lithuania since last week were found dead on Monday, the US army said after rescuers recovered their armoured vehicle from a peat bog. The fourth soldier is still missing. The Lithuanian authorities received a report on Tuesday that the soldiers went missing on an expansive training ground in the eastern city of Pabradė, near the border with Belarus. The soldiers were on a tactical training exercise when they and their vehicle were reported missing, the US army said. 'We stand in grief with the families and loved ones of these extraordinary 'Dogface Soldiers' during this unimaginable time,' said Maj Gen Christopher Norrie, 3rd infantry division commander. 'But the search isn't finished until everyone is home. Words cannot express our gratitude to those still working around the clock during these extensive search and recovery efforts and your unwavering commitment not to rest until all are found.' The bodies of the three soldiers were recovered after a massive six-day effort by US, Polish and Lithuanian armed forces and authorities to dig the M88 Hercules armoured recovery vehicle out of a peat bog. Search and rescue teams worked with heavy equipment and excavators to remove silt from the water before eventually towing out the vehicle early on Monday. 'Three US army soldiers assigned to 1st Armored brigade combat team, 3rd infantry division were found deceased in Lithuania today, 31 March,' US Army Europe and Africa's public affairs office said in a statement. The soldiers' identities were being 'withheld pending notification of next of kin', it added. Hundreds of local and foreign troops and other rescue workers, including engineers and divers, had been involved in a rescue operation to recover the armoured vehicle. Lithuanian armed forces provided military helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial systems and search and rescue personnel. They brought in additional excavators, sluice and slurry pumps, other heavy construction equipment, technical experts and several hundred tonnes of gravel and earth to help the recovery. US Navy divers were able to manoeuvre through thick layers of mud, clay and sediment 'with zero visibility' to reach the 63-tonne vehicle on Sunday evening and find two points to attach steel cables, according to the command. The command said that during the effort to pull out the vehicle, it began to lose traction, so additional heavy dozers were brought in and attached to provide additional grip. The vehicle was pulled free after about two hours. The US Navy dive team is searching the area using radar for the missing fourth soldier. Maj Gen Curtis Taylor, commander of Task Force Iron and the 1st Armored division, thanked the 'heroic efforts' of those involved in the search and recovery. The US Army and Lithuanian authorities are investigating what caused the incident. Lithuania, a Nato and EU member, hosts more than 1,000 US troops stationed on a rotational basis. Agence France-Presse and Associated Press contributed to this report
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Yahoo
BREAKING NEWS: Three U.S. Soldiers found deceased in Lithuania
WIESBADEN, Germany (WSAV) — The U.S. Army Europe and Africa has issued a statement saying three of the U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division were found deceased in Lithuania Monday, March 31. The Soldiers, whose identities are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, went missing in the early morning hours of March 25 in their M88A2 Hercules armored recovery vehicle while conducting a mission to repair and tow an immobilized tactical vehicle. Search and recovery operations continue for the remaining fourth Soldier. U.S. Army units supported by Lithuanian Armed Forces and law enforcement conducted a search in the area and found the Soldiers' vehicle submerged in a body of water in the early hours of March 26. The M88A2 was removed from the peat bog early Monday morning, March 31, after a six-day-long effort that required tremendous resources from Lithuania and hundreds of service members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces and the Polish Armed Forces—along with other elements from the Lithuanian government and civilian agencies—to solve the engineering challenge of recovering the 63-ton-vehicle from an area surrounded by unstable ground conditions. 'The Soldiers we have lost in this tragedy were not just Soldiers – they were a part of our family. Our hearts are heavy with a sorrow that echoes across the whole Marne Division, both forward and at home,' said Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, 3rd Inf. Div. commanding general. 'We stand in grief with the families and loved ones of these extraordinary 'Dogface Soldiers' during this unimaginable time. But the search isn't finished until everyone is home. Words cannot express our gratitude to those still working around the clock during these extensive search and recovery efforts and your unwavering commitment not to rest until all are found.' 'Today is a very sad and tragic day. The loss of these Soldiers weighs heavy on me, the hearts of all Task Force Iron service members, and the 3rd Infantry Division. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of these brave Soldiers,' said Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commander of Task Force Iron and the 1st Armored Division. 'I'd like to personally commend the heroic efforts of the search parties, and especially our Lithuanian allies who were instrumental in the recovery efforts. Their courage and commitment to this operation will always be remembered and demonstrates the strong relationship between our countries. However, search and recovery efforts are not complete – they will continue until we bring all of our Soldiers home.' The Soldiers were deployed to Lithuania in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, and were permanently stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The U.S. Army and Lithuanian authorities are investigating the cause of the accident. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
