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The expensive mechanisms used to raise and lower the flags are failing.
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The ACLU has begun a national campaign to look at cases where honorably discharged veterans faced deportation because they did not complete the U.S. citizenship process. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe five short videos in the series use comedy to tackle topics such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, women in the military and why people join the military. It's called, "Permission to Speak Freely." -
KPBS Midday EditionA film screening at San Diego's GI Film Festival documents the tragic sinking of the USS Indianapolis weeks before the end of World War II. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe film is based on a book by former San Diego State University history professor Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman, who argued the U.S. must share the burden of protecting our allies more evenly in order to return to "global normalcy." -
The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, which consists of three U.S. Navy warships and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is coming home to Naval Base San Diego Monday after a seven-month deployment that spanned more than 120,000 miles and 13 ports of call. -
KPBS Midday EditionAfter more than 25 years of legal battles over the cross on top of Mt. Soledad, the dispute has quietly ended in a settlement. -
While a naval officer sang the first notes of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and dozens of military members unfurled an oversized flag on the football field, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid dropped to one knee on the San Francisco 49ers' sideline. -
San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick sparked controversy with what he explained as a statement against racial oppression. The 49ers will take on the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium Thursday, when the San Diego team will conduct its annual military salute. -
The SEALS are running out of space on Coronado. This week, the Navy began a new phase of work on an expansion along the Strand near Imperial Beach. A group of Native Americans is protesting the impact on an ancient burial site. -
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's protest of the national anthem is apparently winning support from some military veterans on Twitter. The player said he will continue his protest ahead of Thursday's preseason game in San Diego.
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