An 18-year-old Marine recruit died in September after collapsing throughout coaching at Camp Pendleton, the Marines stated in an announcement late Saturday.
Pfc. Javier Pong “turned unconscious and unresponsive” whereas “conducting scheduled coaching” on Sept. 27, the Marines stated. He was pronounced lifeless at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
Brig. Gen. Jason Morris, the commanding common of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, stated the Marines are investigating Pong’s dying.
“We’re enormously saddened by the premature passing of Pfc. Javier Pong as he pursued his journey to turn out to be a United States Marine,” Morris stated in an announcement. “We’re dedicated to honoring his reminiscence, supporting these with whom he served, and investigating the reason for his dying to make sure we are able to safely rework civilians into Marines and retain the belief of the American individuals.”
Pong was from Las Cruses, New Mexico, and lately graduated highschool in Might, in accordance with his obituary.
Pong’s dying was introduced by the Marines in an e-mailed assertion Saturday night — 11 days after the recruit died. The Marines didn’t instantly reply to the Union-Tribune’s questions on what kind of coaching recruits the place engaged in when Pong collapsed or particulars about the place within the coaching cycle Pong’s firm was on the time.
Recruits who prepare at MCRD San Diego spend about 5 weeks on the depot earlier than shifting to Camp Pendleton for an additional 5 weeks of area coaching, in accordance with the Marines’ recruit coaching matrix.
The Marines didn’t say to which recruit coaching firm Pong was connected.
In-service navy coaching deaths are routinely introduced inside about 24 hours and the title or names of service members killed are then usually launched after one other 24 hours — pending next-of-kin notification.
When Seaman Kyle Mullen, 24, died Feb. 4 throughout SEAL coaching in Coronado, the Navy introduced the dying in a information launch the subsequent day. They named Mullen in a separate launch the next day, Feb. 6.
The Marine Corps didn’t launch Pong’s service data or house of report. The Corps additionally didn’t launch his service picture.
Originally published at San Diego News HQ
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