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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) man the rails as the ship arrives at Naval Station Rota, Spain, on March 3, 2017. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP) (AP)

How Navy's chief botched investigation

T. Christian Miller, Robert Faturechi - ProPublica
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Failure to lead

Lucian K. Truscott IV
In this April 22, 2015 photo, a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey comes in for a landing at Miami International Airport before a presidential visit, in Miami. A fatal crash of a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft in Hawaii has renewed safety concerns in Japan, where more of the Ospreys will be deployed. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (Wilfredo Lee)

3 Marines missing

Charlie May
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