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Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew T. Weathers, 30, died Sept. 30 at a U.S. military hospital in Germany from a gunshot wound suffered during combat in Afghanistan on Sept. 28. Weathers was a Green Beret and Special Forces medical sergeant. -
The Navy has called off its search for a U.S. Marine Corps aircrew member who went missing in the North Arabian Gulf after he bailed out of a MV-22 Osprey that lost power after taking off from the USS Makin Island. -
The Marine veteran who saved a woman's life after she jumped from the upper deck of the Oakland Coliseum last November has just been named a Carnegie Hero. Donnie Navidad, 61, of Stockton is one of 21 men and women this year to receive the Carnegie Medal. -
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gives military medical officials 45 days to show how they will improve care, patient safety and access to treatment at underachieving military health care facilities. -
The San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson will soon arrive in the Persian Gulf to relieve the USS George H.W. Bush, and begin airstrikes against the Islamic State - also known as ISIL. -
The search is on in the North Arabian Gulf for a missing aircrew member assigned to the San Diego-based USS Makin Island. According to the Navy, the missing crew member was one of two who bailed out of a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey that lost power after taking off from the Makin Island. -
Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi was arrested six months ago at a San Diego-Tijuana checkpoint after Mexican officials say they found three guns in his pickup truck. He said he mistakenly wound up at the border crossing when headed to dinner in San Ysidro. -
Marines from Camp Pendleton's 5th Marine Regiment will head up the Marine Corps' newest Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command in the Middle East. -
About 17 percent of San Diego's estimated 8,500 homeless people in January were veterans — 2 percent higher than the same time last year. -
The Navy relieved Capt. Wayne R. Brown of his duties as commanding officer of the USS Boxer on Sept. 29. According to a Navy news release, Brown's firing resulted from "a command investigation into Equal Opportunity concerns, and is not tied to a specific event."
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