By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | The Orange County Register | Published: May 1, 2021 SANTA ANA, Calif. (Tribune News Service) The Marine Corps top leaders will speak before a Congressional committee on Monday, May 3, addressing lawmakers concern about a lack of safety and an uptick in training accidents. The appearance was prompted by a recently released investigation into the most deadly accident the Corps has had training with the amphibious assault vehicles that have been in use since the 1970s. With the number of military training accidents and fatalities outpacing combat deaths in recent years, lawmakers have been holding hearings on the apparent trend since 2019. California representatives John Garamendi, D- Walnut Grove, and Rep. Jackie Speier, D- Hillsborough, who both sit on the House Armed Services Committee, asked for Monday s review of the details in the latest AAV accident.
Marines open another probe into sunken tank blamed on errors that killed 9 off San Clemente coast
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Marine Corps has launched a probe looking at the readiness of its troops before they participated in an exercise that ended in tragedy with the sinking of a seafaring tank off the Southern California coast that killed eight Marines and one sailor last summer, officials said Tuesday.
Marines open another probe into sunken tank blamed on errors
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FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, the U.S. flag was lowered to half-staff at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, Calif., after a seafaring assault vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California. The Marine Corps is launching a probe looking at the readiness of its troops before they participated in an exercise that ended in tragedy with the sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle that killed eight Marines and one sailor. The announcement Tuesday, April 6, 2021, comes more than a week after the maritime branch released its findings that the accident was caused by inadequate training, shabby maintenance and poor judgment by leaders. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
Eight marines and one sailor were killed July 30 when an amphibious tank sank
The training accident 70 miles off San Diego´s coast was one of the deadliest for the Marines in recent years. Leaders said it could have been prevented
A new report found the accident was caused by shabby maintenance of the amphibious assault vehicles and poor judgement by commanders
Barely a week after its release, a new probe has been launched into the disaster
It follows outcry from the relatives of those who died in the accident