Military

The Marine Corps pushed back late Thursday on reports a planned 250th birthday event Saturday includes Navy ships firing missiles from the ocean into Camp Pendleton.

Vice President JD Vance is coming to Camp Pendleton on Saturday for the event. That’s led to planned freeway closures near the base.

Plans for a live missile demonstration prompted criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The governor had considered closing Interstate 5, but has since decided to keep the freeway open.

San Diego's bid, led by the San Diego British American Business Council and the city, is one of six finalists to host the bi-annual games in four years.

Bómbita was terminated from the state’s top cybersecurity post in a phone call from the governor’s office Sept. 23; his last day is Friday. He had been on the job less than a year but repeatedly found himself at odds, he said, with officials at the Office of Emergency Services. That agency oversees the one Bómbita ran, the Cybersecurity Integration Center, through its Homeland Security division.

California has the most service members of any state, with about 213,000 active duty military and reserve, according to federal data. More than half of those – 117,000 service members – are based in San Diego County, along with 34,000 civilian military employees, who “would be forced to work without pay during a shutdown,” three local Congress members stated.

Sayed Naser fled Afghanistan and came to the U.S. legally last year. He was detained after a routine San Diego immigration hearing in June.

After almost a decade of planning the Navy SEAL Museum San Diego opens its doors to the public Saturday.

The five groups said they’re ready to help with food, financial assistance and mental health.

In a two-hour address, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out their vision of the United States military to an audience of almost every flag officer, general and senior enlisted leader in the military.