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Dec 14, 2023Sgt. Matthew K. Bylski, at right, a 23-year-old Marine who died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in a rollover accident during training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., had nearly five years of service and was …

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Jul 19, 2024Players and staff from New Zealand’s All Blacks rugby team tour the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, Calif., on July 16, 2024. (Mar’Queon Tramble/U.S. Navy)

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Mar 23, 2023Earlier this month, the San Diego-based group took part in Cobra Gold, an annual exercise in Thailand, where it worked alongside the South Korean, Thai, Japanese, Indonesian, Singaporean and …

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Former Marine sergeant Michael Hamby Jr., 30, was sentenced Monday, April 4, 2022, under a plea deal in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California that also requires 20 years of …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-04-05/former-marine-sentenced-for-molesting-3-year-old-child-5594731.html

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Sep 7, 2023Former Lt. Renaldo Rodgers remembered laboring in San Diego from sunrise to sunset for months to ready the Freedom for a 2012 trial mission to San Francisco, only to have the ship break down …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-09-07/navy-lcs-uss-freedom-failures-11291423.html

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Sep 5, 2023U.S. Marines with Marine Innovation Unit, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, pose for a photo following an annual training period on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 11, 2023.

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Jul 11, 2024Amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego returns home to Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleets on Feb. 25, 2015 (Rosalie Chang/U.S. Navy)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-11/uss-san-diego-sasebo-7th-fleet-japan-14450754.html

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SAN DIEGO (Tribune News Service) — The anticipated criminal trial in the Navy’s sprawling “Fat Leonard” scandal continues to narrow, with a second military officer pleading guilty to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-09-04/navy-fat-leonard-scandal-guilty-plea-marine-col-enrico-rick-deguzman-2769569.html

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On July 30, 2020, Marines and sailors from 1/4 left the amphibious transport dock ship Somerset in 13 AAVs and rode to San Clemente Island, Calif. for training.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-01-26/camp-pendleton-inquiry-fatal-amphibious-vehicle-sinking-4421282.html

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Oct 21, 2024The Washington site beat out locations in San Diego, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Norfolk. Each city was evaluated for attendance, market diversity, operating gap, cost per visitor …

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Sep 23, 2024Dozens of family members and friends gathered at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., to say farewell to the crew of the USS Harry S. Truman as the aircraft carrier deploys on a mission expected to take …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-23/navy-aircraft-carrier-sailors-deployment-middle-east-15277058.html

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SAN DIEGO (Tribune News Service) — The Marine Corps pilot who safely landed a KC-130J tanker in a California field after a midair collision with an F-35B in 2020 received the highest military …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-05-29/marine-pilot-distinguished-flying-cross-6171314.html

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Two were treated in San Diego and the others were treated on board for minor injuries, the Navy said Sept. 1. One sailor, a petty officer third class whose name was redacted in the final report …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-05-03/us-navy-seahawk-helicopter-crash-uss-abraham-lincoln-san-diego-5888483.html

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Sep 12, 2024Military veterans, first responders and civilians will compete Saturday at 8 a.m. in the Swim for SOF in San Diego, a 3.3 mile open-water swim from Coronado Island to the USS Midway Museum to …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-09-12/san-diego-military-swim-race-15120873.html

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SAN DIEGO (Tribune News Service) — The former captain of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt — fired from command after sounding the alarm on an out-of-control coronavirus outbreak on …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-02-16/aircraft-carrier-commander-fired-reportedly-set-to-retire-5036999.html

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Rachel Markwald, a sleep and human performance research physiologist for the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego, on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, wears a smart ring used to assess sailor fatigue.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-08-19/navy-sleep-pilot-program-sailors-fitzgerald-mccain-2607983.html

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The San Diego Union-Tribune • August 27, 2022 Marines salute as the American flag is lowered to half staff during a remembrance service at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, CA on Friday, August 26 …

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Oct 1, 2024The USS Preble left its former homeport of San Diego on Sept. 22 bound for Yokosuka, where it will take the place of the USS Benfold. That warship, meanwhile, will relocate to Everett, Wash., U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-01/uss-preble-helios-laser-japan-15365682.html

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The tactics instructor course, popularized by the Cold War-era action movie, was originally based at Naval Air Station Miramar near San Diego and began in 1969 with the aim of training Navy F-4 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/first-f-35-pilots-graduate-from-topgun-return-as-instructors-1.634096

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