The effects of sequestration are about to hit home for many military families. The Defense Commissary Agency announced today most military commissaries will soon be closed on Mondays.

The civilian employees who work at the commissaries will receive furlough notices starting May 28, a consequence of sequestration cuts. Defense Commissary Agency CEO Joseph H. Jeu explained:

“We know that any disruption in commissary operations will impact our patrons. Also, we ...

Two Navy dolphins trained to search for underwater explosives made a surprising discovery off the coast of Coronado. Using their keen dolphin sonar, "Ten" and "Spetz" found an extremely rare 19th century Howell torpedo.

Mike Rothe of the The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command told the Los Angeles Times it was Ten who first identified the unusual object under water. A week later, Spetz also identified the object.

After ...

The USS Peleliu, USS Green Bay, and USS Rushmore - all part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group - returned to homeport Naval Base San Diego this morning, completing an eight-month deployment to the Middle East.

The deployment was memorable for many reasons, including the Peleliu's salute to the victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting. As Home Post previously reported, crew of the Peleliu planned a special memorial field day ...

It's been eight long months, but today the families of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit will get to see their loved ones again, as the Marines return home to Camp Pendleton.

Roughly 2,400 Marines and Sailors make up the the 15th MEU.

The 15th MEU was deployed with the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group. The ships from the Peleliu ARG are slated to return to San Diego on Tuesday ...

A military working dog named Cpl. Tick was killed on May 14, 2012 in an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan. Cpl Tick's handler, Lance Cpl. Bryan Utrilla, will honor her on the one-year anniversary of her death by placing her dog tags on the Camp Pendleton cross memorial.

Utrilla wrote an email to the blog Battle Rattle, calling Cpl. Tick, a two-year-old black lab, a beloved friend who ...

For the first time in the more than 600 days that Camp Pendleton Marine veteran Amir Hekmati has been held captive in Iran, he was able to send letters to his family in the United States.

Sarah Hekmati, Amir's sister, shared the letters with The Associated Press, saying:

"It's the first time ... we have had any kind of written communication. The letters speak volumes."

Hekmati wrote to his ...

The Navy's very first squadron of drones will be based at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado.

The base is holding a ceremony Thursday to show off Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, which is made up of two types of helicopters - the human-piloted Sikorsky Multi Mission MH60-R, and the unmanned Fire Scout MQ-8 B.

According to a Naval Air Forces news release:

The squadron, designated the “Magicians ...

A Camp Pendleton Marine was savagely beaten at a Santa Monica nightclub, and police are hoping the public will help them find the man responsible.

The Marine is still recovering from the February assault that disfigured his face and knocked him unconscious. "Ryan" told KCBS-TV he doesn't remember the attack:

“The last thing I remember is being on the dance floor and then I have a flash of waking ...

A Camp Pendleton Navy Corpsman will be awarded the Silver Star medal at a special ceremony on base Friday.

Petty Officer 1st Class Benny Flores helped save the lives of wounded Marines during an enemy attack in Afghanistan last year, despite the fact he was injured himself.

Flores was serving as a field service medical technician when the attack took place in Nimruz province's Zaranj district on April 28 ...

A group of Camp Pendleton Marines showed up at Oceanside High School on Saturday to learn the "ins and outs" of being a Major League Baseball umpire from the umps themselves.

According to MLB.com, more than 550 U.S. service members have taken part in umpire training over the last four years. Two Marines showed such promise that they actually made it to MLB's umpire school.

Saturday's ...

The USS Peleliu was diverted from its journey to homeport San Diego in order to search for two distressed British boaters who'd been reported missing in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 500 miles west of Midway Atoll.

The trouble started when the UK-based Marine Rescue Coordination Center Falmouth reported to the U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii that a British man had fallen overboard from a ...

MCAS Miramar Marine Maj. Robert Weingart has been named the Alfred A. Cunningham Marine Aviator of the Year for his heroic actions during the September 2012 insurgent attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.

At least 20 insurgents attacked the base with small arms, rocket-propelled grenades, and suicide improvised explosive device vests, according to the Department of Defense. Marine Lt. Col. Christopher Raible, 40, and Sgt. Bradley Atwell, 27, were killed ...

A Camp Pendleton Marine who was convicted of attempted adultery, despite her claim of rape, has been sentenced to a loss of $3,000 in pay and a letter of reprimand, according to the Associated Press.

Military judge Lt. Col. Leon Francis, who presided over the court-martial, convicted the Marine of attempted adultery and obstruction of justice this week. She had faced a year in the brig and a dishonorable ...

Military judge Lt. Col. Leon Francis convicted a Camp Pendleton Marine on Wednesday of attempted adultery and obstruction of justice, even though the woman says she was raped by the Marine with whom she supposedly attempted adultery.

The Associated Press reports Francis did not give an explanation as to why he convicted the Marine, a staff sergeant with 17 years in the Corps, of the charges. Because of the conviction ...

A Camp Pendleton Marine staff sergeant who says she was raped pleaded not guilty to charges of adultery at her court-martial Monday.

U-T San Diego reports the staff sergeant was charged with adultery after her husband of 17 years reported to her superiors that she had sex with another Marine in a hotel room.

However, the accused Marine claims she was too intoxicated to give consent to the sexual encounter ...