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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A close friend of fallen Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Jared Verbeek decided to honor his former Marine Corps comrade by re-enlisting at his grave. -
In a letter sent to California Senator Barbara Boxer, Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel promised to extend military benefits to gay and lesbian military families. -
The U.S. is already providing intelligence-gathering assistance to the French in their assault on Islamist extremists in Mali, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, and officials would not rule out having American aircraft land in the West African nation as part of future efforts to lend airlift and logistical support. -
A program called "Welcome Home" is helping the VA do more than place a roof over someone's head. -
Camp Pendleton officials have rejected a request by Rock Beyond Belief to hold a music festival celebrating atheism on the military base. -
A transgender woman named Elizabeth Tremblay, who deserted the Marines 31 years ago when she was Pvt. Donald Tremblay, learned today she will get an honorable discharge instead of jail time. Tremblay attended boot camp at MCRD San Diego and was based at Twentynine Palms in the early 1980s. -
KPBS Midday EditionA cold snap takes a toll on the homeless in San Diego County over the weekend. So why are two long-awaited shelters still sitting empty? -
More active-duty U.S. service members died from suicide than combat in 2012, according to statistics compiled by the Associated Press. -
With the 57th presidential inauguration a week away, four service members acted as stand-ins for President Obama, Vice President Biden, and their wives during Sunday’s large-scale dress rehearsal in the nation’s capital. -
Three U.S. Navy destroyers - USS Stockdale, USS Higgins, and USS William P. Lawrence - are scheduled to leave San Diego this morning for a deployment to the Persian Gulf.
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