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The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
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Omni Hampton grew up in a military family, traveling from place to place. She swore she’d never marry a military member. That was before she became a navy wife and mother. On a new episode of KPBS Explore podcast "My First Day," host Andrew Bracken talks to Hampton about her life in the military. -
Another class of Marine recruits flew into San Diego Monday evening, despite a travel ban for the rest of the US military and pause on recruitment on the east coast. -
The malfunction occurred with the HVAC system, which normally takes infected air and pumps it out of the hospital to avoid spreading it around the facility. -
The Navy and Marines are taking more steps to control the spread of the virus, including sending more test kits to ships and canceling additional exercises. -
A new report by the VA inspector general’s office reveals shortcomings at the San Diego VA in its efforts to combat the novel coronavirus.
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The ship will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals and will provide a full spectrum of medical care to include general surgeries, critical care and ward care for adults, according to the Navy. -
Trying to balance readiness with containing the outbreak, Marines and Navy cancel some exercises and events while others continue. -
A Navy veteran released from an Iranian prison last week on a medical furlough is sick with symptoms of the coronavirus and is requesting a humanitarian evacuation to the U.S. for medical treatment. -
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities are now screening patients, employees, and visitors for coronavirus. But some are questioning the agency's response to the pandemic. -
Mercy departed Naval Base San Diego with more than 800 Navy medical personnel and support staff with the afloat medical treatment facility, and 70- plus civil service mariners who operate and navigate the ship, load and offload mission cargo, assist with repairs to mission equipment and provide essential services to keep the medical facility up and running.
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