Cmdr. Janelle Marra, a 21-year Navy physician, was the commander of Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Bravo.
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Retired Marine Corps Col. Nick Marano has made a unique transition from the military to the civilian world. The former commanding officer of Camp Pendleton will soon become the city manager of Carson City - Nevada's state capital. -
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Two U.S. Navy pilots flying a T-34C Turbo Mentor were able to safely bail out of the plane before it crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi, Texas on Thursday morning. -
Reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military spiked 50 percent, according to a Pentagon survey released Thursday. -
The U.S. Navy has decided to pull the USNS Cesar Chavez (built in San Diego) and two P-8 Poseidon aircraft from the hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, virtually ending the Navy's air search for the missing plane. -
Two U.S. soldiers were killed Monday in two separate attacks in Afghanistan. Both Sgt. Shawn M. Farrell II, 24, and Pfc. Christian J. Chandler, 20, were assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light) of Fort Drum in New York state. -
Two former Navy SEALs who were found dead on the Maersk Alabama container ship in February died from a toxic mixture of heroin and alcohol, according to autopsies conducted by Seychelles authorities. One of the men, 44-year-old Jeffrey Reynolds, was from Fallbrook. -
The trial of Camp Pendleton Marine Cpl. Kevin Coset, charged with killing 24-year-old Navy veteran Alvin Bulaoro, will begin Sep. 10. -
The Sunday morning news shows were filled with pundits calling for U.S. military intervention in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. In response, President Obama said Monday that there will be no boots on the ground in Ukraine.
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