Support the Enlisted Project, or STEP, started helping local military families in 2012 and is now looking to expand nationally as need for services grows.
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Marine Staff Sgt. Ronnie Jimenez won the 10K hand-cycle race, earning him the first gold medal of the 2013 Warrior Games. Jimenez is part of a Wounded Warrior Regiment at Twentynine Palms in Southern California. -
It's been eight long months, but today the families of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit will get to see their loved ones again, as the Marines return home to Camp Pendleton. The 15th MEU has been deployed with the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group since September. -
Ever since canine post-traumatic stress disorder became an accepted diagnosis for military working dogs, veterinarians have been trying to figure out how to treat it. -
The 170 military mothers who were guests at the White House Mother's Day tea were treated to a surprise visitor - Prince Harry of Great Britain. -
A military working dog named Cpl. Tick was killed on May 14, 2012 in an improvised explosive device blast. Cpl Tick's handler, Lance Cpl. Bryan Utrilla, will honor her on the one-year anniversary of her death by placing her dog tags on the Camp Pendleton cross memorial. -
A Marine Corps investigation found Lance Cpl. John Cagle, 19, was killed in 2011 when the hydraulic seat in his Light Armored Vehicle malfunctioned and crushed his throat. The probe showed the malfunction of the LAV's seat was not an anomaly. -
U.S. Air Force Capt. Colin Merrin, a GPS satellite operations mission commander from Santee, is a step closer to fulfilling his dream of summiting Mount Everest. -
The California National Guard has played a key role in fighting the fires burning throughout the state. But Major General David Baldwin says the Guard's ability to fight future fires will be hampered by sequestration cuts. -
For the first time in the more than 600 days that Camp Pendleton Marine veteran Amir Hekmati has been held captive in Iran, he was able to send letters to his family in the United States. -
San Diego veterans who file disability claims receive responses from the Department of Veterans Affairs within an average of 283 days. That's a relatively shorter time period than the average for veterans across the nation.
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