Military

The world’s most famous fictional Top Gun is now a decorated naval hero.

The commander of a Miramar-based helicopter squadron has been fired nine months after an East County helicopter crash that killed all five Marines aboard the aircraft.

The United States, its European allies and a dwindling number of veterans are marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

Senior Airman Brennon Washington, 25, was indicted in March for allegedly abducting and having sexual intercourse with a girl in Okinawa who was under 16.

The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.

The Pentagon is temporarily pausing flights again of its fleet of V-22 Ospreys after weakened metal components were found in a part after another near crash.

Two sailors assigned to the USS George Washington died within days of each other shortly after the aircraft carrier arrived in Japan, officials and family members said.

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law Tuesday night in an unannounced TV address.

The policy forced thousands of service members to stay in the closet and had detrimental effects on their well-being.

The policy forced thousands of service members to stay in the closet, reports NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes.

Women and racial diversity are vital to the strength of U.S. armed forces, outgoing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

The discovery, announced Monday, has revealed the resting place of more than 200 servicemen who died three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

A U.S. jury has awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.

In this collaboration, Voice of San Diego and NBC 7 shed light on the mental-health crisis in the military, where more than 30,000 service members and veterans in the post-9/11 era have died by suicide.

400 San Diego County military families get support for the holidays.

The U.S. Army awarded a $435 million contract on Friday to build a TNT production plant in western Kentucky that will become the first domestic source for the explosive material in decades, officials said.

In this collaboration, Voice of San Diego and NBC 7 shed light on the mental-health crisis in the military, where more than 30,000 service members and veterans in the post-9/11 era have died by suicide

NBC 7’s Todd Strain shows us the events celebrating and honoring military members.

Fleet Week San Diego runs from Nov 1. to Nov. 11 with the majority of events happening at the Broadway Pier.

Fleet Week begins Nov. 1 and runs through Veterans Day on Nov. 11. The week’s events include a military and veteran appreciation concert at Balboa Park featuring Navy Band Southwest. NBC 7 and Telemundo 20’s Salute to Service event also honors military members and their families on Veterans Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the USS Midway Museum.