Army Sgt. Tristan M. Wade, 23, died March 22 in Qarah Bagh District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device, according to the Department of Defense.
Wade was assigned to the 573rd Clearance Company, 2nd Engineer Battalion at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Monte Marlin, White Sands chief of public affairs, told the El Paso Times:
"Our hearts are collectively broken ...
Marine Lance Cpl. Sara Castro Mata, 19, of Oakley, California was one of the alleged shooting victims of Sgt. Eusebio Lopez, 25, of Pacifica, California at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia last Thursday night.
Cpl. Jacob Wooley, 23, of Guntown, Mississippi also died in the shooting attack, according to the Associated Press.
All three Marines worked at Quantico's Officer Candidates School. Military officials have not given a motive ...
The U.S. Navy Parachute Team - known as the Leap Frogs - will perform their high-flying act on Saturday in San Diego to raise money for the Warrior Foundation and the Navy SEAL Foundation.
The Leap Frog team will parachute from an airplane onto the field of Cathedral Catholic High School's Manchester Stadium Saturday evening, in between the girls and boys lacrosse games, according to Sandy Moul of the Warrior ...
The USS Ronald Reagan is scheduled to return to its homeport of San Diego on Thursday, after spending 14 months in Washington state for maintenance.
According to a Navy news release, the Reagan left Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington on March 18, en route to California.
Reagan’s commanding officer, Capt. Thom Burke, said of the return to San Diego:
“We’re absolutely thrilled to ...
The surgical staff at Naval Medical Center San Diego recently performed an Ex-utero Intrapartum Treatment - the first time the groundbreaking procedure has ever been conducted at that hospital.
The revolutionary surgery is performed on a fetus to clear his or her airway.
The patient was little Charlie Bardos, son of Alina Bardos and Marine Sgt. Brandon Bardos. Sgt. Bardos is assigned to Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay.
Prenatal imaging ...
There are nearly one million Americans who are charged with taking care of an injured service member - and almost all of them are women, according to a new Rand report.
The study finds military caregivers fit a different profile than civilian caregivers; the average military caregiver is a young mother with children at home to care for:
Military caregivers are younger and tend to live with the individual they care ...
The crew of the San Diego-based USS Peleliu took part in a special memorial field day while deployed at sea to honor the victims of the Newtown massacre.
Sailors and Marines who participated in the field day did 26 different exercises - one for each of the Sandy Hook victims.
As Home Post previously reported, Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 2nd Class Kimberly Henry came up with the idea for the field day ...
Tasty breadsticks, all-you-can-eat salad, and surprise military reunions. These days, Olive Garden has it all!
Check out this extremely creative homecoming, planned by a soldier for her mom and sister, that took place at the ubiquitous Italian eatery.
The soldier's sister posted the reunion video on WelcomeHomeBlog.com, writing:
“My sister, Sergeant Coody, surprised our mom and one of our sisters after a year of deployment to Afghanistan. Sergeant ...
Veterans whose war injuries prevent them from having children would get coverage from the Department of Veterans Affairs for reproductive treatment options like in vitro fertilization under new federal legislation.
The Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013 is authored by Reps. Rick Larsen, D-Washington and Steve Stivers, R-Ohio. It's similar to a bill introduced last year by Sen. Patty Murray that never made it to ...
Sequestration cuts will affect the number of days civilian teachers employed by the Department of Defense can work, according to the American Forces Press Service.
Pentagon spokesman George Little announced Monday that teachers employed by the Department of Defense Education Activity, or DODEA, will be subject to furloughs triggered by sequestration cuts.
According to Little, DOD civilian personnel - including DODEA teachers - will be furloughed one day a week from April ...
With a new Secretary of Defense at the helm, several members of California's congressional delegation have started a new push to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to fallen San Diego Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta.
The Military Times reports there's a new proposed joint resolution in Congress that recommends Peralta finally be awarded the Medal of Honor. Its supporters include Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-CA, Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-CA ...
There are a lot of rumors floating around about how sequestration would affect military families. Fortunately, the non-profit National Military Family Association is quashing a lot of those rumors, and hopefully putting some minds at ease.
First of all, what exactly is sequestration? Well, as explained by CNN:
It's a series of automatic, across-the-board cuts to government agencies, totaling $1.2 trillion over 10 years. The cuts would be ...
From Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego:
Since Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ryan Nicolai was a boy, he felt a calling to serve his country as a United States Marine.
But before he could follow his dream, he knew his duty was to take care of his parents. In the years before he left for recruit training, he gained the life experience that would propel him through the hard times ...
Jayce Odin Boelk came into this world weighing only 13 ounces, making him the smallest newborn in Naval Medical Center San Diego's history.
Jayce was born on October 11 to Marine Corporal Monica Lovings and former Marine Corporal Allen Boelk. The Micro Preemie spent the last four months in the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), gaining enough weight and strength for his homecoming on February 14.
Another homecoming today at MCAS Miramar. More than 200 Marines from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) returned home this morning after a year-long deployment in Southern Afghanistan.
According to a Miramar news release, the Marines of the 3rd MAW (Forward) spent their time in Afghanistan as the aviation combat element for Regional Command-Southwest. The Marines provided "close air support, air assault and transportation for International Security Assistance Force-Afghanistan troops ...
