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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus will be at Camp Pendleton Monday to present awards for valor to four members of the Pendleton-based 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion. The three Marines and one Sailor performed their heroic duties in Afghanistan in July of 2010. -
Marine Cpl. Christopher M. Monahan Jr., 25, died November 26 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense. Monahan leaves behind three young children. -
The military’s highest court Tuesday hammered attorneys on both sides of a controversial case involving vexing questions about whether commanders should have authority to court-martial troops who try to commit suicide. -
Imagine the hassle of having to carry around all of your possessions at all times because you're homeless. -
The USS Vandegrift is scheduled to return to its homeport of San Diego on November 28, after a six-month deployment. The deployment was notable because the Navy removed the ship's commanding officer from his post after a "rowdy, booze-fueled" port visit to Russia. -
The Marine Corps will soon require female Marines to perform pull-ups as part of the Corps' physical fitness requirements. The Marine Corps will implement the change in two phases, with the first phase beginning January 1, 2013. -
Navy third-string quarterback Ralph "Rafi" Montalvo is in a medically-induced coma today fighting for his life, after suffering a critical head injury in a car accident on Thanksgiving. The team is grappling with the tragedy as it prepares to play its rival Army on December 8. -
Australia's defense minister on Monday apologized to military personnel past and present who were sexually abused or otherwise mistreated during their service. He also started an inquiry into hundreds of allegations of abuse over six decades. -
Remember the Navy SEAL who attempted to break the Guinness World Record for most pull-ups in a 24-hour period on the Today Show last September? Well, Chula Vista native David Goggins was at it again this weekend, attempting to break the record while visiting his mother in Tennessee. -
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has yet to forward a recommendation to the White House on how many U.S. troops should remain in Afghanistan after 2014, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today.
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