Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general of the 1st Armored Division, said it would be a “long and difficult recovery operation.”
The 450,000-square-foot plant in Independence, Missouri, is expected to be fully operational by 2028.
Staff Sgt. Shelbe Butner, 28, and Spc. Jacob Mullen, 25, died after their training vehicle rolled over and into standing water.
Elsewhere in the Corps, Marines conducted the service’s first organic rebuild of a JLTV engine at a Defense Department depot.
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