Reported deletion of Oct 17 boat-strike footage aboard USS Iwo Jima
- Date
- Dec 10, 2025
- Kind
- Records & transparency
- Status
- Source
- americanoversight.org ↗
- Court or forum
- NARA; Navy; DoD OIG
- What happened
- After reports that personnel were ordered to delete documentation of two survivors taken into custody, American Oversight asked NARA to open an unauthorized-disposition case; NARA declined in March 2026 and the Navy cited an "ongoing investigation" in May.
- Publisher
- American Oversight
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