The aircraft carrier has spent much of the last two years at sea.
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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." -
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. -
KPBS Midday EditionCamp Pendleton hosted a reunion over the weekend for the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, which suffered more casualties during the war in Afghanistan than any other Marine unit. -
A U.S. Navy commander who supplied classified ship schedules and information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for gifts was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison. -
More than three dozen San Diego military veterans graduated Friday from Workshops for Warriors, a nonprofit that for free trains and certifies veterans in jobs such as welding, machining and fabrication. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Pentagon decided in December to admit women for the first time to front-line ground combat roles. Two women stationed at Camp Pendleton shared with KPBS why they signed up for war zone jobs.
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