A Camp Pendleton Marine died throughout coaching Wednesday.
The Marine, who was assigned to the first Marine Expeditionary Drive, died in a tactical car mishap that befell at round 1:45 p.m., mentioned Lt. Logan Tompkins of the drive’s Communication Technique and Operations. The Marine’s id was not launched pending notification of relations.
Authorities mentioned the incident was beneath investigation however declined to launch extra particulars Thursday.
Situated in northern San Diego County, Camp Pendleton is a significant coaching facility the place Marines study to conduct air, sea and floor assaults.
Coaching deaths are usually not remarkable there. In August 2023, Lance Cpl. Joseph D. Whaley died whereas collaborating in live-fire coaching, with a Naval Security Command report later attributing his loss of life to a negligent discharge. He was one in every of 5 Marines who died in coaching incidents throughout the Corps that month, prompting the then-head of the Marines to order a Corps-wide security evaluate.
That December, Sgt. Matthew Ok. Bylski died in an amphibious fight car rollover at Camp Pendleton that injured 14 different Marines. And final April, Cpl. Miguel A. Maya died at Pendleton throughout what was described as an “aviation floor mishap.”
