After an extensive 40-hour search, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) concluded their search and rescue operation for seven missing Marines and one Sailor, today. “It is with a heavy heart, that I decided to
After an extensive 40-hour search, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit , I Marine Expeditionary Force , and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group concluded their search and rescue operation for seven missing Marines and one Sailor, today.
Rescue efforts had been ongoing sincetheir amphibious assault vehicle sank during a training exercise on Thursday and went missing off the California coastline after Fifteen Marines and a sailor were aboard the AAV as it made its way back to the U.S. Navy amphibious ship USS Somerset, according to three defense officials.
"It sank completely," said Osterman, adding that"the assumption is it went all the way to the bottom," several hundred feet below the surface, too deep for divers. Multiple ships and helicopters from the Navy and Coast Guard had been combing the waters off of San Clemente Island looking for the missing service members before the efforts were called off.
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.
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