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Share This: Earlier this month, Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Wetter entered a burning vehicle to save a one-year-old girl who was trapped in a car seat. The girl’s parents were driving along Mission Road in Fallbrook, California, a village near Camp Pendleton, when a gas can fell from the back of another vehicle and became wedged beneath the car. The can caught fire and engulfed the car in flames. GySgt. Wetter, who was driving behind the family, pulled over immediately, leaped from his...

Share This: The country was caught off guard this week when an RV packed with explosives was detonated in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Christmas day. The FBI and special agents from ATF are investigating the bombing and pursuing a possible “lone wolf” suspect. See our analysis of what officials are now classifying as a case of domestic terrorism. We learned of a tragic murder/suicide at Fort Bragg this week: a Civil Affairs Medic killed his pregnant wife before turning the gun on himsel...

I thought it wasnt real: Marine surprises family with homecoming Marine surprises mom with holiday visit One marine wanted to give his mother a Christmas surprise. FOX 35s Matt Trezza has the reunion. ORLANDO, Fla. - It was a holiday present that Monica Cabrera would treasure forever: the crowd at the restaurant where she was sitting broke into applause as her son Daniel Ceballos, a U.S. Marine, surprised her at breakfast. "You know, I thought it wasnt real, he wasnt there, I was dreaming," Cab...

Top Stories 2020: COVID-19 Pandemic December 28, 2020 11:39 AM Sailors prepare to man the rails as the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), returns to Yokosuka, Japan following a six-month underway period. US Navy Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020. The coronavirus pandemic affected almost everything the Navy did in 2020, from the way the service deploys forces, to the way its contractors built shi...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Dec. 28, 2020 December 28, 2020 10:45 AM USNI News Image These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Dec. 28, 2020, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship. Total U.S. Navy Battle Force: 297 In Japan CMDCM(SW/AW) Randy Bell, USS America (LHA-6) command ...

11 Navy Corpsmen are known as “Devil Docs” to the Marines with whom they serve, and according to some Marine combat veterans, they are held in the highest respect. In every clime and place, they exercise, march, go to the rifle range and deploy with them. They wear Marine uniforms with Navy insignia. The bond between combat Marines and their Navy Corpsmen is battle tested, and history is replete with tales of both putting themselves in harm’s way, even at the cost of thei...

FALLBROOK (KUSI) – The wind-driven Creek Fire, which has burned 4,276 acres, was reported to be 90% contained Saturday, officials said. As of 5:12 p.m. Saturday, Cal Fire San Diego reported firefighters made good progress in containing the fire, which was 65% contained Saturday morning. Cal FIre Captain Thomas Shoots joined Good Morning San Diego to discuss the wildfire. As of Thursday evening, “the fire was pretty much knocked down and they have it completely encircled,” said Frank Parra...

FALLBROOK — A wildfire erupted late Wednesday night near the northern San Diego County community of Fallbrook and quickly charred at least 50 acres as it spread to Camp Pendleton, prompting mandatory evacuations from parts of the Marine Corps base, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 11:15

More than 7,000 residents were forced to evacuate after the Creek Fire erupted near Camp Pendleton and Fallbrook early Thursday.

FALLBROOK –  A wildfire erupted late Wednesday night near the northern San Diego County community of Fallbrook and quickly charred at least 50 acres as it spread to Camp Pendleton, prompting mandatory evacuations from parts of the Marine Corps base, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 11:15 p.m. near De Luz Road about two miles west of Sandia Creek Drive, according to San Diego County sheriff’s Lt. Mark Moreno and the North County Fire Protection District. By 11:40 p.m., t...