Days before the New England Patriots secured a spot in the 2026 Super Bowl, U.S. Marines were passengers aboard the team’s private jet en route to Norway.
The one-star command, located at Fort Bragg, was created in 2018 to help sustain the Army's specialized units built to assist partner forces worldwide.
A long pattern of rushed training and failed equipment contributed to the embarrassing and costly error, a recently published command investigation found.