1 dead, 8 missing in California Marine training accident - Los Angeles Times

Marine has died and eight service members are missing after an accident during a training exercise off San Clemente Island, officials said Friday.

The incident occurred when an amphibious assault vehicle carrying 15 Marines and one Navy sailor began taking on water at about 5:45 p.m.

Thursday during a training exercise, according to the United States Marine Corps.

One Marine was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla and later died.

The name of the Marine who died will be withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin, officials said, and “all family members who are affected will be contacted directly by their Marines’ chain of command.”.

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.

Search and rescue efforts are still underway with support from the Navy and Coast Guard.

All the Marines involved were assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is based out of Camp Pendleton.

Search-and-rescue efforts were continuing Friday morning with support from the Navy and U.S.

Coast Guard, according to the Marines.

I ask that you keep our Marines, sailors and their families in your prayers as we continue our search,” Col.

A Marines spokesman said there were no additional updates regarding the incident as of 8:18 a.m.

The Marines have yet to say what may have led to the accident, which occurred during what officials called a “15th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group routine training exercise in the vicinity of San Clemente Island” — a Navy-owned land mass about 70 miles off the San Diego County coast.

The vessels John Finn, Somerset and San Diego, three Navy MH-60 helicopters, the Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour and a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter are all assisting in the search, according to the Marines.

This isn’t the first time Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton have been wounded or killed while training with an amphibious assault vehicle.

In 2017, 15 Marines were injured when an amphibious assault vehicle caught fire during a training exercise.

Another Marine, Sgt.

Wesley Rice, drowned inside an amphibious assault vehicle in 2011 after it sank in a boat basin on base.

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