Marine Corps Air Station Miramar News

Most of the Marines involved in Tuesday's helicopter crash near the North Korean border were Hawaii-based infantry personnel, a military official said.

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif., April 4, 2013 - In the early morning mist, a small group of Marines is limbered up, weighted down with flak jackets and ready for a fight.

Marines and their families at Camp Pendleton soon might begin feeling the effects of federal "sequestration" cuts after learning potential furloughs of civilian employees at the base could result in one fewer day to shop for food at the commissaries.

An instructor pilot and student walked away unhurt after the nose wheel collapsed on their U.S. Marine Corps training plane at Big Bear City Airport in the San Bernardino Mountains, say Federal Aviation Administration and sheriff's officials.

The tidy, two-story home on White Oak Court was busy over the weekend as visitors paid their respects to the family of the U.S. Marine fatally shot by a fellow soldier last week.