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Marines in California are being investigated for possible ties to missing explosives and ammunition.
Few details have been released, but a sergeant faces charges, and another service member is awaiting a federal hearing.
Marines at a Southern California military base are being investigated for possible ties to missing explosives and ammunition.
A sergeant at Camp Pendleton is in custody and facing charges, and another service member is awaiting a federal hearing in connection to the case, said 2nd Lt. Kyle McGuire, a spokesman for 1st Marine Division.
Few details have been made public about the investigation, which McGuire said is unrelated to 10 pounds of C-4 explosives that disappeared from another California base Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms last month.
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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 returned to California last week after a 10-month deployment with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
It was the Marine Corps final F/A-18 Hornet carrier deployment, officials said in a news release about the historic mission.
Marine CorpsF/A-18 Hornets have flown off the flight deck of a Navy aircraft carrier for the last time.
Members of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, known as the Death Rattlers, returned to California last week after a 10-month deployment with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. It was the final F/A-18 Hornet carrier deployment for the Marine Corps, officials said in a news release about the historic mission.
Parris Island recruit s death relevant at drill instructor s trial, judge rules Raheel Siddiqui, 20, died during boot camp in March 2016. (Family photo via DFP) A military judge has denied an attempt by the attorneys representing a former Parris Island drill instructor at his upcoming court-martial to exclude evidence of a recruit’s death. Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Felix is accused of slapping recruit Raheel Siddiqui moments before he leapt to his death, and ordering another Muslim recruit to sit in a commercial dryer as Felix turned it on and insulted the recruit’s religion. Felix has been charged cruelty and maltreatment, drunk and disorderly conduct, failure to obey a lawful general order and obstruction of justice. His trial is slated for Oct. 30 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Published: Friday, 15 January 2021 05:50
January 15, 2021 - Washington - Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and a group of their colleagues to call on the Department of Defense to
investigate and address white supremacy and extremist ideology in the ranks of the military following the attack on the Capitol last week. Several of the insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol have been identified as active duty servicemembers, reservists, retirees and veterans.
“The issue of white supremacy and extremist ideology within the ranks of our military is not new, but the attack on the Capitol makes clear this alarming trend must be immediately addressed,” the senators wrote in a letter to Department of Defense Acting Inspector General Sean O’Donnell.