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The San Diego County Grand Jury is applauding the methane-to-power conversion at the Miramar Landfill. The garbage dump has also helped create a unique partnership between city and government officials. -
Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Simpson, 30, died May 1 in Landstuhl, Germany of wounds he suffered in an April 27 improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan. -
Army Spc. Trinidad Santiago Jr., 25, of San Diego, was one of two soldiers killed May 2 in a vehicle accident at Camp Buehring in Kuwait. Santiago's wife is pregnant with their first child, a baby due in October. -
Air Force Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield were killed along with Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Colorado when their plane crashed in Kyrgyzstan on May 3. -
The USS Anchorage left its homeport of San Diego recently to head to its namesake city for commissioning. The Navy shot time lapse footage of the Anchorage's departure from San Diego, showing how much work goes into putting a ship to sea. -
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crashed Friday in northern Kyrgyzstan on its way to Afghanistan. The fate of the three crew members is still unknown at this time. -
Back when Vice Adm. David Buss started his military career in 1978, the idea of unmanned aircraft operating alongside conventional aircraft sounded like something out of a George Lucas film. -
The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy have called off their search for a missing British yachtsman who fell overboard - a search that involved the San Diego-based USS Peleliu. -
The Navy is charging two Naval diving unit senior leaders with involuntary manslaughter and dereliction of duty in connection with the drowning deaths of two Navy divers in February. -
The Navy's very first squadron of drones will be based at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado. The base is holding a ceremony Thursday to show off the new squad of manned and unmanned helicopters.
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