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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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Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced this week he would back keeping anywhere from 8,000 to 12,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan as a stabilizing force after the 2014 deadline to leave the country. -
Early results in a report on the first two years of the San Diego Veterans Treatment Review Calendar — better known as the Veterans Court — are encouraging. -
The U.S. Air Force has restored its Tuition Assistance program, just a few hours after the Army restored enrollment in its program. The Marine Corps is the only branch of the service still suspending enrollment in Tuition Assistance for its members. -
The father of a Camp Pendleton Marine whose road rage was caught on video has talked to television program "Inside Edition." Dr. Peter Brightman says the incident has prompted his son to seek counseling for post-traumatic stress. -
President Barack Obama today will posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil J. Kapaun, a Catholic priest, who died as a prisoner of war in what is now North Korea. Home Post will air the live stream of the ceremony. -
President Barack Obama’s 2014 blueprint assumes that Washington reverses the automatic budget cuts that have become a daily reality for the military. It also counts on Congress embracing the domestic base closings, increased health care fees and weapons terminations that lawmakers resoundingly rejected in recent years. -
It was on April 10, 2012 that Army Sgt. Travis Mills stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan and lost all four limbs. Today Mills and his family are celebrating his "Alive Day" - along with the release of the trailer for a documentary about his life. -
The Department of Defense today identified four major units to deploy as part of the upcoming rotation of forces operating in Afghanistan. -
The U.S. Army restored its Tuition Assistance program today, after suspending new enrollment in the program last month due to sequestration cuts. -
Army Spc. Delfin M. Santos Jr., 24, of San Jose, California was among three soldiers killed April 6 in an explosion while escorting U.S. diplomat Anne Smedinghoff to deliver school books in Afghanistan. Smedinghoff and a Defense Department employee also died in the blast.
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