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New investigation reveals additional information about the fatal July 2020 amphibious assault vehicle accident.

Two of the assault vehicles ran into trouble this week in the waters off the Southern California coast amid high surfe, military officials said.

The Navy’s top civilian leader issued formal administrative punishments to five senior officers for their part in the fatal 2020 sinking of a Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle that killed eight Marines and a Navy corpsman, officials confirmed Monday. The action by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro, who became secretary in August 2021, is the […]

The U.S. Navy has censured five service members who were in leadership roles at the time an amphibious assault vehicle accident killed nine people.

The U.S. Marine Corps has concluded its latest investigation into the 2020 accident that cost nine service members their lives, finding that the coronavirus pandemic and burnout contributed to it.

An 800-page report into the July 30, 2020 tragedy was published on Wednesday. The authors concluded that, while there were inexcusable lapses in training and command, there were other factors.

The sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle last summer killed eight Marines and a sailor.

Marine inspector general who failed to properly train troops is relieved of his duties after eight Marines and one sailor died in amphibious tank disaster off San Diego coast Major General Robert Castellvi has been relieved of his duties by the United States Marine Corps, the military announced on Wednesday On July 30, a seafaring armored tank sank off San Clemente Island 70 miles from the San Diego coast, killing eight Marines and one sailor  The Marine Corps has said the accident was caused ...

Marine Corps’ safety culture ‘has got to improve’ 2 hours ago Marines with the 1st Marine Regiment prepare to move toward a notional military objective on Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 31, 2018. (Cpl. Danny Gonzalez/Marine Corps) A Marine Corps culture that lawmakers called one of mission over safety came under attack during a recent House Armed Services Committee readiness subcommittee hearing looking into failures that led to July 30, 2020, sinking of an amphibious assault vehi...

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 n...