While the deployment is a major increase of troops to the region, it does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place at all.
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Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-38, Thursday presented a $1.67 million check to San Diego County to fund a program intended to provide affordable housing to veterans.
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Many veterans turn to private companies for help filing disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs and then face bills that run well into the thousands of dollars.
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Korean War fighter pilot and Escondido resident Royce Williams will be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, it was announced Wednesday.
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At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday Republicans accused the Biden administration of allowing tens of thousands to settle in the U.S. without vetting them.
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Early Saturday morning the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro.
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Hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines continue to rotate deployments to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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San Diego is up against Aalborg, Denmark and Daejeon, South Korea.
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The report follows a spate of accidents that have claimed the lives of 20 service members in the past four years. The report released Friday says the office in charge of the Osprey didn't promptly make changes to ease risks.
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Private 1st Class Tanner Rubio, 21, of Dixon, Calif., was killed Wednesday in what the Marines say was a "tactical vehicle mishap."
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Military officials report that the Marine died of injuries sustained in a “tactical vehicle mishap” Wednesday afternoon.
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