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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 Veterans Village of San Diego is applying the Stand Down idea to homeless men and women who face the daily battle of life on the streets. -
Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan is continuing to use open-air burn pits to dispose of waste, which is a violation of Department of Defense policy and may put troops' health at risk, according to an alert letter made public by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. -
The Navy made history Wednesday with the first-ever arrested landing of a drone on an aircraft carrier. -
The California National Guard has announced it will send recruiters to the San Diego LGBT Pride Festival and Parade this weekend. In addition, the Navy has granted permission to its Sailors to wear their uniforms at the festival, and the Marine I Expeditionary Force has given the OK as well. -
Prosecutors have asked the military court that threw out the murder conviction of Camp Pendleton Marine Lawrence Hutchins III to reconsider reinstating it. -
Marine Corps veteran Billy Warneke was one of 19 firefighters who lost his life on June 30 while battling the Yarnell Hill fire. Warneke's aunt and uncle have started a fundraising campaign to help his widow, who is due to give birth to the couple's first child in December. -
An Afghan soldier killed a NATO International Security Assistance Force service member today at Kandahar Air Field in what's being called an insider attack. -
The Coast Guard was one of the first agencies to respond to the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 at San Francisco Airport on Saturday. -
KPBS Midday EditionSequestration begins to bite into the budgets civilian military contractors today. Federal furloughs may threaten emergency responses in California and force many San Diegans to rethink their lifestyles in response to the budget axe. -
The Navy has identified the Sailor who fell overboard Saturday from a pierside submarine at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. Divers recovered the body of Sonar Technician (Submarine) Seaman Rolando Acosta, 21, about two hours after his fall.
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