Lt. Col. Michael J. Regner, commanding officer of the Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was relieved because of loss of trust and confidence, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton said.
Eight Marines and a Navy sailor died after the amphibious assault vehicle they were in sank off the coast of San Clemente Island, off the Southern California coast, on July 30. Lt. Gen. Karsten S. Heckl, commanding general of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, relieved Regner"due to a loss in trust and confidence in his ability to command as a result of the assault amphibious vehicle mishap," the base said in a statement.A remotely operated vehicle is deployed off the coast of Southern California on Aug. 3, 2020, during the search for a sunken amphibious assault vehicle.One Marine who died was recovered after the training accident.
In all, 15 Marines and a sailor were aboard the amphibious assault vehicle when it started taking on water around 5:45 p.m. July 30.. Two amphibious assault vehicles and a safety boat were nearby, he said. All the Marines had floatation devices, and some of those rescued were found bobbing with the gear successfully deployed, Osterman said.
The 26-ton vehicle appeared to sink in"several hundred feet of water" more than 1,000 meters from the northwest corner of the island, he said then. The vehicle sank during a"shore-to-ship maneuver," the military said.after an extensive 40-hour search, the military said at the time.
How many Americans dies trump have to MURDER before hes relived because hes a MURDERER
Maybe Donald will reinstate him
Ouchhhhh! That hurt, it had to hurt. End of career, 9 deaths, 9 families without dad for life, maybe because he say, I want amphibious training this week no matter what, is that clear captain? I want to impress the general. The hell he did.
His military career is over!
This was horrible!
Shame on you NBC !!! YOU ARE HURTING DEMOCRACY AND THE ELECTION PROCESS BY HAVING TRUMP ON AT THE SAME TIME V.P. BIDEN IS ON
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He'll be running for Congress before you know it.
The Qur'an told us fourteen hundred years ago how a child is formed, which is being proved true by science today
Unacceptable
this will be a movie
Heavenly Prayers!
What about 210,000 deaths? The criminal should’ve been relieved of his duties a while back. Three weeks to make it happen.
Yet somehow they probably wound up on the states covid-19 death chart and counted as 9 extra Covid deaths!!
It's strange we never hear this news from the President !
Not A Loser!
I have so many questions about what happened and how they died. The article repeated info but couldn’t clarify this?
Lot's of community stress in San Diego nowadays. It is not exactly clear why but there was another incident today:
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