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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Officials said Cmdr. Eric Rasch failed to provide effective leadership, leading to a lack of oversight, complacency and failure to maintain standards in the squadron that included the sailors at the time of the January incident. -
Petty Officer First Class Charles H. Keating IV, 31, was fatally shot in a May 3 battle with Islamic State forces in Tall Usquf, Iraq. -
The hospital ship USNS Mercy is scheduled to leave San Diego on Wednesday for the 11th annual Pacific Partnership humanitarian voyage. -
The body of Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Keating IV will be laid to rest Friday after a private funeral in Coronado with his family. -
A 21-year-old Navy SEAL trainee died Friday during a basic training exercise at Naval Base Coronado. -
A New Mexico air force base has been home to Germany's largest foreign military installation for the past 20 years. But the Germans are preparing to leave, worrying the neighboring city of Alamogordo about the departure's economic impact. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe book "Freedom Flight: A True Account of the Cold War's Greatest Escape" describes how San Diego author Frank Iszak escaped from the Iron Curtain with his wife and five co-conspirators by completing the first documented commercial airplane hijacking in 1956. -
Military and civilian firefighters, sheriff's deputies and helicopter crews will practice responding to wildfires Thursday at Camp Pendleton. -
KPBS Midday EditionNavy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Keating was killed Tuesday in an Islamic State group attack near the city of Irbil. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that as the war intensifies, "these risks will continue."
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Military officials showed off the ship Monday in San Diego before it was put in the water. They say it marks the first step toward sending unmanned cargo vessels between countries.
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