Support the Enlisted Project, or STEP, started helping local military families in 2012 and is now looking to expand nationally as need for services grows.
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Homeless veterans at the 28th Stand Down will receive food, clothing, showers, medical and dental care over the next three days on the upper athletic fields at San Diego High School. -
A gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire at two military facilities Thursday in Tennessee, killing at least four Marines, officials said. The suspect also was killed. -
Veterans Village of San Diego is hosting Stand Down for the 28th year beginning on Friday at the San Diego High School campus. -
San Diego VA healthcare officials are trying to entice more women to take advantage of their veterans benefits. -
Hundreds of military and community members paid tribute Thursday at Miramar National Cemetery to the Civil War-era veteran. For decades, the Medal of Honor recipient's cremated remains were forgotten. -
Sgt. Charles Schroeter will become the first person with the military's highest award to be laid to rest at the newer of San Diego's military cemeteries. -
KPBS Midday EditionRetired Army Col. Sheri Swokowski has been working to change a military ban that stops openly transgender individuals from serving in the armed forces. -
A jury of six Marines decided Lawrence Hutchins III, 31, should get no additional prison time beyond the roughly seven years and two months he already served for murdering an Iraqi civilian. -
A jury of three enlisted men and three officers returned a guilty verdict Wednesday against Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III for a second time for the killing of the 52-year-old Iraqi policeman in the village of Hamdania.
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KPBS Midday EditionCoronado residents Howard and Jean Somers lost their veteran son to suicide. They've since started an organization to help veterans with PTSD.
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