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https://news.usni.org/2020/08/04/navy-marines-locate-sunken-aav-human-remains

Navy, Marines Locate Sunken AAV, Human Remains - USNI News The Navy and Marine Corps identified the location of the amphibious assault vehicle that sank off the coast of San Clemente Island last week using a remotely operated search and rescue system. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard ships and aircraft had been searching for the vehicle and seven missing....

The Marine Corps identified seven Marines and one sailor presumed dead, and another Marine whose body was recovered after an accident Thursday involving an assault amphibious vehicle in Southern California. They include, top row, Pfc. Bryan J. Baltierra, Pfc. Evan A. Bath, Navy Seaman Christopher Gnem and Lance Cpl. Guillermo S. Perez (recovered); and bottom row, Lance Cpl. Chase D. Sweetwood, Cpl. Wesley A. Rodd, Cpl. Cesar A. Villanueva and Pfc. Jack Ryan Ostrovsky, and far right Lance Cpl. Marco A. Barranco.

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Fairwinds and following seas, Shipmates. We have the watch.

The 8 Marines and 1 Sailor who lost their lives in a training exercise on July 30, 2020 have been identified.

Their loss is felt by our entire Navy and Marine Corps family and, they will never be forgotten.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/08/01/commandant-suspends-waterborne-aav-training-as-search-for-marines-continues/

Commandant suspends waterborne AAV training as search for Marines, sailor continues The AAV is presumed to be at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean below “several hundred feet of water” where divers are unable to reach it.

We have the watch! R.I.P

Clarification: These brave Marines were killed in a helicopter accident in 2015 and they are NOT the Marines who died in Southern California recently!

https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/navy-blue-angels-super-hornet

The Blue Angels just received their first F/A-18 Super Hornet Editor’s note: This article by Gina Harkins originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community After more than