Courtesy of Ben Kibler
San Diego-based Navy senior chief Ben Kibler was going to advance into a highly selective officer program this year. That is until the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth labeled those with gender dysphoria "incompatible with the high mental and physical standards necessary for military service."
MORE STORIES
-
Lance Cpl. Job Wallace was taken into custody Saturday night by Naval Criminal Investigative Service and other law enforcement officers at a rest area in Navarro County. -
The Marines — detained in July — will face military court proceedings for alleged transportation of humans, as well as failure to obey an order, drunkenness, endangerment, larceny and perjury, according to a Marine Corps statement. -
Lance Cpl. Job Wallace, 20, was last seen leaving a friend's house in Surprise, Arizona, but never arrived at Camp Pendleton.
-
KPBS Midday EditionThe impact of climate change on local businesses and homes, our oceans, and the California National Guard. -
Forty-four acres of federal land in San Diego County will be set aside for border wall construction. It would mark the first newly built section of border wall the county under the Trump Administration. -
Erik Benson was arrested in November for leaving threatening messages on his VA funded providers voice mail. He remains in federal lockup even after a jury in his case deadlocked. Prosecutors have told the judge they plan to retry him. -
SANDAG and local U.S. Navy officials signed a memorandum of understanding on the subject in July that did not require either party to take action on the 70-acre property but allowed both sides to discuss their vision for the complex's future. -
The VA sponsors the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic, along with the Wounded Warrior Project and other groups to introduce veterans to adaptive sports. -
KPBS Midday EditionMembers of the California National Guard have always had a role in fighting wildfires, but now there is a task force working year-round on fire prevention efforts. -
Edward Gallagher said in a complaint filed in federal court in Texas on Friday that Colby Vokey and Phillip Stackhouse, both retired Marines and prominent military attorneys, ran up legal bills while not doing their jobs.
Sign up for our newsletters!
Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS.
- Satellites show damage to Iran's nuclear program, but experts say it's not destroyed
- San Diego County sees slight increase in COVID hospitalizations
- Iranian-Americans in San Diego fearful for family in homeland
- San Diego County lifts closure at Coronado Beach
- San Diego County congressional reps react to US bombing of Iran