Gregory Bull
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California has the most service members of any state, with about 213,000 active duty military and reserve, according to federal data. More than half of those – 117,000 service members – are based in San Diego County, along with 34,000 civilian military employees, who “would be forced to work without pay during a shutdown,” three local Congress members stated.
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Today marks the ten year anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy. On February 1, 2003, the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry, killing all seven crew members on board. -
The arm of the Defense Department responsible for feeding the troops has sent roughly 49,000 pounds of chicken wings, 46,000 pounds of frozen pizza, 11,000 pounds of mozzarella sticks, and 2,200 gallons of chili to Afghanistan for the U.S. military to munch on while they watch the Super Bowl. -
Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Darren Evans has pleaded guilty in the 2011 beating death of his roommate, Lance Cpl. Mario Arias. -
The failure of a Coast Guard boat operator to drive his craft safely led to a 2009 collision with a pleasure boat that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured 10 people in San Diego Harbor, according to a final Coast Guard report released Thursday night. -
Quadruple amputee and double arm transplant recipient Brendan Marrocco recently told reporters he wanted country music star Blake Shelton to be his first post-transplant handshake. And Shelton has reached out through Twitter to assure Marrocco he'll make that wish come true. -
The crew of the San Diego-based USS Peleliu, which is currently deployed at sea, is planning a special memorial to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Sailors and Marines will take part in a "field day" on February 16 as a way to show support for the families of those killed. -
The family of Capt. Lucas Gruenther has announced his body was recovered from the Adriatic Sea on Thursday. Gruenther, an F-16 pilot, went missing during a training mission Monday night off the coast of Italy. -
The San Diego Housing Commission links resources with people in need. Today, they put on their seventh annual Project Homeless Connect. -
The Department of Defense's research arm has proposed a new way to recruit military working dogs - by scanning the pups' brains. -
Navy officials say the USS Guardian must be cut into pieces in order for it to be removed from the coral reef where it ran aground January 17.
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