Mike Damron
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The expensive mechanisms used to raise and lower the flags are failing.
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Fighter jets from NORAD - the same group that helps track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve - are training this week in the skies above MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2. -
Marine Corps Reservist Lt. Col. Rollin Jackson must repay the Corps almost $100,000 in housing allowances from when he served in San Diego. Corps officials told Jackson because of an error on their end, he'd been overpaid, and the Corps wanted the money back ASAP. Unfortunately, Jackson's case is not unique. -
Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III will face another trial for the 2006 death of an unarmed civilian in Hamdania, Iraq. Last year the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces overturned Hutchins' murder conviction. -
About 1,300 volunteers got up very early Friday morning to help out with San Diego County's annual homeless count. -
In the early hours of Friday morning, about 1,300 volunteers will spread out across San Diego County for the annual homeless count. -
The U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program is sending five of its soldiers to go for the gold in the men's bobsled competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. -
The Defense Department today released a new instruction that details its updated policy on making religious accommodations requested by service members, Pentagon spokesman Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nathan J. Christensen said today. -
Army Chief Warrant Officer Edward Balli, 42, died Jan. 20 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, when his base was attacked by Taliban insurgents. -
Soldiers with "The Old Guard" are standing tall in the face Winter Storm Janus at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. -
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SW/AW) Monica M. Reeves is the 2013 Navy Medicine Sailor of the Year. Reeves works at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
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