Training Accident

The Marine Corps is launching a probe looking at the readiness of its troops before they participated in an exercise that ended in tragedy with the sinking of an amphibious assault vehicle off the Southern California coast that killed eight Marines and one sailor

A pair of soldiers were killed and three others hurt during some sort of training accident on Thursday, according to a U.S. Army Special Operations representative.

Two soldiers were killed and three hurt in a training accident near Coronado.

The Marine Corps says eight troops are presumed dead after their landing craft sank off the Southern California coast during a training exercise

NBC 7’s Bridget Naso spoke with a relative of one of the missing Marines.

The Marine Corps announced it is calling off their search for the eight missing marines and sailor who went missing off the coast during a training exercise. They are presumed dead.

NBC 7’s Bridget Naso has the latest details on the search and rescue of eight Marines and one sailor after a watercraft “mishap”

A search for eight Marines was underway Friday morning following a “training mishap” involving an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) near San Clemente Island in Los Angeles County, according to the United States Marine Corps.

NBC 7’s Dave Summers heard from a Marine reservist who spent a lot of time in AAV. Military personnel are continuing to search for marines who went missing following a deadly training incident off San Clemente Island.

One Marine is dead and seven and a sailor are missing after a training “mishap.” NBC 7’s Bridget Naso has more.

Eight Camp Pendleton-based Marines are missing, one is dead and two are being treated at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla after an amphibious assault vehicle taking on water near San Clemente Island on Thursday afternoon, reports NBC 7’s Audra Stafford.

One Camp Pendleton Marine has died and eight others are missing after a “training mishap” involving an Amphibious Assault Vehicle near San Clemente Island. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford reports.