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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer was chosen as one of five California mayors to join a White House initiative to end homelessness among military veterans. -
New research shows an unique type of titanium-filled dust, found at Camp Victory in Iraq, has been discovered in the lungs of several Iraq War veterans suffering from respiratory illness. -
The reaction to embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigning Friday was swift and mixed among San Diego County military veterans and politicians. -
Shinseki's resignation comes two days after a scathing internal report found broad and deep-seated problems in the sprawling health care system. The -
U.S. Marine veteran Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi fired his attorney prior to his first hearing before a judge in a Tijuana courthouse Wednesday. Tahmooressi has been jailed in Mexico since April 1 on weapons charges, after accidentally crossing the border with guns in his truck. -
Unlike Veterans Day, which honors all who have served in the military, Memorial Day specifically pays tribute to fallen service members. On this day, the father of Navy CTI2 Matthew Bergman, a 21-year-old sailor from the USS Boxer who was lost at sea in 2011, posted an essay he wrote shortly after his son's death. -
Many nationwide restaurant and retail chains are honoring the military this Memorial Day by offering discounts - and in some cases freebies - to active duty service members and veterans. -
Veterans and active-duty troops preparing to leave behind their military careers got help Friday at a job fair on the USS Midway. -
The findings came from a review conducted last week amid an uproar over allegations that as many as 40 veterans in Phoenix died while awaiting care. -
More than 50 military members and veterans are learning how tennis can be beneficial both mentally and physically at the National Wounded Warrior Tennis Camp.
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