Posted on 07/31/2020 10:26:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Search and rescue efforts are still underway Friday morning for the eight missing individuals with support from the Navy and Coast Guard.
At least two others were injured in the accident, which occurred Thursday, and have been transported to Southern California hospitals, according to a news release from the US Marine Corps 1st Expeditionary Force.
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The incident occurred during a 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group routine training exercise in the vicinity of San Clemente Island, according to the Marines.
The incident began around 5:45 p.m. local time on Thursday when Marines in an amphibious assault vehicle, or AAV, reported they were taking on water. Sixteen people were inside the vehicle at the time of the accident...
All of the service members in the incident are assigned to the 15th MEU based out of Camp Pendleton
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Something about rding in a floating armored vehicle just seems WRONG!
Does the Air Force send up planes crammed with soldiers with one tiny exit they can't get out of if something goes wrong?
Designers of beach-assault military amphibious vehicles can certainly design a landing craft that isn't a death trap.
This stinks to high heaven.
Leni
Yikes!
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