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The exercise helps certify units for deployment

Marines and Sailors across Southern California are training together right now as part of an annual exercise known as Steel Knight.

The 1st Marine Division’s annual three-week Steel Knight training exercise is being held across 60,000 square miles in Southern California and Arizona. The training area replicates actual distances in the Western Pacific where the U.S. can access bases.

Roughly 10,000 U.S. Marines and sailors are in the midst of a final exam of sorts. They’re participating in the annual Joint Exercise Steel Knight. Members of...

The exercise helps certify units for deployment

The exercise helps certify units for deployment

Military vehicles from Humvees to 55-ton Abrams tanks commonly move by rail.

Veterans who served during the Gulf War era or post-9/11 no longer have to prove their conditions were caused during their service in order to get medical coverage and disability benefits for them and for their families after theyre gone.

A rail shutdown could potentially jeopardize national security, as San Diego's Marine and Navy bases are the largest on the West Coast and are a jumping-off point to the rest of the world.

Camp Pendleton, Naval Base San Diego use freight trains to transport heavy military equipment and supplies