The incident, which took place outside near barracks aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, left no reported injuries.
One Marine corporal said maintenance issues have been getting fixed much more quickly than before the barracks inspection.
The commanding officer of the School of Infantry–West and the commanding officer of the school’s Reconnaissance Training Company were fired March 8.
Battalion Landing Team 1/5 reported the rifle unaccounted for “following a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle movement."
A Pentagon evaluation found some services taking too long to process COVID vaccine exemption paperwork.
Long-range rocket systems previously assigned to 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, will be moved within the 11th Marine Regiment.
Albert Bryant Sr., 97, and John Henry Chaney, 104, were drafted into the Marine Corps in 1943.
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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