The aircraft carrier has spent much of the last two years at sea.
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A UC San Diego graduate student in archeology is building a virtual museum of Iraqi artifacts that were recently destroyed by terrorists. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs analyzed a decade of suicide data and found female veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women. -
The yearlong experiment to determine whether women can serve in ground combat is wrapping up. "I think for the males they kind of expected us to be ... the moms, the sisters — kind of take care of us. But now they’re like, ‘OK, we’re a Marine, you’re a Marine. Let’s just get the job done,’" said Marine Sgt. Zarina Flemming. -
The families of five Nepalese civilians killed in the crash of a Camp Pendleton-based helicopter on an earthquake relief mission last month demanded compensation Monday, saying it took weeks to get confirmation of their relatives' deaths. -
Authorities said Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III took part in a plan to kidnap and kill suspected insurgent Saleh Gowad near Hamdania but grabbed disabled 52-year-old war veteran Hashim Awad instead when Gowad's family foiled the plan. -
The family of Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta accepted their late son's Navy Cross Monday, even though they would have preferred the Medal of Honor. -
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill and guided-missile destroyers Dewey, Gridley and Sterett left San Diego in August to support strikes on Islamic State targets in the Middle East. -
Tommy Faccio was one of 36 homeless people selected to be a part of Project 25, a United Way homeless initiative to find permanent housing for the chronically homeless. -
The San Diego-based guided-missile destroyer took part in the search for a crashed airliner off Indonesia. -
The Marines are conducting a yearlong experiment aimed at settling whether women can handle the punishing world of ground combat. The goal is to create gender-neutral physical standards.
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