Cmdr. Janelle Marra, a 21-year Navy physician, was the commander of Expeditionary Medical Facility 150 Bravo.
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In announcing the completion of the evacuation and war effort. Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, said the last planes took off from Kabul airport at 3:29 p.m. Washington time, or one minute before midnight in Kabul. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe 10 U.S. service members based in Camp Pendleton were among the 13 killed in a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. -
The United States military struck back at the Islamic State in Afghanistan on Saturday, acting on President Joe Biden's vow to hit the extremists in retaliation for a suicide bombing claimed by IS that killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at Kabul airport Thursday. -
KPBS Midday EditionHumanitarian groups in San Diego are preparing resettlement efforts as refugees continue to pour out of war-torn Afghanistan. -
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, Friday announced two additional San Diego-area families that were trapped in the Kabul region of Afghanistan have successfully been evacuated from that country. -
KPBS Midday EditionSupporters call it a Digital Dunkirk, as they try to raise money and provide connections to get former translators out of Kabul ahead of the American departure. -
Local Navy officials estimate they can deliver up to 7,000 daily vaccinations to service members in San Diego who have not yet gotten their shots. -
Kabul Small Animal Rescue's American director is raising money to airlift more than 200 dogs and cats, the group's staff and their families before foreign troops leave at the end of the month. -
The two congressmen, a Republican and a Democrat, are now casting doubt on an Aug. 31 withdrawal timeline. -
Twenty-three of their students are stranded in Afghanistan and haven't been able to make it back to school.
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