Battalion Landing Team 1/5 reported the rifle unaccounted for “following a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle movement."
The Marine Corps has ordered inspections of each of its barracks by March 15.
Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975–1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere.
It was an "isolated incident and there was no threat to other Marines or the public,” a Marine spokeswoman said.
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