In a 666-page report, the Marines say "beyond reasonable expectations" and "shouldn't have happened" that an M795 high explosive round detonated early, raining schrapnel on Vance's security detail vehicles at the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps celebration attended by Vance and Hegseth last Fall in SoCal.

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>The Marine report concluded several factors could have contributed to the malfunction, including the howitzer guns being too close together when fired andthe "potential presence of anomalous electromagnetic energy in the vicinity."

'Sabotage?

Hit attempt on Hegseth and/or Vance - who were present? It was Vance's security detail vehicles that were "rained" upon with schrapnel that dented the vehicle.

>In a666-page reportdated Dec. 19 and first reported on Monday [Mar 16], the Marines concluded that there“is no definitive answer” to why an M795 high explosive round detonated earlyat an altitude of about 1,480 feet (450 meters) during the Oct. 18 demonstration. Such a premature detonation is “beyond reasonable expectations and should not have happened, but it did,” the report says.

>The governor [Newsom] described the live fire exercise as ashow of force meant to intimidateTrump’s opponents, thousands of whom weredemonstrating at “No Kings” protestsin and around San Diego that day.

>…."during acelebration of the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps, attended by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/18/military-report-says-one-million-live-fire-malfunction-rained-shrapnel-california-highway.html

https://apnews.com/article/marines-250th-camp-pendleton-shrapnel-california-367baee09300fdfce0811454078cb71f