
A top Marine Corps official directed the services’ aviation units to conduct an aviation safety standdown on June 13, matching a similar order from the Navy. On Monday, Naval Air Forces Command (NAVAIR) directed all non-deployed Navy aviation units to undergo a safety pause to review risk-management practices and conduct training on threat and error-management processes. This follows a series of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft crashes in recent months (Defense Daily, June 13). Likewise, Gen. Eric Smith, assistant commandant…