Marine Corps commandant will assemble board to review amphibious operations in wake of deadly AAV accident
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The Marine Corps’ top general on Wednesday spoke for the first time publicly about the investigations into a training accident last summer in which eight Marines and a sailor died when their amphibious assault vehicle sank to the ocean floor, announcing he is convening an outside board to look into the state of the Corps’ amphibious operations.
Since the deadly accident, all the ship-to-shore amphibious operations remain suspended.
The Marine Corps’ ability to maneuver between water and land is a core function, especially given expectations by military leaders that the United States will face more threats in the future coming out of the Indo Pacific instead of the mountains and deserts of the Middle East seen the last few decades.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/05/marine-corps-commandant-will-assemble-board-to-review-amphibious-operations-in-wake-of-deadly-aav-accident/
