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This monument will be the first Gold Star Families Memorial Monument in the area, despite having over 130 similar monuments across the United States. -
Camp Pendleton-based Marines were aboard the Osprey aircraft that crashed in Australia, killing three service members and injuring 20 others, it was announced Monday. -
The U.S. military has identified the Marine Corps pilot who was killed when his combat jet crashed near a San Diego base during a training flight. Maj. Andrew Mettler was piloting an F/A-18D Hornet when it went down at 11:54 p.m. Thursday near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. -
101-year-old Joe Cooper was a crew member of the USS Ommaney Bay, which was attacked by a Japanese suicide pilot in World War II. -
Families of some of the 13 troops killed in Kabul almost two years ago said they're frustrated by the Biden Administration and Pentagon leadership. -
The law passed last year makes millions of veterans eligible for new benefits, including post 9/11 vets who were exposed to burn pits. -
All but four House Democrats voted against last week's National Defense Authorization Act after several last-minute Republican amendments were added. -
President Joe Biden says in a Memorial Day address Americans “must never forget the price that was paid” by troops to protect their democracy. -
The nearly 200-page, highly critical report says medical oversight and care were “poorly organized, poorly integrated and poorly led and put candidates at significant risk." -
Navy Capt. Kathy Bruyere was part of the landmark 1970s lawsuit that ended the ban on women serving on Navy warships.
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