American Military News by Ryan Morgan July 31, 2020
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One U.S. Marine has died and eight more remain unaccounted for after an accident involving an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) off the coast of California Thursday.
“1 Marine has died, 8 service members remain missing and 2 were injured after an AAV mishap July 30 off the coast of Southern California. All are assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU). Search and rescue efforts are still underway with support from the Navy and Coast Guard,†the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) confirmed the incident in a Tweet Friday.
1 Marine has died, 8 service members remain missing and 2 were injured after an AAV mishap July 30 off the coast of Southern California. All are assigned to the 15th MEU. Search and rescue efforts are still underway with support from the Navy and Coast Guard.
— I MEF (@1stMEF) July 31, 2020
There were 15 Marines and one U.S. Navy sailor were inside the vehicle for the training exercise near San Clemente Island, when it began taking on water around 5:45 p.m. Thursday night, according to an I MEF provided to NBC News. Rescue efforts are still ongoing for the eight other Marines. The I MEF said it would investigate the incident.
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