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The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is scheduled to leave San Diego on Friday for a nine month deployment to the the Navy's 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility, which includes the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. -
KPBS Midday EditionDefense Secretary Chuck Hagel says no to more boots on the ground in Iraq. Are businesses leaving San Diego for greener tax pastures or do they stick around for the talent and expertise? A developer wants to build houses on a dying Escondido golf course. -
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has released a statement on the death of Robin Williams, thanking the actor and comedian for the time he devoted to entertaining the military. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego's Iraqi community asks for continued humanitarian aid for religious minorities. -
The San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson is slated for a 10-month deployment to the Persian Gulf at the end of August. But the Vinson is on standby to depart earlier, if the Navy needs the aircraft carrier for the military's Iraq air campaign. -
Many of America's allies backed the U.S. intervention, pledging urgent steps to assist the legions of refugees and displaced people. -
Details were scarce when Camp Pendleton Marine Maj. Douglas Zembiec, known as the "Lion of Fallujah" for his bravery, was killed in Iraq in 2007. But a new report from the Washington Post clears up the mystery - Zembiec was working for the CIA when he died. -
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the defamation lawsuit Jesse Ventura filed against Taya Kyle, the widow of "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle. -
San Diego's Naval Health Research Center is looking for Wounded Warriors to take part in its six-year study on the quality of life for men and women who've been injured in the post 9/11 wars. Roughly 1,500 people have agreed to participate, but the Navy hopes to have 10,000 for the study. -
The Pentagon made an attempt this week to clear up confusion on exactly how many U.S. troops are currently in Iraq. The total given by Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby? 770 members of the United States military.
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