When Reckless Military Training Creates Preventable Deaths, Accountability Must Go to the Top
19 May 2021
Military.com | By Michael H.C. McDowell
Michael H.C. McDowell is a Fellow in New America's International Security Program.
A major congressional hearing early this month revealed that Maj. Gen. Robert Castellvi has been temporarily removed from his duties as Marine Corps Inspector General following outrage at his being exonerated in the horrific drowning deaths of eight Marines and a Navy corpsman in an amphibious assault vehicle, or AAV, off the California coast last July.
Tellingly, no official announcement was made until Rep. Jackie Speier, a key Armed Services subcommittee chairperson, put Assistant Commandant Gen. Gary Thomas on the spot, asking him directly about Castellvi's standing, and got a clearly reluctant confirmation.
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