Veterans' group: CIA blocking lawsuit over MK-Ultra experiments on troops - The Vietnam Veterans of America filed a lawsuit on behalf of six Vietnam War veterans, claiming that the CIA had used an estimated 7,800 US service members as 'guinea pigs' in experiments involving as many as 400 chemical and biological agents. Christmas tree lighting ceremony slated for troops Sunday - Residents are asked to donate new, unwrapped toys to Laguna Niguel's two adopted troops ' the USS McClusky in San Diego and Camp Pendleton's 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment. Military honors 100 years of naval aviation - Capt. Rich Dann, a San Diego-based officer, is overseeing the Navy's commemoration of 100 years of aviation next year. USS Dubuque reaches halfway point - 1,200 fellow sailors and Marines assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque, homeported in San Diego, recently reached the midway point of their deployment. Marines most resistant to openly gay troops - Although most service members have no strong objections to repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," according to a Pentagon survey of 400,000 active duty and reservists released yesterday, the survey found resistance to repealing the ban strongest among the Marines.
