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War Comes Home

More than 100,000 active duty sailors and Marines are based in San Diego County, as well as more than 240,000 veterans. We know more Department of Defense dollars are spent in San Diego than in any other county. What is less clear is how our community is affected by the aftermath of war in our military families.

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Seven-year-old Liam McKenna (C) and his mother Janet look for his father Specialist Paul McKenna while David Roberts (R) and his three-year-old son Cayden and seven-year-old daughter Kalenn look for his wife Specialist Kelli Roberts as soldiers of the California National Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Armored Regiment return from a yearlong combat tour in Iraq at March Air Reserve Base on August 11, 2009 near Moreno Valley, California.

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U.S. Marine machine gunner LCpl. Daniel Wescovich (R), patrols with his squad in Now Zad in Helmand province, Afghanistan -- a battleground between Taliban fighters and Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.

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