A group of 30 Marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 countries took the oath of citizenship Thursday during a ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum.
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Green Beret and Army Sgt. Daniel T. Lee, 28, died Wednesday in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, when he was shot to death by enemy forces. -
The Department of Defense has obtained a "proof of life" video of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban as a prisoner of war since 2009. -
Two fallen Camp Pendleton Marines, Staff Sgt. Sky Mote and Capt. Matthew Manoukian, will each be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross at a base ceremony on Saturday. -
There's a game of musical chairs (or aircraft carriers) going on as part of the Navy's plan to strengthen its presence in the Pacific. The USS Ronald Reagan will leave San Diego for its new homeport of Yokosuka, Japan. The USS Theodore Roosevelt will then make San Diego its new home, leaving Norfolk, Va. -
The Navy announced Tuesday night that divers recovered the body of Lt. Sean Snyder from the wreckage of a MH-53E "Sea Dragon" helicopter that crashed off the coast of Virginia last week. Snyder, 39, is originally from Santee in eastern San Diego County. -
Stateside TRICARE military health plan service centers will close their doors on April 1, requiring beneficiaries to do administrative tasks either online or by phone. -
One of the three Americans killed when their MC-12 reconnaissance aircraft crashed in Afghanistan on Jan. 10 has been identified as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew McAdams, 27, of the Wyoming Army National Guard. -
The Navy has expanded search and recovery efforts at the crash site of the MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter that went down Jan. 8 off the coast of Virginia. Still missing is Navy Lt. Sean Snyder, 39, of Santee. -
The San Diego-based Navy frigate USS Rentz intercepted roughly 313 kilograms (690 pounds) of cocaine in the month of December, while taking part in counter drug trafficking operations in the coastal waters off Central America. The street value of all that cocaine? About $10.4 million. -
Hundreds of Marines from Camp Pendleton are deploying to Afghanistan to close out the final chapter of America’s longest war.
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