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A new study finds 13 percent of Marines who've been deployed overseas have considered taking their own lives. -
A Camp Pendleton Marine fulfilled his dream of opening a bar after leaving the service - but he didn't anticipate running into trouble over the name. -
The San Diego-based Navy Leap Frogs parachute team made a special appearance this weekend at Rancho Bernardo High School. The Leap Frogs high-flying performance helped kick off RB High's inaugural 12-hour relay marathon to raise awareness of the plight of wounded warriors. -
Former Camp Pendleton Marine and accused serial killer Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo now faces the death penalty if he is found guilty of the six counts of murder with which he's been charged. -
"What's wrong with me? Got PTSD. These pills ain't working, man, I still can't think." Those are the words of Iraq War veteran Leo Dunson, who has found rapping about his inner war wounds helps him heal. -
Marine and Iraq War veteran Sgt. Austin Anderson is being hailed as a hero after pulling his friend from the wreckage of a plane crash Friday both initially survived. Sgt. Anderson later died in the hospital from burns he suffered in the crash. -
The New York Yankees honored retired Camp Pendleton combat dog Sgt. Rex at a pregame ceremony on Sunday. Sgt. Rex was adopted by his former handler, New York resident and retired Marine Cpl. Megan Leavey, in April. -
Juan M. Garcia, assistant secretary of the Navy returned to Pendleton's waterfront, to surf alongside Wounded Warrior Marines, participating in the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation ocean therapy program. -
For the third year running, the Marines have topped the medal count at the 2012 Warrior Games, which took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado from May 1-5. -
J.R. Martinez, the injured Iraq War veteran who gained a national following by winning "Dancing with the Stars" last year, is a new father. His girlfriend gave birth to their daughter Lauryn Anabelle this week.
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