Deploying to Iraq - This morning, my boyfriend deployed to Iraq for 8 to 10 months.This is my first experience with this. How did you deal when they deploy? I'm feeling lost. Officer killed in motorcycle accident - Maj. Lawrence A. Washington, 39, a Marine MV-22 Osprey pilot stationed at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station in San Diego, was killed Sunday in a motorcycle crash on a mountainous road outside San Diego. Gates: U.S. troops could stay longer in Iraq - Defense secretary is 'ready to have that discussion' if Baghdad asks. Veteran activist Tom Hayden speaks in San Diego - The topic of his talk was "The Long War," the struggle between the U.S. and militant Islam worldwide that America's military leaders anticipate will go on for 60 to 80 years. Saying goodbye before deployment - For the military family, goodbyes are all too familiar. How dogs help veterans cope with PTSD ' Struggling with PTSD, veteran David Sharpe found a dog at a shelter that saved his life.
