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Two investigations released Wednesday — one from the Navy, the other from the Marines — show services unprepared for amphibious operations
A Marine Corps investigation found that COVID-19 restrictions and overstretched troop commitments — including deployments to the Mexico border — played a role in the training and maintenance lapses that led to the sinking of an Assault Amphibious Vehicle off the coast of San Diego last year, killing eight Marines and a sailor.
OCEANSIDE — The families of the nine service members killed last year when their assault amphibious vehicle sank off the San Diego coast are suing the manufacturer of the vehicles, they said at an emotional news conference Thursday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. The families also demand the Marine Corps modify existing AAVs as well as its replacement, the amphibious combat vehicle, with more effective ways to escape what one of their attorneys called a “death trap” in the event of another sinking. The Vietnam War-era AAV was designed and manufactured by BAE Systems...
9 died because of poor training and a dangerous amphibious assault vehicle. That's inexcusable.
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 by mechanical failures, shabby maintenance, inadequate training and poor judgment by commanders ...