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A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm
Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community.
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Army Spc. Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria, California was killed August 23 in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan. Alvarez and Army Pvt. Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter, 20, of Missouri, were both killed when the enemy attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. -
President Barack Obama today will award Army Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor at a special White House ceremony. Home Post will live stream the event, which begins at 11:10 a.m. PDT. -
Ryan and Alana Matayka are just five-months-old, but they've already made history. The twins are the first children born via in vitro fertilization that was paid for by a new Tricare benefit. The benefit covers infertility treatment for severely injured service members. -
Marine Corps Lt. Col. Ned Biehl was dismissed as commanding officer of the Camp Pendleton-based Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 on March 12 - because he brought bottles of liquor onto the USS Peleliu after the ship's captain told him not to. -
The USS Boxer, USS New Orleans, and USS Harpers Ferry - all part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group - is slated to depart San Diego on Friday for deployment. The USS Boxer will become the first west coast ship to deploy with the MV-22 Osprey aircraft. -
Army Master Sgt. George A. Bannar Jr., 37, died August 20 when he was shot to death by enemy forces. The attack against his unit took place in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. -
As several wildfires burn across the state, the California Air and Army National Guard are teaming up with CAL FIRE and U.S. Forest Service firefighting crews to battle the blazes. -
Army 1st Lt. Timothy G. Santos Jr., 29, died August 18 in Fort Bliss, Texas from pancreatic cancer. Santos was diagnosed with Stage III pancreatic cancer on March 24, after suffering severe back and abdominal pain while deployed in Kuwait. -
The NCAA has cleared MCAS Miramar Marine veteran Steven Rhodes to play football for his college team. The decision reverses an earlier ruling that banned him from playing ball because of a handful of loosely organized games he took part in while stationed in San Diego. -
A boat house explosion at Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey seriously injured one Sailor and left seven others with minor injuries. The blast happened this morning during routine maintenance on a utility boat.
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