Camp Pendleton recon Marine under federal investigation for stolen ammo and explosives
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Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base sign outside the main gate of the base. A Marine is under federal investigation involving stolen ammunition and explosives from a Camp Pendleton shooting range. (San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Tribune News Service) A Marine corporal is under federal investigation amid a probe into several service members for allegedly stealing ammunition and explosives from a Camp Pendleton shooting range, according to the Marine Corps and a Naval Criminal Investigative Service report reviewed by The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Seven Marines and one sailor were investigated by NCIS, according to the investigation report. One Marine faces a general court-martial in July and another Marine’s charges were dismissed. All of those involved are attached to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton.
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.
US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class RJ Stratchko
The Marine Corps is putting AAVs back in the water for the first time since a deadly accident.
Last summer, eight Marines and a Navy sailor drowned when an AAV sank off of California.
Water operations were halted as the Corps looked into the failures that caused the accident.
The Marine Corps put an assault amphibious vehicle 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.
San Diego-based attorney Jeremiah Sullivan confirmed to Task & Purpose that he represents a member of Foxtrot Platoon SEAL Team 7 who is being investigated for sexual assault but has not been charged.
Bravo Zulu to the Marines for providing timely and accurate information. They understand that hiding bad news does not make it go away and let the facts come out in drips and drabs undermine your credibility.
The SEALs and the entire special operations community have much to learn from how the Marine Corps got in front of this story. Some defense officials initially told reporters that the SEALs had been sent home for drinking alcohol, but Phillips first reported the SEALs commanders lost confidence in them after the entire platoon refused to talk to investigators about both the sexual assault and drinking allegations.