A San Diego man pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to twice landing a small airplane without permission on a Navy airstrip on San Clemente Island, then stealing a Navy truck and using it to damage gates on the island, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
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U.S. Marine Corps installations at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Air Station Miramar in San Diego and the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (Arizona) will require face masks to be worn indoors, regardless of vaccine status.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Dark Horse Battalion, based at Camp Pendleton, had the highest percentage of casualties of any unit in the war.
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The U.S. Navy said Thursday that charges have been filed against a sailor who is accused of starting a fire last year that destroyed a warship docked off San Diego.
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Attorneys representing the families of nine service members killed in an ocean-training accident near San Clemente Island last summer announced a lawsuit Thursday against the manufacturer of the amphibious-assault vehicle that sank with the men inside.
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KPBS Midday EditionAmid debate over President Biden's decision to withdraw American forces, veterans who served in Afghanistan say the situation is hard to understand if you haven’t been there.
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It's unclear whether that means any reduction in the 2,500 U.S. troops now operating inside Iraq. Those troops already are focused mainly on what Biden called the new mission — training and advising Iraqi forces.
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San Diego immigrants who helped the Americans in Afghanistan say the U.S. is still not doing enough, even as plans take shape to bring some interpreters into the country.
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The U.S. Navy will reevaluate the impacts of its training exercises on marine life in the wake of the deaths of two fin whales apparently fatally struck by a military vessel off the coast of San Diego earlier this year.
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Looking back at two decades of war, some San Diego families are not able to turn the page as the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan.
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For the first time, a female sailor has successfully completed the grueling 37—week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman.
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