The aircraft carrier has spent much of the last two years at sea.
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The military is investigating the "non-combat related" death of Army Sgt. William D. Brown III, 44, in Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Brown passed away on September 19. -
Three crew members are "accounted for and stable" after their U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter crashed into the Red Sea today. Search efforts continue for the two remaining crew members. The aircraft is assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, based at Naval Air Station North Island. -
Congress has mandated additional security guards to serve at U.S. embassies, and roughly 100 Camp Pendleton Marines and Sailors have deployed in recent days to serve in that capacity. -
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Air Force pilot Maj. James E. Sizemore of San Diego was killed when his aircraft crashed in Laos in 1969. His remains were not identified until last April, and he will be buried with full military honors on September 23 at Arlington National Cemetery. -
Navy Personnel Command's (NPC) fleet engagement team is scheduled to visit San Diego Sept. 24-26 to meet with Sailors and discuss the latest personnel policies and initiatives impacting the fleet. -
On Friday, two Vietnam War-era Marine Corps veterans will be awarded a Silver Star and a Bronze Star during a ceremony at MCRD San Diego. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus was scheduled to attend the ceremony, but cancelled due to the tragedy at the Washington Navy Yard. -
Indiana Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Randall R. Lane, 43, died September 13 in Kabul, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related illness. -
President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor on October 15 to retired Army Capt. William Swenson. The Army veteran will be the sixth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. -
Army Staff Sgt. Robert E. Thomas Jr. of Fontana, California, died September 13 at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas. The 24-year-old Thomas suffered the injuries that ultimately caused his death during a "non-combat related incident" on April 21, 2013, in Maiwand, Afghanistan.
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