Lawmakers Question General's Prestigious Pentagon Assignment After Fatal AAV Accident U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert F. Castellvi, the commanding general of 1st Marine Division, delivers remarks during a morning colors ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 7, 2019. (Ryan Kierkegaard/U.S. Marine Corps) 19 Apr 2021 The Marine Corps' decision to put a general in charge of the office that investigates serious claims of wrongdoing after he was found to bear some responsibility for training failures leading to a fatal accident that killed nine troops is under scrutiny from lawmakers. Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi's assignment as Marine Corps inspector general was sharply questioned by a California lawmaker last week. Castellvi was testifying before the House Armed Services' military personnel subcommittee Thursday when Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat, told him she had met with the nine families who lost loved ones when their amphibious assault vehicle sank off San Diego's coast in July.