US EditionNorth Bay Marine Dies In Training Accident
Tanner Rubio, 21, died in a tactical vehicle accident unrelated to Exercise Steel Knight 25, with the cause under investigation by Marine Corps officials.
- The U.S. Marine Corps announced Friday that a 21-year-old service member died Wednesday at Camp Pendleton, the service said.
- The service added that the incident is under investigation, and 1st Marine Division public affairs said Rubio was fatally injured Wednesday afternoon in a tactical vehicle accident.
- Rubio joined the Marine Corps in January 2025 and was trained as an infantry rifleman assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division at Camp Horno, Camp Pendleton.
- Maj. Gen. Thomas Savage, Commanding General, 1st Marine Division, said Rubio's loss is felt across the division and `He will be sorely missed, but his honorable service to his country will not be forgotten.`
- I Marine Expeditionary Force officials note that Exercise Steel Knight 25, a two-week annual event across California and Arizona, strengthens Navy-Marine Corps readiness through Dec. 14.
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Dixon Marine killed in Camp Pendleton training incident
The Marine Corps has identified the service member killed Dec. 3 in a tactical vehicle mishap at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, as Private First Class Tanner Rubio, of Dixon. Private First Class Tanner Rubio died in a tactical vehicle mishap Dec. 3, 2025, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (US Marine Corp photo) An infantry rifleman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Rubio died in the afternoon during what officials de…
Marine killed in training exercise at SoCal's Camp Pendleton ID'd as 21-year-old from Dixon
"His honorable service to his country will not be forgotten." A U.S. Marine who died during a training exercise Wednesday at Camp Pendleton has been identified as 21-year-old Private First Class Tanner Rubio from Dixon.
Marine Corps IDs 21-year-old Who Died in Training Mishap
A 21-year-old who had been in the Marine Corps for less than one year died this week in a training mishap in California, the service announced Friday. Private First Class Tanner Rubio died Wednesday in an unspecified tactical vehicle incident at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., according to a statement from the 1st Marine Division. The mishap occurred at 1:45 p.m. local time during routine training on base. Additional details are not av…
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