Camp Pendleton News

Raymond H. Oehl, age 81 of Amana, died peacefully on Friday, February 10, 2012 at his home.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James Simmons, center, will leave the Navy as part of the enlisted retention boards downsizing of the Navy, fills out a questionnaire at the NAVSEA booth during a job fair at North Island Naval air Station.

A fight broke out during a funeral at a Phoenix church after a friend of the departed punched a man who had reportedly been fighting with the deceased before he died.

The US Marine Corps is once again in damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS - a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others.

The Liberty Institute and other supporters of the Mount Soledad cross, including the Mount Soledad Memorial Association , hosted a rally at the base of the war memorial on Thursday morning to announce the appeal to an appellate court's ruling declaring the cross unconstitutional.

The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS - a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others.

The Marine Corps and the Montford Point Marine Association hope to locate the nation's first black Marines or surviving next of kin so they can be recognized this spring when the veterans are awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Growing up in Kuwait, Asif Balbale thought he wanted to become a chemical engineer.

Welcome to the third edition of First Nations News & Views. This weekly series is one element in the "Invisible Indians" project put together by navajo and me, with assistance from the Native American Netroots Group.

LOS ANGELES _ Laura Herzog's life changed on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. That was the day a 21-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton was killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province when an improvised bomb exploded underneath his Humvee.

After the twin towers fell and the Pentagon burned, the United States invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime and deprive al-Qaeda terrorists of their sanctuary.

United States and Japanese officers greet each other after the opening ceremony of Operation Iron Fist at Camp Pendleton, Monday, Jan.

A 23-year-old sergeant from Camp Pendleton killed recently in Afghanistan was struck by a roadside bomb on foot patrol, his family told The Seattle Times .

Congressman Darrell Issa represents the people of California's 49th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, a seat he has held since 2001.

Under the gun of political pressures against the war coupled with new strains on the NATO coalition, the United States announced an accelerated timetable for ending its combat role in Afghanistan and switching to a training mission with Afghan troops in the lead.

Hundreds of firefighters and law enforcement officers on Tuesday waved flags from freeway bridges from Los Alamitos to Laguna Hills saluting a procession carrying the remains of Cpl.

In this undated U.S. Department of Defense file photo made available by thememoryhole.org, flag-draped coffins of U.S .war casualties are seen aboard a cargo plane in Dover, Del.

Members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force salute for the National Anthem of the United States of America during the opening ceremony of Opera... Members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force participate in the opening ceremony of Operation Iron Fist at Camp Pendleton, Monday, Jan.

When the Marine unit that suffered the greatest casualties in the 10-year Afghan war returned home last spring, they didn't rush back to their everyday lives.

In a diary posted yesterday regarding the massacre of 24 innocents in the Iraqi town of Haditha, the diarist made an error common to those not familiar with Military nomenclature.