Marine Corps

Pfc. Tanner F. Rubio, 21, of Dixon, California, was killed Wednesday afternoon at Camp Pendleton in a tactical vehicle mishap during a training evolution; Rubio was an infantry rifleman with I Marine Expeditionary Force serving in a battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and had joined the Marine Corps in January 2025. Maj. Gen. Thomas Savage honored Rubio’s service and the loss across the division, officials said the accident was not related to the Steel Knight exercise, and a local state senator offered condolences and said she will monitor the investigation.