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Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is in San Diego this week where he says he wants to hear from local sailors and Marines
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The Marine Corps is a family that mourns when it loses any member and takes every precaution to eliminate death from preventable causes. Suicide is one of the most preventable causes of death in the Marine Corps, and statistics show the Corps' prevention efforts are paying off. -
Two Air National Guard F-16 jets collided in midair off the coast of Virginia Thursday night. The pilot of one of the jets ejected, and was later rescued by the Coast Guard. The pilot from the other jet involved in the collision was able to fly his aircraft back to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. -
Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson will present Sgt. Matthew T. Woodall the Silver Star Medal at Camp Pendleton on Friday for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. -
The flags over the state capitol have been lowered today to honor Army Spc. Nicholas B. Burley, 22, of Red Bluff, California. Burley died July 30, in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. -
President Barack Obama is slated to visit Camp Pendleton on August 7 to thank Marines and their families for their service to our country. -
The Army released this week suicide data for the month of June 2013. During June, among active-duty soldiers, there were 14 potential suicides: four have been confirmed as suicides and 10 remain under investigation. -
Army Sgt. Stephen M. New, 29, was killed July 28, in Bagram, Afghanistan. New died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by small arms fire. -
A military judge today ruled that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning was not guilty of the most serious of the 21 counts against him - that of aiding the enemy. -
Army Spc. Caryn E. Nouv, 29, the mother of two young children, was killed July 27 in Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked her vehicle with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. Also killed in the attack was Sgt. Eric T. Lawson, 30, according to the Department of Defense. -
With help from his wife, an amphibious assault vehicle crewman serving here with Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, helped to rescue a family of four after a car crash July 9.
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