---
title: "Someone Threw A Molotov Cocktail At An Arizona Marine Recruiting Office"
date: "2018-11-02"
modified: "2018-11-02"
authors:
  - name: "Jared Keller"
    job_title: "Former Managing Editor"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jaredkeller/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-corps-recruiting-station-firebombed/"
categories:
  - "News"
---

# Someone Threw A Molotov Cocktail At An Arizona Marine Recruiting Office

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A Marine Corps recruiting station was targeted by a firebombing spree that has imperiled multiple buildings across Tucson, Arizona this week, the Arizona Daily Star [reports](<https://tucson.com/news/local/police-investigating-multiple-overnight-arson-attempts-across-tucson/article_dc640932-dc85-11e8-8a63-c7bea6a679bd.html>).

- The recruiting station, one of four crime scenes investigated by the Tucson Police Department on Tuesday, was struck by a "Molotov cocktail-type incendiary device" in the early morning of Oct. 30, law enforcement officials [told](<https://tucson.com/news/local/police-investigating-multiple-overnight-arson-attempts-across-tucson/article_dc640932-dc85-11e8-8a63-c7bea6a679bd.html>) the Arizona Daily Star.

- The recruiting station was empty at the time of the incident and no personnel were injured, a Marine Corps spokesman [told](<https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/11/01/arizona-marine-recruiting-station-fire-bombed-with-explosive-like-a-molotov-cocktail/>) Marine Corps Times in a statement.
- “There was minimal damage to the station and operations have not been interrupted,” Marine 1st Lt. Andrew Wood [said](<https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/11/01/arizona-marine-recruiting-station-fire-bombed-with-explosive-like-a-molotov-cocktail/>) in the statement. “The safety of our recruiters, civilian employees and prospective applicants is a top priority so we will continue to cooperate with local authorities as they lead the ongoing investigation.”
- The other targets included a Chase Bank, a Wells Fargo Bank, and a Starbucks, law enforcement officials [told](<https://tucson.com/news/local/police-investigating-multiple-overnight-arson-attempts-across-tucson/article_dc640932-dc85-11e8-8a63-c7bea6a679bd.html>) the Arizona Daily Star.
- This isn't the first time vandals have targeted recruiters: In August, protestors [smashed](<https://www.foxnews.com/us/antifa-members-in-berkeley-smash-windows-of-us-marine-corps-recruiting-office-during-protest>) the windows of a Marine Corps recruiting office in Berkeley, California.

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## Author
Jared Keller is the former managing editor of Task & Purpose. His writing has appeared in Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the New Republic, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

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