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Around a dozen local veterans showed up to San Diego federal immigration court Wednesday to support a former Afghan journalist at his hearing.
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After being embarrassed by an outbreak on the USS Roosevelt, the Navy is relying on vaccines and new guidance to keep crews at sea. -
The Pentagon says that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has put about 8,500 troops on heightened alert, so they will be prepared to deploy if needed to reassure NATO allies in the face of ongoing Russian aggression on the border of Ukraine. -
More Vietnam vets now qualify for disability benefits, but it may be years before they see the moneyVeterans suffering from certain medical conditions became eligible for "presumptive" VA disability benefits last year. But the claims they're filing have added to the agency's huge backlog. -
The documentary series is a departure from the often profane comedies of San Diego-based Vet-TV. -
U.S. Rep. Mike Levin, D-Oceanside, sponsored a bill to allow education benefits at the same rate at active duty troops. -
The U.S. Army, for the first time, is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly skilled recruits who sign up for six years.
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Military medical teams have been dispatched to hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19. Two of those teams are from San Diego. -
Despite a defeat in Congress, advocates say they'll keep pushing for women to register for the draftCongress dropped a controversial measure that would require women to register for the Selective Service. Men are required to register once they turn 18. -
The USS Abraham Lincoln deployed this week from San Diego under the command of Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, the first woman to lead a nuclear carrier in U.S. Navy history. -
California incarcerates nearly 7,000 military veterans scattered throughout 34 different prisons. Now, the state is planning to house them together on what would be the nation's largest veterans prison yard.
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