A group of 30 marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 different countries took the oath of citizenship in a ceremony on board the USS Midway Museum on Thursday.
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County health officials said San Diego's flu season is lasting longer than usual this year, and despite the hepatitis A public health emergency declared over, the outbreak is continuing. -
Some veterans groups say they are uncertain about the future of care at the Department of Veterans Affairs after President Trump ousted Secretary David Shulkin and nominated White House physician Ronny Jackson to head the agency. -
Four Marines killed when their helicopter crashed on a training mission in the Southern California desert were identified Thursday as men in their 20s and 30s from the South and Midwest, including one who served in Iraq and another who recently became a father. -
The app uses music and audio to help amputees lessen the pain and discomfort of walking with a prosthetic leg. -
Military helicopter crash kills four marines in Imperial County. -
Four U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar were killed in a helicopter crash during a training mission Tuesday afternoon in the El Centro area in Imperial County.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Navy is canceling retirement incentives, replacing those programs with new programs to retain sailors and officers ahead of an expansion in the number of ships. -
The program is part of a Navy effort to more closely track traumatic brain injuries among special operators and other sailors. -
Some veterans say they contracted hepatitis from the "jet gun" that was used to immunize them in the Vietnam era, but researchers haven't proven that link. -
The Navy won't allow the military's first secular humanist chaplain to serve after members of Congress protest the move.
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