Military News

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 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-08-27/communities-honor-13-service-members-killed-kabul-airport-bombing-7122077.html

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Jun 30, 2024 – The sprawling 12,000-acre installation is the third-largest Navy base after Norfolk and San Diego in California. It’s home to a carrier strike group, attack and ballistic missile submarines, the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-06-30/navy-sailors-kitsap-housing-nimitz-aircraft-carriers-14342940.html

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Feb 20, 2024 – (Tribune News Service) — Lt. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, selected almost 11 months ago to take over the Marines’ largest warfighting unit, finally took the helm at California’s Camp Pendleton …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-02-19/marines-camp-pendleton-general-13055984.html

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Jul 3, 2023 – The oldest U.S. aircraft carrier still in service is back home in Washington state after a 7-month deployment. The USS Nimitz, flagship for Carrier Strike Group 11, returned to its homeport in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-07-03/nimitz-returns-deployment-washington-10631218.html

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Sep 19, 2024 – The San Diego carries a ship’s company of 360 officers and crew with room for 440 embarked Marines, according to the Navy. “We are grateful for the support we received entering into 7th Fleet …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-19/uss-san-diego-new-homeport-japan-15229093.html

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May 25, 2023 – Arnett is represented by attorney Jeremiah Sullivan III, of San Diego, Kirylo said. Sullivan is a former Navy judge advocate but as a civilian defended Navy Lt. Jake Portier, Gallagher’s former …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-25/marines-arnett-vaccine-eddie-gallagher-10229497.html

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Nov 7, 2023 – Other aircraft were dispersed to North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego. All but 308 acres of the 1,600-acre Tustin base were conveyed to local authorities, developers and public agencies.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-11-07/marines-tustin-fire-historic-california-hangar-blimps-11973915.html

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Formerly homeported in San Diego, the Rushmore has been in service since 1991. The Whidbey Island-class ship has served in numerous operations over the years, including Restore Hope and Support …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-11-18/uss-rushmore-sasebo-naval-base-japan-new-homeport-3665230.html

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Jan 30, 2024 – Then-Cmdr. Danielle DeFant salutes at a change of command ceremony in San Diego, Calif., Dec. 1, 2017. Defant, now a captain, was relieved of command of the cruiser USS Lake Erie in October 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-30/navy-toxic-defant-lake-erie-12841876.html

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Aug 22, 2024 – The San Diego will join the group to support a variety of missions by transporting personnel, equipment and vehicles that would be used as part of a landing force, and aircraft like the MV-22 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-08-22/amphibious-ship-san-diego-japan-14941586.html

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Feb 18, 2024 – Sailors assigned to the USS John L. Canley “bring the ship to life” during a commissioning ceremony, Feb. 17, 2024 – , at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-02-18/uss-john-l-canley-commissioned-13043002.html

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Feb 21, 2023 – U.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, 2024 – The 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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Feb 21, 2024 – Rifles, 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, 2024 – YOKOSUKA 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, 2023 – The 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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Jun 28, 2024 – A 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, 2023 – The hospital ship USNS Mercy departs Naval Base San Diego to kick off Pacific Partnership 2024, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 – . (David Negron/U.S. Navy)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-10-12/usns-mercy-navy-pacific-partnership-11677455.html

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Nov 29, 2022 – The 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, 2024 – The 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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