Army Recovers Lt. Key's Remains Off Morocco; 2nd Search Continues

The remains of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean near Tan-Tan, Morocco, on May 9, a week after he and another soldier fell from a cliff during an off-duty recreational hike, U.S. military officials announced Sunday. Search teams continue efforts to locate the second missing soldier.

Key, a 27-year-old Air Defense Artillery officer assigned to Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, was reported missing along with the other soldier around 9 p.m. on May 2 near the Cap Draa Training Area. The rugged terrain there features mountains, desert and semidesert plains, according to the Moroccan military. A Moroccan search team located Key's remains along the shoreline at 8:55 a.m. local time on May 9, roughly one mile from the spot where the soldiers entered the ocean, U.S. Army Europe and Africa said in a statement.

The incident occurred during African Lion 26, a U.S.-led multinational exercise that began in April across Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Senegal. The annual drills involved more than 7,000 personnel from over 30 nations and mark the largest U.S. joint military...