A group of 30 Marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 countries took the oath of citizenship Thursday during a ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum.
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Marines at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Camp Pendleton participated in one of the largest cyber exercises in the history of the Marine Corps, which is trying to pivot from fighting counter insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan to looking at new threats. -
About 30 percent of homeless individuals housed in North County’s winter shelter network last year were women, and almost half of them were victims of domestic violence. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe city of San Diego aims to house 1,000 homeless veterans by March 2017, while the county is working to house 1,250 homeless individuals with severe mental illness in the next three years. -
KPBS Midday EditionIn the last decade, Utah has reduced its population of chronically homeless individuals by more than 90 percent. How did the state do it? -
KPBS Midday EditionWhile one emergency shelter for families opens in Vista, another one is closing. That's because of the Housing First policy, which requires providers to offer shelter immediately, without setting conditions. -
Three San Diego-based warships that accompanied the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis on a seven-month deployment returned home Thursday. -
The state reached a $252,000 settlement with two contractors over the companies' unlawful evictions of 18 military service members and their families from private military housing in San Diego and Orange counties. -
The community college offers a high-threat security training course that’s popular with veterans and others looking for a high-adrenaline career. -
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Hershel "Woody" Williams is the last survivor of 27 Medal of Honor recipients from the battle, in which 6,800 Americans and roughly 18,000 Japanese defenders died.
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