Cmdr. Janelle Marra, a 21-year Navy physician, was the commander of Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Bravo.
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The judges from the TV talent competition "America's Got Talent" voted unanimously on Wednesday night to send 21-year-old Army Pfc. Paul Ieti to Radio City Music Hall for the show's finals. Ieti, an active-duty soldier, recently returned from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. -
Nurses at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in La Jolla are recommending changes to improve patient care. -
Texas Gov. Rick Perry may be making headlines for deploying National Guard troops to that state's border with Mexico, but California won't be following suit. -
Detectives are "looking for a crime scene" in connection with the disappearance of pregnant Marine wife Erin Corwin. Court documents show Erin's friends believed she was romantically involved with Marine veteran Christopher Lee, and may have been carrying his child. -
Congress has voted to restore $200 million in cuts to the taxpayer subsidies that help fund military commissaries. -
Marine veteran Angela Madsen, 54, became the first paraplegic to successfully row the epic 2,500 mile journey from California to Hawaii. Madsen and her rowing partner departed Long Beach on May 20 and arrived in Honolulu on July 19. -
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has confirmed its investigators are involved in the search for Erin Corwin. The pregnant 20-year-old was last seen three weeks ago at her home on the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base. -
Volunteers at the annual Stand Down event expect to serve 1,000 homeless veterans over the weekend. This year, there's more funding to go around for those applying for rental assistance there. -
Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, will begin treatment for gender identity disorder while in military custody at Fort Leavenworth's prison. The Army had requested Manning be sent to a civilian prison for more sophisticated treatment, but the Bureau of Prisons denied that request. -
The military will hold an Article 32 hearing Friday to determine if there is enough evidence to bring Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Oliver to trial in the strangulation killing of Navy Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Dmitry Chepusov.
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