President Donald Trump said late last month that the U.S. would honor its commitments to Afghans who worked with occupation forces during the 20-year war.
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KPBS Midday EditionVeterans now make up less than 20 percent of Congress, compared with about 75 percent in the 1960s. Some high-profile candidates are trying to reverse that trend. -
A new Google search tool will allow service members transitioning to civilian life to include their military occupational specialty code to find jobs that match their skills. -
One San Diego resident has a personal connection to the late Sen. John McCain. Jim Bedinger said McCain's brash humor and fighting spirit were on display during their time at a North Vietnam prison camp. -
KPBS Midday EditionFacing a shortage of pilots, the Air Force is experimenting with ways to make training programs faster and less expensive. -
Raised in President Trump's San Diego speech before the Marines, Space Force has become presidential policy though a San Diego policy expert questions whether it is the right solution. -
The search and rescue mission for a sailor assigned to the USS Lake Erie who failed to report for morning duty has concluded after four days, the Navy announced Thursday. -
The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years. -
At least three dozen immigrant recruits who were booted from the U.S. Army after enlisting with a promised pathway to citizenship are being brought back to serve, according to court records filed Monday. -
A search and rescue mission was launched Monday when a sailor assigned to the USS Lake Erie failed to report for morning duty, the Navy announced.
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A former U.S. Navy captain and two chief petty officers were indicted in San Diego Friday on charges they allegedly received cash bribes, lavish hotel suites and the services of prostitutes from a foreign defense contractor and allegedly reciprocated by using their influence within the Navy's Seventh Fleet to approve inflated invoices from the contractor.
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