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Commandant Suspends Marine 2-Star Who Went Unpunished After AAV Disaster

Commandant Suspends Marine 2-Star Who Went Unpunished After AAV Disaster
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi salutes during the quarterly morning colors ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 31, 2019. (U.S Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)
3 May 2021
The inspector general of the Marine Corps, who was found to bear some responsibility leading up to a deadly amphibious assault vehicle accident last summer, has been suspended from his job.
Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi has been temporarily removed from his duties pending an ongoing investigation, Assistant Commandant Gen. Gary Thomas told lawmakers Monday during a hearing on the July 2020 accident. Castellvi served as commanding general of the California-based 1st Marine Division when an AAV sank off San Diego s coast last July, killing nine troops. ....

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Marine commander suspended after an investigation found he was partly to blame for deadly AAV accident

By SARAH CAMMARATA | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 3, 2021
WASHINGTON A Marine Corps major general has been suspended from his duties after an investigation into the deadly sinking last year of an amphibious assault vehicle determined he was in part responsible for the accident, a service official said Monday at a House hearing.
Gen. Gary Thomas, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, told members of a subpanel of the House Armed Services Committee that Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi, who oversaw the ground combat unit that was involved in the training when the accident happened, had been placed on administrative leave last week from his duties as the service inspector general. ....

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Lawmakers Demand Accountability for Military Training Deaths

A tragedy at sea last summer that left nine young men dead has stirred questions about accountability and the power Congress has over the U.S. military’s training and equipment standards.
The U.S. flag was lowered to half-staff at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, Calif., on July 31, 2020, after a seafaring military assault vehicle sank off the coast of Southern California. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
WASHINGTON (CN) The drowning deaths of nine young servicemen who plummeted to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean after being trapped inside a decrepit amphibious assault vehicle demand an immediate culture shift inside the Marine Corps and Navy, lawmakers told senior military officials Monday. ....

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Top Marines expected to testify to Congress about fatal AAV training accident and safety procedures

By ERIKA I. RITCHIE | The Orange County Register | Published: May 1, 2021
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Tribune News Service) The Marine Corps top leaders will speak before a Congressional committee on Monday, May 3, addressing lawmakers concern about a lack of safety and an uptick in training accidents.
The appearance was prompted by a recently released investigation into the most deadly accident the Corps has had training with the amphibious assault vehicles that have been in use since the 1970s.
With the number of military training accidents and fatalities outpacing combat deaths in recent years, lawmakers have been holding hearings on the apparent trend since 2019. California representatives John Garamendi, D- Walnut Grove, and Rep. Jackie Speier, D- Hillsborough, who both sit on the House Armed Services Committee, asked for Monday s review of the details in the latest AAV accident. ....

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Marines: Limited AAV Operations on Water Resume As Vehicle Inspections, Unit Certifications Required in Fatal Sinking Aftermath

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Marines: Limited AAV Operations on Water Resume As Vehicle Inspections, Unit Certifications Required in Fatal Sinking Aftermath
April 21, 2021 4:42 PM
Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 21.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, conduct a safety of use memorandum (SOUM) on an assault amphibious vehicle in preparation for Exercise Reindeer II, Reindeer I, and Joint Viking in Setermoen, Norway, Nov. 19, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo
Amphibious assault vehicle crews at Camp Pendleton, Calif., recently put their amtracs back in the water, the first operational unit to do so after the Marine Corps lifted a suspension that has been in place since last year’s deadly mishap off Southern California. ....

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