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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. -
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.
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