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Pentagon lifts pause on troubled Osprey aircrafts
The Pentagon is allowing its fleet of V-22 Ospreys to return to the air — with some new guidelines in place.
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USS Abraham Lincoln returns to San Diego in time for the holiday
Just in time for the holidays, thousands of sailors with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including its flagship Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, returned Friday to their homeport of San Diego. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez has more.
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Thousands of Lincoln Strike Group sailors return to San Diego for the holidays
Just in time for the holidays, thousands of sailors with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including its flagship Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, returned Friday to their homeport of San Diego.
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US Navy recognizes ‘Top Gun' actor Tom Cruise with top civilian honor
The world’s most famous fictional Top Gun is now a decorated naval hero.
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Marine commander fired 9 months after fatal East County Chopper crash
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.
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US and allies mark 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
The United States, its European allies and a dwindling number of veterans are marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
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US airman in Japan is sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor
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.
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House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
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.
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Military pauses Osprey flights again after more metal failures are found in near crash
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.
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Two USS George Washington sailors die days apart after reaching Japan, Navy says
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.
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South Korean president declares emergency martial law
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law Tuesday night in an unannounced TV address.
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Veterans at Mesa College in San Diego confront legacy of ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The policy forced thousands of service members to stay in the closet and had detrimental effects on their well-being.
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Veterans in Chula Vista confront legacy of ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The policy forced thousands of service members to stay in the closet, reports NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes.
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Defense Secretary Austin says women in military ‘make us stronger'
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.
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USS Edsall, sunk World War II ship known as ‘Dancing Mouse,' found 80 years on
The discovery, announced Monday, has revealed the resting place of more than 200 servicemen who died three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds defense contractor responsible
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.
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Deadly Failure: A sailor's struggle in a fractured military mental-health system
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.
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Operation Homefront helps San Diego military families for the holidays
400 San Diego County military families get support for the holidays.
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Army to fund first US-based TNT factory since the 1980s in Kentucky
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.
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Deadly Failure: A sailor's struggle in a fractured military mental-health system
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