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About 500 combat engineers from Camp Pendleton deployed to the border near San Diego in January.
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The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now will be named for a World War II private, Roland Bragg. -
One in four military families experience food insecurity, data shows. -
Military crews worked Thursday to recover a fighter jet that crashed into San Diego Bay and sank this week after its two-person crew safely ejected during an apparent mechanical emergency. -
The two occupants of the aircraft have been rescued and transported to UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest for evaluations. -
Officials at Camp Pendleton, California, said Sgt. Jacob M. Durham died Thursday in the crash of an aircraft that was conducting a routine mission. -
The Pentagon's Climate Assessment Tool and related webpages were removed from the internet amid widespread deletion of government websites. -
A news release Friday said official cultural observances are no longer part of military life. -
The Command Museum at Marine Corps Recruit Depot has been around for decades at MCRD. -
A new White House executive order declares trans people live under a "falsehood" that "is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member." -
This month, the Defense Department settled a lawsuit filed by veterans who were forced out of the military under anti-LGBTQ+ policies.
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