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Navy Culinary Specialist First Class Milton W. Brown, 28, died August 4th in Rota, Spain, according to the Department of Defense. -
Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, who lost all four limbs in Afghanistan, made it back to his home town of Vassar, Michigan for the first time since his accident. Mills is one of only five quadruple amputees to survive the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. -
The father of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Benjamin Schmidt got an unusual but appreciated gift from Camp Pendleton last week. Schmidt's Marine brothers built an eleven-foot tall cross in Schmidt's memory, and sent it to San Antonio, where the Schmidt family lives. -
Two Army Special Forces Soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on October 6, according to the Department of Defense. -
The Marine Corps is investigating the death of Sgt. Camella M. Steedley, 31, who passed away in Afghanistan on October 3rd. Steedley lived in San Clemente and was based at Camp Pendleton. -
Three members of the North Carolina National Guard, including one female soldier, were killed on October 1st in Afghanistan when an insurgent detonated his suicide vest. -
The Navy will commission the guided-missile destroyer Michael Murphy on October 6th in New York City. El Cajon native Cmdr. Thomas E. Shultz is commanding officer of the ship, named in honor of a fallen Navy SEAL. -
Army Sgt. 1st Class Aaron A. Henderson died October 2 at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan - succumbing to wounds suffered from an IED blast on September 30. Henderson, 33, was a Green Beret assigned to Fort Campbell in Kentucky. -
California native Staff Sgt. Juan Contreras, a Marine with the I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), has always had a passion for cooking. He hopes the food service skills he's picking up in the Marine Corps will help him open a restaurant in San Diego one day. -
When an injured handler of a military working dog regains consciousness from a blast or other incident downrange, the first thing he asks is, "How is my dog? How is my dog?"
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