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AfghanEvac called President Donald Trump's offer to help Afghan detained in the United Arab Emirates on Truth Social, a "welcome surprise."
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The dietary supplement OxyELITE has been banned from being sold at all Camp Pendleton base exchanges. The ban was triggered by a warning from the Centers for Disease Control that OxyELITE could cause acute hepatitis and liver failure. -
U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego came to the rescue of an injured sailor aboard a Navy submarine on Friday night. The Coast Guard's helicopter crew medically evacuated the 22-year-old man via MH-60 Jayhawk from the sub to dry land, where he was then taken a San Diego-area hospital. -
Green on blue violence has taken the life of another American service member. A man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire Sunday on a group of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, killing at least one. -
Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens responded to a distress call and rescued two injured civilian mariners off the southwest coast of the Republic of Korea on October 8. -
The Navy has fired Vice Adm. Tim Giardina, the second most powerful man in charge of all U.S. nuclear war-fighting forces, for allegedly using counterfeit chips at an Iowa casino. -
Army Spc. Angel L. Lopez, 27, was killed October 5 in Zabul province, Afghanistan. His family says he was scheduled to return home within the month. -
Gov. Jerry Brown was in San Diego Thursday, signing legislation that would help provide housing for the state's more than 19,000 homeless veterans. -
Secretary Hagel said, "In the last 24 hours, however, the Department of Defense was approached by the Fisher House Foundation, which had generously offered to make payments to these families from its own funds." -
The nonprofit military group called Fisher House Foundation has offered to pay death benefits to the family members of service members who die during the government shutdown. The Department of Defense is unable to pay the so-called "death gratuity" until the government is back up and running again. -
California Governor Jerry Brown ordered flags lowered Tuesday in honor of Army 1st Lt. Jennifer M. Moreno, 25, of San Diego. Moreno and three other soldiers were killed October 6 in an improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan.
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