Acting Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith has ordered a service-wide safety review following a deadly MV-22B Osprey crash in Australia this past weekend. Three Marines were killed and 20 were injured Sunday when an Osprey tiltrotor aircraft crashed on Melville Island, north of Darwin, an incident that remains under investigation. In a message to the…
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A senior Marine official told Military.com that, while the review had been previously scheduled, the recent mishaps prompted Gen. Eric Smith, the acting commandant of the Marine Corps, to start it sooner.