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Marine dead with gunshot wound to head at Camp Pendleton shooting range
LA Times.com ^ | 10/5/15 | Tony Perry

Posted on 10/05/2015 5:45:18 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

A young Marine was found dead from a gunshot wound to his head at a marksmanship range at Camp Pendleton early Monday, officials said.

The Marine, from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, was part of a training exercise in which live ammunition was used, said officials at the Marine Corps base.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: camppendleton; marine
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To: jonascord

You were there when I was there. We had just finished the course when they pulled us all aside and searched for any saved rounds and then told us what had happened. I had to wait for orders in casual and I got to read the report in the battalion office. The theory was reasonably convincing and the pictures of the round fragment that hit him indicated that something had fractured it before it hit him. There were fixed 50 cals firing at the time, we were at the top of the hill watching while that group was going through and they were definitely firing. The dispute in the report was whether or not it was the tip of a 50 cal round or an M16 round; there was no way of telling.


41 posted on 10/06/2015 5:35:28 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: itsahoot

Oh, I forgot about the explosions and the warnings NOT to climb into one of those fox holes. :)

Of course it was not until I got to Viet Nam that the real OJT took place.


42 posted on 10/06/2015 11:56:24 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (Nothing to add at the moment)
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To: CIB-173RDABN
Of course it was not until I got to Viet Nam that the real OJT took place.

I left the Army and went to the Navy in 63 so didn't crawl thru the jungle I just kept our crew fed. Got out in 65 sadly disillusioned.

43 posted on 10/06/2015 1:16:21 PM PDT by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
And now we have a soldier at Ft. Campbell who was shot and killed this morning during a training exercise.

Probably coincidence but it's still enough to make one say "hmmmmmm".

44 posted on 10/06/2015 4:42:34 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: radu

I know...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3345483/posts


45 posted on 10/06/2015 5:14:41 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Yeah, I saw a couple of threads about it after I posted here.
When I heard the news about Ft. Campbell this evening on Channel 5, I remembered seeing your thread last night and looked it up.


46 posted on 10/06/2015 6:19:13 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; radu

Update...

http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/10/06/marine-found-dead-at-camp-pendleton-identified/


47 posted on 10/06/2015 6:24:57 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thanks!


48 posted on 10/06/2015 6:26:26 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Thank you for the update. Very sad. He was so young.

Rest in peace, Lance Cpl. Schraft.


49 posted on 10/06/2015 6:45:00 PM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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