Andrew Dyer
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KPBS
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is in San Diego this week where he says he wants to hear from local sailors and Marines
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Fleet Week consists of numerous military-themed activities that take place around San Diego — actually over the course of a few months in the late summer and fall. -
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has released a statement on the death of Robin Williams, thanking the actor and comedian for the time he devoted to entertaining the military. -
Actor Robin Williams, who died Monday at age 63 of an apparent suicide, had visited both Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010 as part of a USO tour to bring entertainment to the troops during the holidays. But it was his visit to Kuwait in 2007, and how his military audience reacted during the retreat ceremony, that may have been the most memorable. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego's Iraqi community asks for continued humanitarian aid for religious minorities. -
The San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson is slated for a 10-month deployment to the Persian Gulf at the end of August. But the Vinson is on standby to depart earlier, if the Navy needs the aircraft carrier for the military's Iraq air campaign. -
The family of Erin Corwin has had to endure more than six weeks of not knowing what happened to the missing pregnant Marine wife. Friends of Corwin, 20, held a fundraiser at a zoo near her Tennessee hometown to boost her family's spirits and help them raise money for a reward. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe U.S. is considering processing potential Central American refugees in their home countries. We look at what happened when we tried this in Haiti. -
Chinese navy vessels will arrive Sunday afternoon at Naval Base San Diego after making their debut at the Rim of the Pacific, the world's largest maritime military exercise. -
Young children from military families got to practice their pitching, fielding, and batting at Petco Park on Friday. -
Many of America's allies backed the U.S. intervention, pledging urgent steps to assist the legions of refugees and displaced people.
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