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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. -
San Diego County prosecutors say Jason Matthew Mullaney used his influence as a ex-Navy SEAL to convince his former military brothers to invest in his money-lending business. Mullaney is set to appear in court today for a preliminary hearing today to see if there is enough evidence for a trial. -
The hardest thing Staff Sgt. Monica Paz ever had to do as a Marine was serve as drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. So when she found out she had a spinal cord injury, Paz believed she was ready for the challenge. -
Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin R. Ebbert was killed in Afghanistan on November 24, according to the Department of Defense. The 32-year-old Navy SEAL was originally from Arcata, California. -
An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history is trying to avoid trial by claiming he’s already been punished by confinement conditions that a United Nations torture investigator called cruel, inhuman and degrading. -
Do you have a loved one who's a member of the USS Carl Vinson crew? See if you can spot him or her in this video made by the Vinson's communications team, featuring 100 different crew members. -
The U.S. Navy put together this video as a way of saying "Happy Thanksgiving" to all Americans. -
Just Call Us Volunteers have been preparing and serving meals for San Diego's downtown homeless since 2005. -
Internal emails among senior U.S. military officers indicate that no sailors watched Osama bin Laden's burial at sea from the USS Carl Vinson and traditional Islamic procedures were followed during the ceremony.
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