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 vehicle and resulted in the deaths of nine service members. Though the families were briefed on the roughly 2,000-page investigation, nine months of silence and some of the findings left many families still asking questions. Two parents of killed service members testified.
Navy to Commission Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Miguel Keith
The Navy will commission its newest expeditionary mobile base, the future USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5), during a 10:00 a.m. PST ceremony Saturday, May 8, at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, Calif.
Due to public health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the commissioning ceremony is private with a limited audience.
Adm. Craig Faller, commander, U.S. Southern Command, will deliver the commissioning ceremony s principal remarks. Mrs. Eliadora Delores Keith, Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith s mother, is the ship s sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted by a time-honored Navy tradition when Eliadora Keith gives the order to man our ship and bring her to life!
NAVCENT, U.S. Fifth Fleet, CMF Change of Command Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Hinton | 210505-N-KC128-0168 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (May 5, 2021) Vice Adm. Sam Paparo, left, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), is relieved by Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, right, during a change of command ceremony presided over by Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, May 5. NAVCENT is the U.S. Navy element of U.S. Central Command in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations and encompasses about 2.5 million square miles of water area and includes the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean. The expanse is comprised of 20 countries and includes three critical choke points at the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab al Mandeb at the southern tip of Yemen. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Speciali
Navy Launches Its Own Investigation into Fatal Marine Corps AAV Accident
Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Malik Berry directs a Japanese amphibious assault vehicle in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during Exercise Iron Fist 2019. (Devin M. Langer/U.S. Navy)
4 May 2021
The Navy is reviewing its role in an at-sea accident that killed eight Marines and one sailor, marking the fourth investigation into what leaders have called a truly preventable tragedy.
Vice Adm. Scott Conn, the head of U.S. Third Fleet, was directed to launch a command investigation into the Marine Corps assault amphibious vehicle accident that occurred off the coast of California last July. Officials announced the new probe Monday night, hours after Navy and Marine Corps leaders were called on to testify about safety before a congressional committee.
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