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Ex-Navy SEAL Jesse Ventura Wants To Sue Chris Kyle's Widow

Ex-Navy SEAL Jesse Ventura filed a defamation lawsuit in 2012 against "American Sniper" Chris Kyle over an alleged bar fight in Coronado seven years ago. Today Ventura's attorneys asked a federal judge to make Kyle's widow Taya Kyle the new defendant in the case.

Ventura claims Chris Kyle defamed him in his memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History.

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Camp Pendleton's 5th Marines Dedicate Memorial To Their Fallen

From 1st Marine Division:

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – As "Taps" sounded, Marines serving with 5th Marine Regiment saluted in honor of their fallen brothers during the regiment's Operation Enduring Freedom Memorial Dedication ceremony here, June 6.

More than a hundred Marines, veterans and Gold Star Mothers gathered at the San Mateo Memorial Garden to join the regiment in honoring the dedication ceremony as the monumental memorial was ...

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Navy Fires Carrier Air Wing Official Amid Adultery Allegations

The Navy has fired Master Chief Petty Officer Brian K. Page, 42, from his position as command master chief of Carrier Air Wing 2 amid allegations he continued an extramarital affair after being reprimanded for the relationship.

Carrier Air Wing 2 is attached to the San Diego-based USS Ronald Reagan.

According to a Navy Times investigation, Page carried on an affair for at least three years with a female chief ...

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Green Beret Dies Of Injuries Sustained In Afghan IED Blast

Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Simpson, 30, died May 1 in Landstuhl, Germany of wounds he suffered in an April 27 improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense reports Simpson was a Green Beret assigned to the 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.

Michael's widow, Krista Simpson, told the Tacoma News-Tribune her husband was a "badass" who was also ...

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Two Californians Among 3 Killed In Kyrgyzstan Plane Crash

Air Force Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale and Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield were killed along with Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Colorado Springs, Colorado when their plane crashed in Kyrgyzstan on May 3, according to the Department of Defense.

All three airmen were assigned to the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state.

The Los Angeles Times reports ...

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Camp Pendleton Marine Convicted Of Attempted Adultery Gets Sentenced

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 ...

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Quadruple Amputee Travis Mills Celebrates His 'Alive Day' (Video)

It was on April 10, 2012 that Army Sgt. Travis Mills stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan and lost all four limbs. Today Mills and his family are celebrating his "Alive Day" - along with the release of the trailer for a documentary about his life.

Mills is one of only five quadruple amputees to survive the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was on his third tour of ...

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Murder Case Of Camp Pendleton Marine Wife Brittany Killgore Will Go To Trial

A San Diego County judge ruled this week that three members of a sex bondage cult will stand trial for the murder of Camp Pendleton Marine wife Brittany Killgore.

Louis Perez, 46, Jessica Lopez, 25, and Dorothy Maraglino, 37, will be tried on murder charges, as well as charges of torture, kidnapping, attempted sexual battery, and conspiracy, according to the Associated Press.

Killgore, 22, was last seen alive April 13 ...

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Naval Medical Center San Diego Performs Surgery On Fetus (Video)

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 ...

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Army Promotion Revoked For Ex-Petraeus Mistress Paula Broadwell

The Army has stalled the promotion of Paula Broadwell, the reservist whose affair with former CIA Director David Petraeus led to his resignation.

Broadwell was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves last August. But Army spokesman George Wright says that was reversed early this month and will be pending for as long as she is under investigation.

Investigators have been looking since November into whether Broadwell had classified ...

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Camp Pendleton Wife Named Military Spouse Of The Year Finalist

Military Spouse magazine announced this morning the 18 finalists for its 2013 Military Spouse of the Year award - and Kristine Schellhaas of Camp Pendleton is on the list.

Going high tech, the magazine sent out a text message just a few moments ago to make the big announcement.

Schellhaas is the founder of the website USMC Life, which gives Marine Corps families a guide to all Marine bases. Schellhaas describes ...

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Gen. John Allen To Retire (Video)

The White House announced today that President Obama has accepted the request of Gen. John Allen to retire. The general cites his wife's serious health issues as the reason for his retirement.

Allen spoke with The Washington Post on Sunday evening, and told the newspaper his focus needs to be on the health of his wife Kathy, who has a "combination of chronic health issues," including an unnamed autoimmune ...

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Army Vet Clinton Romesha To Receive Medal Of Honor Today (Video)

Today President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to former Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha for his heroic actions during the 13-hour Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.

Romesha is just the fourth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to White House news release.

The Department of Defense video put together the video I've ...

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