US EditionNorth Bay Marine Dies In Training Accident
Tanner Rubio, 21, died in a tactical vehicle accident unrelated to Exercise Steel Knight 25, with the cause under investigation by Marine Corps officials.
- The U.S. Marine Corps announced Friday that a 21-year-old service member died Wednesday at Camp Pendleton, the service said.
- The service added that the incident is under investigation, and 1st Marine Division public affairs said Rubio was fatally injured Wednesday afternoon in a tactical vehicle accident.
- Rubio joined the Marine Corps in January 2025 and was trained as an infantry rifleman assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division at Camp Horno, Camp Pendleton.
- Maj. Gen. Thomas Savage, Commanding General, 1st Marine Division, said Rubio's loss is felt across the division and `He will be sorely missed, but his honorable service to his country will not be forgotten.`
- I Marine Expeditionary Force officials note that Exercise Steel Knight 25, a two-week annual event across California and Arizona, strengthens Navy-Marine Corps readiness through Dec. 14.
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Camp Pendleton identifies Marine killed in training vehicle accident
The Marine who died in a tactical vehicle accident Wednesday at Camp Pendleton has been identified as Pfc. Tanner F. Rubio, a 21-year-old California native. Rubio, who joined the Marines less than a year ago, was trained as an infantry rifleman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, the base said. He was from Dixon, a city southwest of Sacramento. The tactical vehicle accident was unrelated to Steel Knight 2…
Marine killed in training exercise at SoCal's Camp Pendleton ID'd as 21-year-old from Dixon
"His honorable service to his country will not be forgotten." A U.S. Marine who died during a training exercise Wednesday at Camp Pendleton has been identified as 21-year-old Private First Class Tanner Rubio from Dixon.
Marine Corps IDs 21-year-old Who Died in Training Mishap
A 21-year-old who had been in the Marine Corps for less than one year died this week in a training mishap in California, the service announced Friday. Private First Class Tanner Rubio died Wednesday in an unspecified tactical vehicle incident at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to a statement from the 1st Marine Division. The mishap occurred at 1:45 p.m. local time during routine training on base. Additional details are not av…
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