Marine trainee dies during live-fire infantry training at Camp Pendleton in California

Whaley had earned the National Defense Service Medal prior to his death; issuance of the medal has ceased as of Jan. 1., 2023.

“The command is fully cooperating with the investigation efforts,” Marine Corps Training and Education Command spokesperson Maj. Joshua Pena told the Department of Defense’s Stars and Stripes newspaper. Maj. Pena also explained that information on the exact chain of events that led to Whaley’s death are part of an ongoing investigatory probe, and as such was not immediately available to the public.

The incident comes just over a month after Sgt. Maj. Steven Burkett was relieved of his command at SOI-W for “a loss of trust and confidence in his ability to perform his duties,” on the part of his commanding officers, Maj. Pena explained to the

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