Marines: COVID, border duties contributed to lapsed oversight in amphibious sinking
Two military investigations find services unprepared for amphibious operations were a factor in last year's sinking near San Diego.
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Two military investigations find services unprepared for amphibious operations were a factor in last year's sinking near San Diego.
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.
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