A Texas prosecutor says a grand jury will consider the case involving a train collision that killed four veterans who were riding on a parade float.
Midland County assistant district attorney Eric Kalenak said Thursday that a newly impaneled grand jury is scheduled to hear the case Wednesday.
He declined to say whether the office is recommending an indictment in the Nov. 15 accident.
The veterans died when a flatbed ...
Marine veteran Jon Hammar, who has been held in a Mexican jail for more than four months on a gun charge, will be released today.
The Marine's mother, Olivia Hammar, confirmed the impending release to Fox News Radio:
Olivia Hammar said the judge hearing Hammar's case issued a ruling in his favor and that her son is to be released at a time on Friday yet to be ...
Marine veteran Clyde Kellogg, 88, says he's devastated someone took the military medals he earned fighting in World War II from his Vista home.
Kellogg told San Diego television station Fox 5 he thinks he knows who stole the medals, and just wants them returned - no questioned asked.
Kellogg spent a year hospitalized after getting shot in the throat during the Battle of Guadalcanal and contracting malaria.
During his ...
In the weeks before Christmas, the city of El Cajon is awash in Yuletide color.
Poinsettias adorn cafés, a garland atop the Civic Center spells out “Seasons Greetings,” holiday music drifts from passing cars.
But on a Friday afternoon, the spirit of hope pulses strongest in the jury lounge at the San Diego Superior Court.
Here hundreds of people -– including many from local veterans' groups and law enforcement -- are celebrating ...
There are an estimated 1.8 million female veterans in the United States right now. Roughly 25,000 of them live in San Diego County. Women leaving the service have unique needs, and the Department of Veterans Affairs is working to keep up with those challenges.
My television story is posted up top.
When veteran Tara Wise needs to let go of the stress of her hectic day, she heads ...
After a sex scandal toppled CIA director and former Army Gen. David Petraeus and other ethical lapses claimed the careers of other senior military leaders, a review of ethical standards was ordered.
The conclusion?
More needs to be done.
Stars and Stripes is reporting that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey – the nation’s highest-ranking officer -- believes senior leaders are getting good training, just not enough of it ...
Veterans marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at a remembrance ceremony aboard the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum in downtown San Diego today.
The event, co-hosted by the museum and the San Diego Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, included the tossing of a wreath overboard to honor the 20 members of the group who died over the past year. The tall ship California, which docks at ...
Twenty information technology scholarships worth at least $430,00 are going to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in a unique collaborative program sponsored by wireless giant Qualcomm Inc. and Manpower San Diego.
“Strategies for Success” is a 26 –week program designed to give vets a leg up pursuing high-tech careers in an effort to drive down the high unemployment rate among younger veterans.
The first class for veterans is scheduled to ...
Should veterans deemed too mentally incompetent to handle their own financial affairs be prevented from buying a gun?
The issue, for a time last week, threatened to become the biggest sticking point in a $631 billion defense bill for reshaping a military that is disengaging from a decade of warfare.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., sought to amend the bill to stop the Veterans Affairs Department from putting the names of ...
Homeless U.S. Army veteran Rusty Reed lost his best friend in the world this summer, when his dog Timber ran away during a camping trip in Utah. Through the power of the internet, and the devotion of friends, Rusty and Timber were recently united.
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, an estimated 130,000 and 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. Homeless vets make ...
The Military Times Edge has named California State University San Marcos the top public university in California for veterans.
The website listed the top 57 four-year colleges for veterans to attend. CSU San Marcos came in at number 27.
In making up the list, the Military Times Edge used criteria like ease of using the GI Bill, having a relaxed residency requirement for vets coming from out-of-state, and accepting credits ...
A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday.
Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into the flatbed truck in West Texas.
It was the second of two floats carrying veterans in Thursday's parade in Midland. The ...
From American Forces Press Service:
The Marine Corps’ first living Medal of Honor recipient from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars told a gathering of U.S. business leaders here yesterday that hiring veterans is a mutually beneficial practice.
Dakota Meyer was a keynote speaker at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s fifth annual “Business Steps Up: Hiring Our Heroes” event.
"If you want to thank a veteran," Meyer told ...
A train hit and killed four wounded veterans and injured at least 16 others during a parade in West Texas on Thursday.
The Associated Press reports the parade float, decorated with American flags and carrying wounded veterans (some in wheelchairs) was unable to clear a railroad crossing before the Union Pacific train smashed into them.
Daniel Quinonez witnessed the horrific scene:
"The train honked its horn, but the 18-wheeler could ...
Ancestry.com has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Archives and Records Administration to post more than 500,000 military burial records on its website.
According to Ancestry.com, the records span from before the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War era.
Todd Godfrey of Ancestry.com told Reuters:
"Every one of these records, except for the small portion the VA had already ...
