After Fatal Accident, Marines in Waterborne AAVs Get Emergency Breathing Devices
U.S. Marines with 2d Assault Amphibious Battalion (AABn), 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), conduct raid rehearsal training in an amphibious assault vehicle at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 6, 2020. (Sgt. Gloria Lepko/U.S. Marine Corps)
22 Apr 2021
Any Marine operating or riding in a waterborne amphibious assault vehicle will now get a supplemental emergency breathing device, Military.com has learned.
The Marine Corps has lifted its servicewide suspension on water operations for AAVs after one sank off the coast of California in July 2020. Eight Marines and one sailor riding inside drowned when the vehicle filled with water on its way back to their ship.