Families of fallen service members address Congress on preventable AAV accident
Deadly Marines training accident
Replay Video UP NEXT Ahead of a fatal training accident, Marine Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky shared his reservations about the safety of assault amphibious vehicles, or AAVs, according to his father, Peter Ostrovsky. A week before the AAV incident, Jack Ryan told me about his concerns with the AAVs, and that they sink all the time. It was hard for me to believe that statement, but now I know there was more to the story that was the basis for his concern, Ostrovsky told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Monday.
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A tragedy at sea last summer that left nine young men dead has stirred questions about accountability and the power Congress has over the U.S. military’s training and equipment standards.
The U.S. flag was lowered to half-staff at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, Calif., on July 31, 2020, after a seafaring military assault vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
WASHINGTON (CN) The drowning deaths of nine young servicemen who plummeted to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after being trapped inside a decrepit amphibious assault vehicle demand an immediate culture shift inside the Marine Corps and Navy, lawmakers told senior military officials Monday.