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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Tribune News Service) — U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she will lead a Congressional delegation to San Diego’s General Dynamics-NASSCO shipyard on July …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-07-08/usns-john-lewis-christening-san-diego-pelosi-2096009.html

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Feb 21, 2023U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a scheduled operational readiness exercise at San Ysidro Border Crossing on March 17, 2021 in Tijuana, Baja California. (Alejandro Tamayo/The San Diego …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-21/nations-largest-law-enforcement-agency-use-force-rules-9211251.html

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Aug 18, 2024The USS Halsey departed San Diego on Jan. 10 as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, serving as a carrier escort before detaching to conduct operations across multiple warfare …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-08-18/uss-halsey-welcome-home-families-14901163.html

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It was heading to its new home in U.S. 3rd Fleet rotational forces in San Diego and was 120 miles off the California coast at the time of the accident. Both ships were able to continue on to San …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/navy-report-faults-essex-crew-for-may-collision-1.187425

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Feb 21, 2024Rifles, flight gear, boots and a wreath with photos of each of five Marines who died in a helicopter crash two weeks ago are memorialized at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., on Feb. 16, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-02-21/marines-helicopter-crash-memorial-miramar-13069931.html

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Apr 11, 2024YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A court-martial for a chief petty officer accused of espionage began this week at Naval Station San Diego, a Navy spokesman said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-11/espionage-trail-navy-sailor-china-13529096.html

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May 4, 2023The Marine Corps is deactivating its formerly women-only recruit battalion at Parris Island and will train more female Marines in San Diego, moves that come a year after the service completed a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-05-04/marine-corps-female-training-gender-integration-10008915.html

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Sep 22, 2024Military Sealift Command’s newest fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), slides down the rails, and into the San Diego Bay, following its christening at the General Dynamics …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-22/navy-oiler-lucy-stone-christening-15261658.html

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Oct 16, 2024The USS Theodore Roosevelt returned back to homeport in San Diego on Oct. 15 after a nine-month deployment conducting security operations in the Indo-Pacific and MIddle East. Family and loved ones …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-16/uss-roosevelt-returns-san-diego-15529770.html

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May 5, 2024Military Sealift Command christened its newest ship, the Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Robert E. Simanek (ESB-7), on Saturday in San Diego.. The 785-foot ship honors Pfc. Class Robert E. Simanek, a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-05/usns-robert-e-simanek-christened-13760004.html

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Jun 28, 2024A video screen grab shows an accident scene on I-5 near Camp Pendleton, Calif, where two Navy sailors were among the three killed in the chain-reaction crash on June 27, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-06-28/navy-sailors-motorcyclists-killed-freeway-crash-14329051.html

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Oct 12, 2023The hospital ship USNS Mercy departs Naval Base San Diego to kick off Pacific Partnership 2024, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (David Negron/U.S. Navy)

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Mar 14, 2024WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps fired two commanders at its West Coast infantry school, the service announced Thursday. Col. Seth MacCutcheon, commander of the School of Infantry-West, and Maj …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-03-14/marines-commanders-fired-west-coast-infantry-school-13320524.html

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Nov 29, 2022The USS Momsen is an Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer based in San Diego that entered service in 2003, while the USS Harpers Ferry is a dock-landing ship based near Seattle that’s …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-11-30/navy-ships-collision-investigation-8253105.html

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May 14, 2024The Navy could pay up to $137 million to clean up the site of a World War II blimp hangar in Southern California … Camp Pendleton and Naval Air Station North Island — all in San Diego County. …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-14/navy-marines-tustin-fire-blimp-hangar-13856858.html

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Jan 15, 2024The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt steamed out of San Diego last week with little fanfare and headed toward the Western Pacific, according to a media report.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-15/navy-deploys-theodoore-roosevelt-carrier-12686966.html

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Nov 7, 2024The subordinate command in San Diego deploys information warfare units with training groups to the Indo-Pacific region, according to its website. McFarlane assumed command of the information …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-11-07/navy-commander-fired-15776317.html

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Buriak was one of five Sailors killed when an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 8, crashed approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego, Aug. 31 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-09-04/navy-declares-5-missing-sailors-dead-helicopter-crash-2769842.html

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Oct 16, 2024The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer left San Diego on Feb. 10 to join the Roosevelt, which deployed in January from San Diego to the Indo-Pacific region.The aircraft carrier and its …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-16/uss-russell-return-deployment-2024-15527059.html

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Feb 7, 2024The National Weather Service in San Diego is expecting weather conditions Wednesday to include 6 to 10 inches of snow in the mountains above 5,000 feet and gusty winds.

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