Officer blames bad information for 2020 sinking that killed 9 Marines
A three-officer panel will issue a recommendation as to whether a decorated officer should be considered for discharge just shy of his 20-year mark and be denied retirement benefits.
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. â A Marine Corps battalion commander testified Friday that in retrospect he would have halted the exercise that killed nine of his Marines off the Southern California coast but at the time he did not have accurate information to make such a decision. Lt. Col. Michael J. Regner said his decisions were based in part on what other commanders told him, including that all the Marines had completed their swim certifications and that the aging vehicles they
