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Marines sack commanding officer after training accident killed 9 in July

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A commanding officer at Camp Pendleton was relieved of duty Tuesday, months after eight Marines and a sailor were killed when a landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast.

Lt. Col. Michael Regner will be replaced by Lt. Gen. Karsten Heckl, commanding general, Marine Expeditionary Force. An amphibious assault vehicle took on water and sank in 385 feet of water as it headed back to a Navy ship after completing routine training on July 30, according to military reports.

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