Marine corporal charged with selling weapons

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A marine corporal was selling arms and ammunition for years until finally caught, Including a javelin missile. How the hell does this happen?

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Marine corporal accused of stealing and selling weapons from California's Camp Pendleton

Prosecutors said Cpl. Andrew Paul Amarillas stole at least one Javelin missile system, thousands of rounds of military-grade ammunition and other weapons-related material from February 2022 to November 2025.
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I watched the news segment on this the other day. Apparently he has been doing it for a couple of years. The news article that I watched had a couple of text messages from him to a buyer where he claimed to have multiple “ Javies” !
When he was caught he had over 400,000 rnds. of military ammo
 
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tirwin1 said:
A marine corporal was selling arms and ammunition for years until finally caught, Including a javelin missile. How the hell does this happen?

www.nbcnews.com

Marine corporal accused of stealing and selling weapons from California's Camp Pendleton

Prosecutors said Cpl. Andrew Paul Amarillas stole at least one Javelin missile system, thousands of rounds of military-grade ammunition and other weapons-related material from February 2022 to November 2025.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
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Maybe not so much the javelin, but other ammo... not all that difficult.

(I am only guessing of course)
 
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GOPerfect said:
Maybe not so much the javelin, but other ammo... not all that difficult.

(I am only guessing of course)
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Exactly. Anything "consumable" is ridiculously easy to steal as its not tracked between issue and return especially if ones NCOs don't care or are not present. If one lived off post or had a place to stash shit they frequency had smoke, flares, simulators and ammo. At demo ranges guys would use the sticky tape on C4 and stick it to the inside of their flak jacket and walk out.
The javelin makes no sense. Was it a live tube or expended? Did it have a CLU?
 
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