The aircraft carrier has spent much of the last two years at sea.
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The Navy is investigating why one of its helicopters crashed in Japan on Monday. Two of the four crew members inside the MH-60S Knighthawk were injured when the helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing 10 miles southwest of Yokosuka Naval Base. -
Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered flags above the state Capitol lowered to half-staff in honor of Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Rodriguez. -
A new reports says the U.S. military paid a contractor more than $5 million for unusable incinerators in Afghanistan. -
U.S. Navy officials say a Chinese warship almost collided with the San Diego-based USS Cowpens in the South China Sea on Dec. 5. However, China has a different story, with a state-run newspaper claiming the Cowpens was tailing and harassing the Chinese ship. -
The same-sex spouses of U.S. service members are now eligible in every state to obtain their Department of Defense identification cards, according to an announcement made today by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. -
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered all flags flying above state buildings to be flown at half-staff on Saturday, Dec. 14 to honor a Marine killed in a base accident at Camp Pendleton. -
Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Rodriguez, 19, was killed Dec. 11 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, during combat operations.
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Marine Corps veteran and passionate angler Jeff Fangman is making headlines across the country this week for catching a great white shark off the coast of Camp Pendleton in October. -
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 75 are slated to return home to Naval Air Station North Island on Dec. 11 after an extended deployment. Tragically, two members of HSC-6 were killed in September when their MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter crashed in the Red Sea. -
Merrill Newman, the 85-year-old Korean War veteran detained in North Korea for six weeks, returned home to his grateful family in California on Monday. Newman has now released a two-page statement detailing his captivity.
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