Posted on Apr 7, 2021
Marines Launch Investigation into 15th MEU After Fatal AAV Incident - USNI News
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The Marine Corps has begun a deeper investigation into the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, after an amphibious assault vehicle sank last year during an integrated Marine Corps-Navy exercise off Southern California killing nine, the service announced Tuesday.
Gen. Gary Thomas, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, on Friday appointed Lt. Gen. Carl Mundy “to serve as board president for a command investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the forming of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit,” the Marine Corps said in a statement. The 15th MEU is on the tail-end of a scheduled deployment to the Middle East and Indo-Pacific region that began last fall as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group.
Mundy has been serving as commander of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, based at Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., since July 2018. The veteran infantry officer has commanded units at the platoon, company, battalion, MEU, Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Naval Task Force levels.
Gen. Gary Thomas, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, on Friday appointed Lt. Gen. Carl Mundy “to serve as board president for a command investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the forming of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit,” the Marine Corps said in a statement. The 15th MEU is on the tail-end of a scheduled deployment to the Middle East and Indo-Pacific region that began last fall as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group.
Mundy has been serving as commander of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, based at Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., since July 2018. The veteran infantry officer has commanded units at the platoon, company, battalion, MEU, Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Naval Task Force levels.
Marines Launch Investigation into 15th MEU After Fatal AAV Incident - USNI News
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LTC Jeff Shearer
Charlie Brown I consider you my friend but I have to be honest you are not only a great person to have as a friend but you are a complete and total badass.
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It appears that there was a very long string of events that came together to cause this tragedy. I have one question when you know how old the aav is, (FYI - in service since 1972) What happened to all of that money we have been lavishing on our military??
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