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Deadly Marine accident demonstrates the military’s accountability problem

Different spanks for different ranks.

By Jeff Schogol April 03, 2021

 

“Fire the generals.”  That is how Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) suggested the Marine Corps and the rest of the military solve the chronic problems of training accidents, vehicle rollovers, and aircraft crashes.

Garamendi spoke to Task & Purpose about the Marine Corps’ recently released investigation into the July 30 sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle during an exercise that cost the lives of eight Marines and one sailor. It was the Corps’ deadliest accident involving an amphibious vehicle.

The Congressman argued that accountability should start at the very top; however, that’s not the military’s way.

Like the 2017 ship collisions that killed 17 sailors and the ambush in Niger later that year in which four soldiers were killed, the deadly training accident on July 30 was the result of a series of underlying issues that extended far beyond one unit’s chain of command.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-accident-military-accountabili/