Alarmed by a rash of off-duty automobile accidents that have claimed the lives of 42 Marines since the beginning of fiscal year 2000, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps has formed an executive safety board to examine how to raise safety awareness across the entire Marine Corps. Since Oct. 1, 1999, the Marine Corps has lost 26 Marines to aviation accidents -- including the 19 killed when a V-22 Osprey crashed during an operational test April 8 -- and...
