{"id":27158,"date":"2021-11-11T16:49:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/11\/fate-of-marine-battalion-commander-during-deadly-aav-sinking-will-be-determined-in-december\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:06:05","slug":"fate-of-marine-battalion-commander-during-deadly-aav-sinking-will-be-determined-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/11\/11\/fate-of-marine-battalion-commander-during-deadly-aav-sinking-will-be-determined-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Fate of Marine battalion commander connected to deadly AAV sinking to be determined in December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In early December the Marine Corps will hold a board of inquiry to determine the fate of a former Marine battalion commander whose actions may have played a part in a deadly 2020 amphibious assault vehicle sinking<\/a>, according to a Marine spokesman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Col. Keith Brenize<\/a> had been the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion commander when the unit had been tasked with sending a platoon to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that platoon had attached to the MEU, an AAV had sunk on July 30, 2020,<\/a> while transporting infantry Marines from San Clemente Island, California, to the transport dock Somerset after completing a training raid. Eight Marines and one sailor had died in what was deadliest AAV training accident in Marine Corps history.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA Board of Inquiry will be held aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on Dec 6-10, 2021, for Lt. Col. Keith Brenize to show cause for retention in the Marine Corps,\u201d Capt. Sam Stephenson, a spokesman for Marine Corps Training and Education Command, told Marine Corps Times on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t