live-fire exercise

(Newser) - A "one in a million" malfunction during a live fire demonstration over Camp Pendleton last October led to a misfire that rained shrapnel on Interstate 5, striking two California Highway Patrol vehicles, a US Marine Corps investigation found. An artillery shell exploded over the highway that serves as the...

(Newser) - The Marine Corps has released the names of the seven Marines accidentally killed in a live-fire exercise in Nevada on Monday, reports the Los Angeles Times . Eight people were also injured, one very seriously, although their identities have not been released. The victims were all based in Camp Lejeune, NC....