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Marines assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack Training Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct preflight checks on a UH-1Y Venom at Palm Springs International Airport, California, Nov. 5, 2023.

Marines assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Attack Training Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct preflight checks on a UH-1Y Venom at Palm Springs International Airport, California, Nov. 5, 2023. (Trent Randolph/U.S. Marine Corps)

A Marine died Tuesday during “routine military operations” at Camp Pendleton, Calif., the Marine Corps said in a news release the next day.

The Marine, who was not identified, was a member of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. No details of the circumstances of the death were provided.

The Corps did not identify the deceased Marine, citing a policy of withholding the name until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified of the death, the news release states.

It is the second death of a Marine during training within a week.

Sgt. Colin Arslanbas died April 18 during a late-night training exercise near Camp Lejeune, N.C. Arslanbas, 23, was assigned to the Maritime Special Purpose Force with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Two other Marines have died during training at Pendleton in recent months.

In December, Sgt. Matthew Bylski, 23, died in a rollover accident while training there. Bylski was an amphibious combat vehicle crewman assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/5 of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Fourteen other Marines were in the vehicle, which was on land when it flipped. None were seriously injured.

In August, Lance Cpl. Joseph Whaley, 20, died during a live-fire training exercise at the service’s infantry school at Pendleton.

The Marine Corps Times reported in September that Whaley was “fatally injured due to negligent discharge during live-fire small arms training exercise,” citing a report by the Naval Safety Command.

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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011-2013 while based in Tokyo. He was a freelance writer and journalism teacher in China from 2006-2009.

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