Military

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. 

This annual celebration aboard USS Midway is not merely an event, but an expression of appreciation for all San Diego military families.

Hundreds of veterans who were dismissed from the U.S. military under the now-repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy have been given honorable discharges following a yearlong review, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. 

A military investigation has concluded that two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures and a lack of understanding about what to do after a fall into deep, turbulent waters.

Thousands of people spent part of their weekend experiencing the sights and sounds of the MCAS Miramar Air Show. NBC 7’s Adonis Albright reports.

The annual Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar attracted thousands of people on Saturday, where people gathered to watch the military’s aviation prowess on full display.

Woodson’s 95-year-old widow, Joann, was presented Tuesday with the Distinguished Service Cross he was awarded posthumously for his extraordinary heroism.

NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke to the author of the report about how urgent the problem is for San Diego’s military community and for the U.S.

The U.S. military has moved more than 100 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching the state.

A U.S. Navy chief who wanted the internet while deployed had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her commanding officer to keep it secret, according to investigators.

Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday confirmed an incident took place when former President Donald Trump visited there Monday to commemorate the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate attacks in Afghanistan.

A U.S. Army private who fled to North Korea just over a year ago will plead guilty to desertion and four other charges and take responsibility for his conduct.

Officials at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland say Air Force security guards exchanged gunfire with someone who twice opened fire at an entrance to the base.

The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified.

Louis Gigliotti just recently got his veteran benefits. They came 78 years after the 103-year-old World War II veteran was discharged from the U.S. Army.

A military lab found that repetitive low-level blasts in training — not enemy fire or combat — are likely the cause of brain damage in special forces like the Navy SEALs.

The New York Times confirms the connection between repeated low-level blast exposure and brain damage in military elite like the Navy SEALs. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea has the story.

Starting Thursday through Sunday, those serving in the U.S. military can adopt a furry companion at a reduced cost, courtesy of the Helen Woodward Animal Center’s Paws for Patriots event.

A descendent of a Union soldier getting the Medal of Honor from President Joe Biden for conspicuous gallantry during the Civil War says it’s an opportunity for his ancestor to be remembered as “a brave soldier who did what he thought was right.”

Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten.