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The Marine Corps tuition assistance program, which has twice been suspended this year due to sequestration cuts and the government shutdown, is facing additional restrictions. A recent service-wide announcement made clear fewer Marines will be eligible for TA.
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For the first time in West Point's history, two men on Saturday married in the military academy's Cadet Chapel. Larry Choate III and Daniel Lennox are both graduates of West Point.
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The Army released suicide data Thursday for the month of September 2013. During September, among active-duty soldiers, there were nine potential suicides: One has been confirmed as a suicide and eight remain under investigation.
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The Navy will decommission the USS Thach at Naval Base San Diego on Friday. Home Post will live stream the decommissioning ceremony.
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Gale Mohlenbrink, a survivor of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, joined his shipmates this week when his family scattered his ashes near the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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The U.S. military dedicated this week the first-ever national monument that honors the contributions of military working dogs and their handlers.
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An Air Force investigation into the F-16 crash that killed California native Maj. Lucas "Gaza" Gruenther found the pilot's spatial disorientation caused him to eject in unsafe conditions, leading to his death.
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The USS Princeton arrived home to San Diego on Tuesday after an extended seven-month deployment. The guided-missile cruiser departed San Diego on April 3, and had its return date postponed by tensions in Syria.
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First impressions are often the ones that last. Stephanie Milroy, a family readiness program volunteer with Marine Light Attack Training Squadron 303 Atlas, makes sure that initial contact with the unit is a happy and positive experience.
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Investigators have taken custody of the suspicious envelope that prompted an evacuation Tuesday morning at the Navy mail facility near Naval Base San Diego. The area has now been cleared, according to the base's Facebook page.
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