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More than 2,400 U.S. service members were killed in the Afghanistan war. The Pentagon said Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss - who died from injuries suffered in the Kabul Airport bombing - was likely the final one.
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With the last flight leaving Kabul, the 13 service members who died last Thursday became the last members of the U.S. military to die in the nearly 20-year-long war in Afghanistan. -
San Diego immigrants who helped the Americans in Afghanistan say the U.S. is still not doing enough, even as plans take shape to bring some interpreters into the country. -
Eighty years after he died in the attack on Pearl Harbor and just months after his remains were finally identified, a San Diego Marine has been laid to rest with full military honors. -
KPBS Midday EditionMore than 12,000 American Legion posts closed for at least part of the pandemic. Those closures left some posts in financial trouble. -
Supervisor Jim Desmond wants to allocate $40 million in American Rescue Plan funds to a grant program for first responders and military families. -
KPBS Midday EditionA harassment incident after a Marine Corps Birthday Ball pushed one pilot's career into limbo, a decade after the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy ended. -
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III flew out to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of San Diego Thursday to thank the crew for a lengthy deployment. -
In San Diego, the Navy has never wavered in its protocols, as the service tries to contain the spread of COVID-19. That has made it tough for one single mother. -
Protections designed to help veterans thrown out of the service for conduct tied to combat-related mental health issues don't extend to active duty troops. They face being kicked out for similar issues.
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