An 18-year-old Marine recruit collapsed during training and later died on Sept. 27, the Marines said late Saturday
An 18-year-old Marine recruit died in September after collapsing during training at Camp Pendleton, the Marines said in a statement late Saturday.
Brig. Gen. Jason Morris, the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, said the Marines are investigating Pong’s death.“We are greatly saddened by the untimely passing of Pfc. Javier Pong as he pursued his journey to become a United States Marine,” Morris said in a statement.
Recruits who train at MCRD San Diego spend about five weeks at the depot before moving to Camp Pendleton for another five weeks of field training, according to the Marines’The Marines did not say to which recruit training company Pong was attached.
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