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Report: Sailor shortage is undermining Navy’s ability to keep ships combat-ready
September 16, 2024 at 2:33 p.m.
The finding was made by the GAO, partly based on visits it made to 4...
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September 16, 2024 at 1:38 p.m.
The Defense Department has awarded San Diego's BAE Systems shipyard nearly $178 million to repair...
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September 13, 2024 at 5:57 p.m.
Its contracts are expected to help the yard stay busy into 2035.
Japan’s largest warship will test F-35B fighter jets off San Diego
September 15, 2024 at 2:30 p.m.
The 814-foot JS Kaga will be in local waters from Oct. 5 to Nov. 18.
USS Theodore Roosevelt heading back to San Diego after extended deployment
September 13, 2024 at 6:14 a.m.
The aircraft carrier has been operating in the Gulf of Oman with the USS Abraham...
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Camp Pendleton officer inspired on 9/11 to join Marines has pivotal leadership in recent deployment
September 12, 2024 at 2:04 p.m.
Lt. Col. Lindsay Mathwick just returned from commanding troops aboard the USS Somerset during a...
East Village homicide victim identified as 18-year-old Navy sailor
September 2, 2024 at 6:05 p.m.
Albert Lee Soto, an operations specialist seaman apprentice at Naval Base San Diego, was shot...
Commander of warship protecting San Diego-based aircraft carrier relieved of duty
September 2, 2024 at 12:34 p.m.
Cameron Yaste, commanding officer of the destroyer USS John McCain, was removed on Friday as...
Carlsbad police seeking help locating missing Camp Pendleton Marine
September 1, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.
Marine Bailey Cameron, 23, was last seen early last Sunday leaving the Coyote Bar and...
San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt will stay in the Middle East longer than expected
August 29, 2024 at 12:48 p.m.
The San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which was expected to soon return to...
San Diego-bound warship USS Kingsville to be commissioned Saturday
August 23, 2024 at 12:32 p.m.
The vessel is the next-to-last Independence-class littoral combat ship scheduled to be built for the...
1,400 sailors and Marines from USS Somerset back in San Diego after long deployment
August 17, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.
The Navy said the 684-foot amphibious transport dock sailed into San Diego Bay on Tuesday,...
More homeless veterans in San Diego County can get housing vouchers under new policy
August 16, 2024 at 11:53 a.m.
Two changes will allow residents to make larger amounts of money and still qualify for...
Massive new Navy ship leaves San Diego Bay for its first sea trials
August 16, 2024 at 1:14 p.m.
The USNS Robert E. Simanek bears the name of a Marine who shielded fellow Marines...
Navy christens expeditionary ship bearing the name Point Loma
August 12, 2024 at 5:18 p.m.
The fast transport vessel will deliver supplies and personnel and will double as a hospital.
As tensions rise, San Diego-based carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will speed up en route to Middle East
August 12, 2024 at 11:17 p.m.
The Lincoln and its support ships could provide help to Israel if it were attacked...
‘We did our job’: Dozens of World War II veterans celebrated at V-J Day anniversary event in San Diego
August 11, 2024 at 6:24 p.m.
Scores of veterans from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars shared stories...
Navy christens destroyer named after heroic Camp Pendleton Marine
July 29, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
Patrick Gallagher threw himself on a hand grenade in Vietnam in July 1966, protecting fellow...
Powerful new fighter jet squadron reaches operational status at MCAS Miramar
July 30, 2024 at 5:01 p.m.
The F-35C strike fighters are the stealthiest aircraft in the U.S. military.
South Korea accuses 3 Chinese students of illegally photographing San Diego-based carrier
July 27, 2024 at 6:03 p.m.
The 1,092-foot USS Theodore Roosevelt stopped by Busan shortly before leaving on joint exercises with...
Delicate ballet unfolds in San Diego Bay as 2 aircraft carriers swap assets and people
July 24, 2024 at 5:10 p.m.
The USS George Washington is preparing to replace the USS Ronald Reagan at a base...
USS Tarawa, once a fixture in San Diego, sunk by missile in training exercise
July 23, 2024 at 4:39 p.m.
The amphibious assault vessel played key roles in both the Gulf War and the 2003...
San Diego’s troubled carrier USS Boxer faces another long stay in a repair yard
July 23, 2024 at 8:37 p.m.
The Navy hasn't specified what type of repairs are needed, but the ship is likely...
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July 17, 2024 at 5:43 p.m.
It's possible the shipyard could end up with construction contracts worth more than $2 billion.
Warship that bears San Diego’s name will leave the city for new home in Japan
July 16, 2024 at 2:51 p.m.
The USS San Diego is an amphibious transport dock ship that can carry up to...
Navy investigator pleads guilty to excessive force, concealing prior police record
July 12, 2024 at 11:31 a.m.
Jonathan Christopher Laroche was accused of putting a detained man in a stranglehold and hitting...
Contractor who stole computers from San Diego Navy ships sentenced
July 11, 2024 at 2:48 p.m.
Ernesto Saldivar pleaded guilty to a theft of government property count for taking hard drives,...
Former Camp Pendleton Marine sentenced in sexting case involving 13-year-old
June 26, 2024 at 3:01 p.m.
Schyular Quinton Willis, 24, who solicited sexual pictures and videos from a 13-year-old Florida girl,...
San Diego-based Navy captain convicted of cyberstalking ex-girlfriend
June 14, 2024 at 5:05 p.m.
Navy Capt. Theodore Essenfeld, the former commanding officer of the San Diego-based Naval warship Pearl...
Former SPAWAR civil engineer pleads guilty to government contracting bribery scheme
June 14, 2024 at 8:13 a.m.
A longtime San Diego-area Department of Defense civil engineer pleaded guilty this week to federal...
2 German warships to visit San Diego as part of large military exercise
June 7, 2024 at 8:12 p.m.
German warships will make a rare visit to San Diego Bay on Tuesday before heading...
Navy judge sentences sailor convicted of attempted espionage to 18 years in military prison
May 31, 2024 at 6:55 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — A military judge in San Diego has sentenced a Navy chief convicted of attempted...
‘Loss of a future that was just beginning’: San Diegans honor the fallen for Memorial Day
May 28, 2024 at 9:24 p.m.
From downtown to the top of Mt. Soledad, San Diegans honored military men and women...
Memorial Day past
May 27, 2024 at 12:31 p.m.
From the Archives heads back today to 1911 for this photo of a Memorial Day...
At new USS Midway exhibit, state-of-the-art tech tells stories of unsung heroes
May 26, 2024 at 1:26 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — USS Midway Museum CEO, retired Rear Adm. Terry Kraft, was aboard the aircraft carrier...
USS Cowpens, one of Navy’s last Cold War-era cruisers, will be decommissioned in San Diego this summer
May 25, 2024 at 3:23 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — The Navy says it will decommission the USS Cowpens in San Diego in late...
Families of Camp Pendleton Marines killed in Osprey crash sue aircraft’s manufacturers
May 24, 2024 at 1:06 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — The families of four of the five Camp Pendleton Marines killed in a 2022...
‘Embarrassment to the government’: Judge slams prosecutors for unraveling of ‘Fat Leonard’ case
May 22, 2024 at 2:06 a.m.
A San Diego federal judge on Tuesday blasted the U.S. Attorney's Office for its "significant...
Fifth Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine added to line-up at Naval Base Point Loma
May 21, 2024 at 10:15 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — The USS Greeneville on Monday was added to the stable of Los Angeles-class, fast-attack...
Navy places a squadron of small, experimental sea drones in San Diego to help warships
May 17, 2024 at 11:05 p.m.
The Navy deepened its fast-growing investment in sea drones Friday, creating a squadron of small,...
Troubled amphibious assault ship USS Boxer will undergo repairs in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The Navy said Wednesday it will repair the troubled amphibious assault ship USS Boxer...
‘Makes me want to cry’: Hundreds give veterans the homecoming they didn’t receive decades ago
April 29, 2024 at 1:17 a.m.
Dozens of Korean War and Vietnam War veterans disembarked a plane at the San Diego...
Camp Pendleton Marine killed in ‘aviation ground mishap’ was Texas native
April 26, 2024 at 7:10 p.m.
CAMP PENDLETON — A 23-year-old Marine killed at Camp Pendleton earlier this week died as a result...
Marine killed during ‘routine military operations’ at Camp Pendleton
April 25, 2024 at 12:54 a.m.
CAMP PENDLETON — A Marine was killed at Camp Pendleton Tuesday evening during what military officials described...
The Navy isn’t sure when its badly-needed ‘mini’ carrier USS Boxer will get repaired
April 25, 2024 at 12:10 a.m.
No quick fix is in the offing for the USS Boxer, the amphibious assault ship...
A former Marine allegedly took a stolen Border Patrol vehicle for a joyride. It’s a pattern, records show.
April 20, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.
A Border Patrol vehicle briefly went missing last month from the agency's Imperial Beach station....
Prosecutors argue for reduced charges in ‘Fat Leonard’ cases, opening potential for more ‘redress’
April 18, 2024 at 3:42 p.m.
Federal prosecutors in San Diego filed an unusual briefing late Tuesday that opened the door...
Virginia defense contractor pleads guilty in bribery scheme allegedly involving San Diego Navy employee
April 17, 2024 at 8:39 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — A Virginia defense contractor pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Tuesday to conspiracy...
Former Camp Pendleton Marine sentenced to 9 years in prison for firebombing Planned Parenthood
April 15, 2024 at 11:35 p.m.
A former U.S. Marine who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa two years...
Mechanical problems force USS Boxer to return from deployment 10 days after it sailed out of San Diego Bay
April 13, 2024 at 2:49 a.m.
A week and a half after leaving on deployment, the trouble-plagued amphibious assault ship USS...
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April 13, 2024 at 12:40 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — A former Marine who took part in a scheme to defraud the military health...
San Diego warship joins allied vessels in show of force in the South China Sea
April 11, 2024 at 7:25 p.m.
The San Diego-based warship USS Mobile sailed in formation with vessels from three allied nations...
Sex crimes charges dropped against Marine after missing teen found in barracks
April 11, 2024 at 1:51 a.m.
CAMP PENDLETON — A junior Marine accused of having sex with a missing 14-year-old girl found in...
Quonset development
April 8, 2024 at 9:40 p.m.
From the Archives travels today up to North County for this shot of the Camp...
Trouble-plagued amphibious assault ship USS Boxer finally leaves San Diego for the Indo-Pacific
April 3, 2024 at 8:02 p.m.
The USS Boxer, one of the Navy's key "mini-carriers," has left San Diego for the...
Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102
April 1, 2024 at 9:47 p.m.
HONOLULU — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank...
Military notebook: Camp Pendleton Marines arrive in Australia for large-scale training exercises
March 29, 2024 at 5:34 p.m.
Marines from Camp Pendleton traveled this week to Australia, where they'll spend the next six...
San Diego sailors and Marines are helping lead a major training exercise with India’s Navy
March 27, 2024 at 8:51 p.m.
Amphibious Navy and Marine forces based in San Diego County are conducting a major training...
Vietnam Veterans Day
March 27, 2024 at 12:20 a.m.
In honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day on March 29, Miramar National Cemetery hosted...
San Diego fast-attack submarine USS Hampton pokes through the ice in the Arctic Circle
March 26, 2024 at 5:59 p.m.
The San Diego-based fast attack submarine USS Hampton has surfaced through Arctic ice at least...
Navy will name a destroyer after the late San Diego war hero Charles Jackson French
March 26, 2024 at 6:05 p.m.
The Navy says it will name one of its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyers after Charles...
Hoop dreams
March 29, 2024 at 1:43 p.m.
Thanks to the San Diego State Aztecs again bringing excitement to the county with its...
Sailor dies at sea aboard the San Diego-based destroyer USS Halsey
March 25, 2024 at 10:57 p.m.
A sailor aboard the San Diego-based destroyer USS Halsey died on March 16 while on...
Daughter of local Navy veterans picked as Military Child of the Year
March 25, 2024 at 3:48 p.m.
A Canyon Crest Academy senior whose parents are Navy veterans was picked out of more...
San Diego’s VA hopes to house 851 homeless veterans this year. Data show they’re moving in the right direction.
April 1, 2024 at 9:42 p.m.
San Diego's VA aims to house hundreds of homeless veterans this year amid increased scrutiny...
Vietnam memorial
March 22, 2024 at 1:46 p.m.
A Vietnam memorial wall is now at Wells Park in El Cajon. The wall is...
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March 20, 2024 at 1:47 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — A 30-year-old civilian accused of stealing nearly $600,000 worth of computer equipment from Navy...
Navy SEAL Museum to take over Museum of Contemporary Art’s downtown location
April 9, 2024 at 3:07 p.m.
DOWNTOWN — After 31 years downtown, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego on Friday officially exited...
Man accused of breaking glass door at Navy admiral’s home in Point Loma
March 14, 2024 at 11:20 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — Navy officials are investigating a security breach at military housing near Naval Base...
Women in the Marines no longer have to wear pantyhose with their uniform skirts
March 13, 2024 at 8:21 p.m.
The Marine Corps has stopped requiring women to wear pantyhose with their uniform skirts, a...
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March 13, 2024 at 11:01 p.m.
Beam Global, a San Diego-based company that specializes in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, just completed...
4 San Diego-based warships slated for decommissioning in Navy’s new budget
March 11, 2024 at 11:38 p.m.
The Navy is proposing to decommission four San Diego-based warships, including a pair of $440...
New indictment widens scope of alleged SPAWAR scheme involving bribes for huge government contracts
March 9, 2024 at 1:01 p.m.
An indictment unsealed Friday revealed new details of a growing bribery scheme involving a former...
It was I-5, not air, for Miramar military planes
March 8, 2024 at 10:50 p.m.
Orange County — A Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, a Boeing F/A-18 Hornet and a Chinese-made MIG 15 traveling...
USS Kingsville, one of the last new Indy-class littoral combat ships, passes sea trials, will homeport in San Diego
March 7, 2024 at 10:24 p.m.
The USS Kingsville, one of the last Independence-class littoral combat ships built for the Navy,...
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March 2, 2024 at 1:01 p.m.
California National Guard members assisted law enforcement agencies across California last year in seizing more...
Struggling for contracts, BAE Systems cuts more jobs at San Diego shipyard in big downturn
March 1, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.
Struggling to obtain contracts, BAE Systems will cut more jobs at its San Diego ship...
San Diego aircraft carrier launches renowned aviator’s boots into the sky, in a touching tradition at sea
February 29, 2024 at 1:32 a.m.
A distinguished Cold War-era aviator was given a final tribute recently by the Navy when...
Monument to be dedicated at Camp Pendleton as tribute to Marines killed in 1984 helicopter accident
March 1, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.
CAMP PENDLETON — In a memorial garden on the northern end of Camp Pendleton, comrades are set...
After a tense 4-month deployment, the carrier USS Carl Vinson returns to cheers in San Diego Bay
February 24, 2024 at 1:55 a.m.
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson returned to San Diego early Friday following a 4.5-month...
Camp Pendleton Marines test a potentially more versatile – and badly needed – amphibious landing craft
February 24, 2024 at 12:16 a.m.
Camp Pendleton Marines on Friday began initial testing of an experimental amphibious landing craft that's...
Navy names a new ship after former Camp Pendleton Marine James D. Fairbanks
February 22, 2024 at 7:35 p.m.
A Navajo-class, ocean-going tug under development by shipmaker Austal will bear the name of James...
Carrier USS Carl Vinson will return to San Diego Friday after tense deployment in the Indo-Pacific
February 22, 2024 at 1:25 a.m.
SAN DIEGO — The USS Carl Vinson will return Friday to San Diego Bay from the Indo-Pacific,...
Oorah: Marines meet recruiting goal, feeding bases in San Diego, Camp Pendleton
February 21, 2024 at 12:28 a.m.
The Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego received welcome news Tuesday about the time...
General held up by Senate confirmation stall takes command of Camp Pendleton’s largest fighting force
February 21, 2024 at 12:45 a.m.
Camp Pendleton — Lt. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, selected almost 11 months ago to take over the...
Chuck Mawhinney, Camp Pendleton Marine who became deadliest sniper in corps history, dies at 75
February 17, 2024 at 8:47 p.m.
Chuck Mawhinney, the Camp Pendleton Marine who became the deadliest sniper in the corps' history...
Former San Diego warship commander Fred Kacher takes helm of Navy’s massive 7th Fleet
February 16, 2024 at 9:24 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, former commander of the San Diego-based destroyer USS Stockdale, has...
Navy to create second ‘ghost ship’ squadron at Naval Base San Diego
February 16, 2024 at 4:30 a.m.
The Navy will create a second unmanned surface vessel squadron in San Diego in May,...
Navy does away with widely mocked ban on sailors putting their hands in their pockets
February 15, 2024 at 3:16 a.m.
The Navy eliminated a source of anger and online mockery Wednesday, announcing that it has...
Navy envisions big future for the sort of unmanned ships now being tested in San Diego
February 15, 2024 at 4:50 p.m.
The experimental, unmanned ships the Navy is testing out of San Diego and other ports...
Long-awaited waterfront park from USS Midway advances but first up – a demolition
February 14, 2024 at 4:35 a.m.
A decades-long plan to build a bayfront park alongside the USS Midway Museum took a...
Families bearing Valentine’s Day signs welcome USNS Mercy home from deployment
February 13, 2024 at 10:52 p.m.
SAN DIEGO — Cries of joy echoed across a Navy pier in San Diego Monday as the...
Five San Diego-based Marines killed in East County helicopter crash identified
February 10, 2024 at 1:13 a.m.
The Marine Corps on Friday publicly identified five San Diego-based service members who were killed...
As the inevitability of his sentencing nears, ‘Fat Leonard’ is still searching for a new attorney
February 9, 2024 at 1:05 a.m.
DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the defense contractor behind the worst bribery and corruption scandal...
Effort under way to recover remains of five Marines killed in East County helicopter crash
February 9, 2024 at 6:08 p.m.
Five Marines aboard the helicopter that went down in the East County mountains amid a...
Missing Marine helicopter is located in East County but fate of crew remains unknown
February 8, 2024 at 1:43 p.m.
EAST COUNTY — A Marine helicopter that went missing late Tuesday in a mountainous area of East...
Is sewage crisis affecting Navy SEALS training in Coronado? San Diego congressional members want to know
February 3, 2024 at 2:58 a.m.
Members of San Diego’s congressional delegation are asking the U.S. Dept. of the Navy to...
Navytown news: Two San Diego-based aircraft carriers flex their muscles in Philippine Sea
February 1, 2024 at 12:50 a.m.
In a show of force, the San Diego-based aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson and USS...
No diploma? No problem! Navy again lowers requirements as it struggles to meet recruitment goals
January 27, 2024 at 12:32 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is starting to enlist individuals who didn't graduate from high school or...