It's been 42 years and six days since Army Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. performed the heroic actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. And today President Barack Obama was finally able to present the award to Sabo’s widow, Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, at a White House ceremony. The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military honor.
According to the Armed Forces Press Service:
Sabo is ...
The San Diego-bound USS Essex collided with the USNS Yukon this morning, according to the Navy. No one was injured in the collision, although both ship reported sustaining damage. The Navy reports no fuel was spilled in the mishap.
The collision happened at 9:20 Pacific Time, according to a Navy news release:
USS Essex (LHD 2) collided with USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) during an approach for a routine underway ...
The USS Essex, known as the "Iron Gator," is slated to return to San Diego tomorrow after a dozen years in Sasebo, Japan. The USS Bonhomme Richard swapped crews with the USS Essex last month, according to the Navy.
The Stars and Stripes reports the 21-year-old Essex was the flagship of the forward-deployed Expeditionary Strike Group 7. According to the military newspaper, the Essex recently was unable to fulfill two ...
U.S. Army Sgt. Brian L. Walker, 25, of Lucerne Valley, California was killed on May 13 in Bowri Tana, Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense. He died when insurgents attack his vehicle with an IED, or improvised explosive device.
Also killed in the attack was Pfc. Richard L. McNulty III, 22, Rolla, Missouri.
Both Walker and McNulty were assigned to the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade ...
The USS Carl Vinson arrived in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Tuesday. The aircraft carrier and its 5,500 member crew is en route to their homeport of San Diego after a six-month deployment, according to the Navy.
Family and friends of the Vinson crew were on hand to greet their loved ones at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Dozens of family members will stay on the Vinson and catch a ride ...
More details about the murder of Camp Pendleton Marine wife Brittany Killgore emerged at yesterday's arraignment of the third person accused in the crime. Prosecutors say Dorothy Grace Marie Maraglino, charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, helped lure the 22-year-old Killgore to her death.
The U-T San Diego reports Killgore initially met Maraglino, 36, when the young Marine wife went to the suspect's house to purchase an item for ...
Marines face Taliban suicide bomb threat - The Marine Corps Times "The Taliban has turned to targeting coalition forces and Afghan government targets with suicide and other mobile bombs, putting U.S. troops on guard against a threat that can appear virtually anywhere."
New Law Authorizes Reservists to Respond to Homeland Disasters - American Forces Press Service "New authority in this year’s Defense Department authorization act allows the Army, Navy, Air ...
Naval Base San Diego (NBSD) officially re-launched its anti-cigarette butt litter campaign May 11.
"Kick Butts" was initially instituted here in February 2011, when NBSD leadership learned that world-wide, cigarette butts are the No. 1 littered item: estimated at 178 million pounds a year and 95 percent of cigarette filters are made cellulose acetate, a type of plastic that takes years to degrade.
NBSD Commanding Officer Capt. Winton Smith said ...
Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Christopher Farias will receive the country's second highest medal for combat valor on Friday, when Navy Undersecretary Robert Work awards him the Navy Cross at a Camp Pendleton ceremony, according to the Marine Corps Times.
Farias earned the Navy Cross for heroic actions during an hour-long battle with the Taliban in Helmand province, Afghanistan on Oct. 5, 2010. According to the North County Times, his ...
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Alex Hernandez III, 21, of Round Rock, Texas, died May 12, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Hernandez was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii.
"What's wrong with me? Got PTSD. These pills ain't working, man, I still can't think."
Those are the words of Iraq War veteran Leo Dunson, a former Sergeant in the United States Army, who has found rapping about his inner war wounds helps him heal.
According to the Associated Press, Dunson was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when he was discharged from the Army in 2008 ...
Good news for military families looking to visit our country's national parks this summer - or anytime. A new program that starts Saturday lets troops obtain a free “America the Beautiful” pass (an $80 value) just by showing their military ID card, according to a news release by the U.S. Department of the Interior. That pass gives service members and their families free access to more than 2,000 ...
Gay rights conference shifts focus to military families, benefits - Stars and Stripes "When Master Sgt. David Brunstad told commanders about his husband, he worried that their reaction would be either anti-gay or overly politically correct and cautious."
Mental disorder hospitalizations up 19% in 2011 - Marine Corps Times "The number of active-duty troops hospitalized for mental disorders rose 19 percent in 2011, to 21,735, up from 18,250 in 2010 ...
Camp Pendleton Marine Sgt. Wade D. Wilson was killed in Afghanistan on Friday, according to the Department of Defense. He was just 22-years-old.
According to his memorial Facebook page, Sgt. Wilson grew up in Centerville, Texas and was a 2007 graduate of Centerville High School.
He is survived by his mother Cindy Lee (Lowry), stepfather Ward Easterling, father Mitchell Boyd "Rusty" Wilson, three brothers and one sister.
The Wilson family ...
Marine and Iraq War veteran Sgt. Austin Anderson is being hailed as a hero after pulling his friend from the wreckage of a plane crash Friday both initially survived. Anderson later died in the hospital from burns he suffered in the crash.
The 27-year-old Anderson pulled fellow passenger Hannah Luce, 22, from burning remains of a Cessna that was carrying five Oral Roberts University students to a Christian youth rally ...
The USS San Diego is set to be commissioned during a special ceremony May 19th. But before then, the Navy will open up the ship for public tours. The tours will take place from May 15 to May 17, according to a Navy news release.
There are a few rules folks on the tour must follow:
- All tour participants will be subject to search. Fire arms, ammunition and all weapons ...
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer Second Class Jorge Luis Velasquez, 35, of Houston, died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Manama, Bahrain. Velasquez was assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 56 in Bahrain, which conducts maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
The New York Yankees honored retired Camp Pendleton combat dog Sgt. Rex and his former handler, retired Marine Cpl. Megan Leavey, before Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners. Cpl. Leavey, a New York resident, adopted Sgt. Rex in April.
Sgt. Rex and Cpl. Leavey served together in the Iraq War. In 2006, the duo was badly injured by an IED blast. After recovering from his wounds, Sgt. Rex went ...
A San Diego newspaper obtained the would-be suicide note of one of the suspects in the murder of Camp Pendleton Marine wife Brittany Killgore. The U-T San Diego reports the note, written by Jessica Lynn Lopez, 25, claims she alone was responsible for killing Killgore. Lopez claimed in the seven page letter she strangled Killgore and dumped her body in Riverside County.
Lopez lived in Fallbrook with the two other ...
Weary Warriors Favor Obama - Reuters "Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion patches from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a John Wayne poster, and an 1861 Springfield rifle from an ancestor who fought in the Civil ...