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A report reveals the details of the deadly AAV sinking that killed eight Marines and a sailor least year in a training incident off the California coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

Marines are training in seafaring amphibious assault vehicles for the first time since nine men died<\/a> when one of the troop carriers sank off the southern California coast during an exercise in 2020. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine Corps\u2019 AAV fleet was suspended<\/a> from all water training following the deadly accident July 30, 2020, near San Clemente Island, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Orange County Register reported Saturday that Marines from Camp Pendleton, California, first resumed exercises in water recovery and troop transfers \u2014 without troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 13, the Marines trained on land-based water recovery and troop transfer, and later drove the vehicles in the Del Mar boat basin. Training also included \u201ca review of lessons learned from the July tragedy as well as from previous AAV accidents,\u201d according to the Register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the armored vehicles to transport troops from a ship to shore and back \u2013 what the AAV that sank in 2020 was doing \u2013 is still prohibited, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t