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U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division; Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and U.S. Army soldiers with the 184th Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, fire an M242 Bushmaster 25 mm chain gun during a stand-off munitions disruption training range at Range 408 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, March 21, 2022. SMUD is a technique used by EOD technicians to quickly and effectively neutralize ordnance from a safe distance. Photo by Cpl. Alison Dostie
Marines Put Assault Amphibious Vehicles Back in the Water for the First Time Since One Sank and Killed Nine Servicemembers
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The Marine Corps put an assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) back in the water this week for the first time since one sank last summer, killing nine service members, Marine Corps officials told Insider Thursday.
Last July, an AAV assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, part of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sank off the coast of California as it returned to the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset from San Clemente Island.