This was just on the wires…
Four Marines were killed Wednesday while performing maintenance on an artillery range at Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps said. No details of the incident were released. Names will be announced 24 hours after families are notified, the Marines said.
I understand that it would be more painful for four families to read online or hear on TV that a loved one had been killed in accident. I don't know why they have to announce something like this before those notifications, thereby panicking the families and friends of every single Marine stationed at that base. Thousands of Marines are stationed there.
The public has a right to know that this happened but what is the harm if they wait until (a) the families have been notified and the names can be released and (b) they can tell us something about the incident other than that four Marines are dead? The information we're getting today is pretty useless for anything except for causing a lot of people to worry needlessly.