A group of 30 Marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 countries took the oath of citizenship Thursday during a ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum.
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KPBS Midday EditionUnder a law now taking effect, the military branches are issuing American-made running shoes, instead of giving recruits an allowance to buy whatever sneakers they want. -
The Marine Corps Trials: Adaptive Sports Invitational enables wounded Marines to compete as part of their rehabilitation. -
Operation Rebound's senior program manager sees sports as key to injured veterans' recovery. -
Under the old system, a veteran could wait 3 to 7 years for their claim to work its way through the appeals process. -
To keep up with potential adversaries such as China, the Pentagon is teaming with civilian technological innovators and trying to adopt some of the practices of the private sector. -
Aspire remains the only center of its kind in the VA system, dedicated to working with the issues faced by veterans of the most recent conflicts. -
An internal report from the San Diego VA obtained by inewsource reveals liver samples were taken from sick veterans without their permission for a study that provided no benefit to the patients. -
The images appear to show San Diego area Marines posing in blackface and using a racial slur. One of the Marines says the incident is overblown. -
George Mendonsa, a World War II veteran who was photographed kissing a woman in Times Square on V-J Day, died Sunday at 95. A 25-foot-tall statue depicting the famous photo stands near the U.S.S. Midway Museum. -
Military communities around the country are looking at the potential impact of President Trump’s state of emergency declaration.
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