Home, home on the base
CHARLIE NEUMAN / Union-Tribune
Camp Pendleton's bison are allowed to roam in the northeast corner of the 125,000-acre base, where the rolling hills and grasslands of an oak savanna have proved to be a good home for them. An unusual donation from the San Diego Zoo to Pendleton may turn out to be more precious than anybody realized at the time.
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VA study finds mental-health care is lacking
Research limiting veterans' treatment
Sept. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Top mental-health officials for the VA San Diego Healthcare System are spending little time treating the burgeoning caseload of stressed-out war veterans because they are immersed in research, according to a new internal investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The medical director of the two main treatment programs for post-traumatic stress disorder “did not substantively participate in (their) operations” because of research work, said the report, which was issued last week by the VA's inspector general.
BAGHDAD, 8:25 a.m. Sept. 5 (REUTERS)
Iraq condemns reported U.S. spying on PM Maliki: A report that the United States spied on Iraqi officials shows a lack of trust and casts a shadow over relations with U.S. intelligence agencies, the Iraqi government said on Friday.
Sept. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Despite his caution, Navy officer hurt in crash: On Tyler Chelone's Facebook page is a photo of his most prized possession: a shiny, yellow 2008 Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle. The Navy officer had bought it for himself after transferring to Coronado from Norfolk, Va., this summer.
WASHINGTON, 2:33 p.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
Army: Soldier suicide rate may set record again: Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.
SAN DIEGO, 5:58 p.m. Sept. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Marine families awarded more than $55M in fatal helicopter crash: A jury awarded more than $55 million Wednesday to the families of four Marines killed in 2004 when the helicopter they were flying in struck a utility tower on Camp Pendleton.
7:33 a.m. Sept. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Holiday donations sought for soldiers: OCEANSIDE: The nonprofit Soldiers' Angels organization will be seeking donations Sunday in its efforts to send 180,000 holiday packages to deployed service members this year.
7:31 a.m. Sept. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Carlsbad is home to Army Corps office: CARLSBAD: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has moved its regulatory field office from Rancho Bernardo to Carlsbad.
TOKYO, 6:00 a.m. Sept. 4 (REUTERS)
U.S. general reassures Japan over nuclear carrier: A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be stationed in Japan will send a 'strong signal' of Washington's commitment to defend its close ally, the commander of the U.S. military in Japan said on Thursday.
BAGHDAD, 2:41 a.m. Sept. 4 (AP)
TV official: U.S. military arrests cameraman in Iraq: The U.S. military arrested an Iraqi cameraman and three of his family members Thursday during a raid on their home in Baghdad, an official with Baghdad TV said.
SARAJEVO, 1:57 a.m. Sept. 4 (REUTERS)
NATO troops raid home of suspected Mladic supporter: NATO raided the home on Thursday of a suspected supporter of Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic, the last genocide suspect from the Bosnian war on the run from the U.N. war crimes court.
LONDON, 9:29 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
British military reacting to climate change: Climate change is forcing the British military to tailor its strategy and equipment for more extreme weather, a junior defense minister said Wednesday.
BAGHDAD, 5:47 a.m. Sept. 3 (REUTERS)
Iraq to reopen Abu Ghraib prison, include museum: Iraq plans to renovate and reopen Abu Ghraib prison, the notorious site of executions and torture under Saddam Hussein and later of a U.S. prisoner abuse scandal.
Aug. 31 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Veterans relive Pearl Harbor: For years, Bill Craddock figured no one wanted to hear his war stories, even his tales of Dec. 7, 1941. And that was just fine with the El Cajon resident.
NEW YORK, 8:02 a.m. Sept. 3 (REUTERS)
Boeing machinists vote on contract, urged to strike: Almost 27,000 Boeing Co workers are set to vote on the plane maker's latest three-year contract offer Wednesday, urged by their union to reject it and walk off their jobs at midnight, raising the possibility of the fourth Boeing strike in 20 years.
BRUSSELS, 7:23 a.m. Sept. 3 (REUTERS)
NATO states seek to reassure Baltics: NATO states back a U.S. call to show the alliance is prepared to defend Baltic members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from any attack after Russia's intervention in Georgia, an alliance spokesman said on Wednesday.
WARSAW, Poland, 5:31 a.m. Sept. 3 (AP)
Poland to probe mysterious death of WWII commander: Polish prosecutors said Wednesday they are investigating whether Poland's World War II prime minister and chief army commander, Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski, died accidentally in a 1943 plane crash or was assassinated.
MOSCOW, 2:56 a.m. Sept. 3 (REUTERS)
Russia's top diplomat to have shield talks in Poland: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Poland next week for talks on a plan, opposed by Moscow, to station parts of the U.S. missile shield on Polish soil, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
Aug. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Ex-Marine ready to move on after trial: Jose Nazario's days as a househusband appear to be numbered. The former Marine said he has been jobless and unemployable since Aug. 7, 2007, the day authorities arrested him on charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault. He was accused of participating in the killings of four detainees during one of the Iraq war's ugliest battles.
BARRIO LOGAN, Aug. 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Looking to honor local service members: BARRIO LOGAN
– John Banuelos remembers watching the dark sedan pull up to the Point Loma dry cleaners where his father worked. The family was hanging out at the store, and everyone noticed that it was a government-issued car.
Aug. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Veteran of the seas sets sail one last time: Gary Jaynes won't forget his first voyage aboard the supercarrier Kitty Hawk, a builder's cruise before the ship's 1961 commissioning in Philadelphia.
SAN DIEGO, 3:16 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Acquittal of ex-Marine sparks debate over law: Some members of the civilian jury that acquitted a former Marine accused of war crimes in Iraq say they weren't qualified to judge actions in combat, and military and legal experts said the case raises serious questions about whether federal prosecutors should even pursue such cases.
WASHINGTON, 12:59 p.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Source: Petraeus submitted preliminary Iraq report: The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, has given his military superiors and Defense Secretary Robert Gates his initial recommendation on when to resume a U.S. troop withdrawal and at what pace, a senior military officer close to the process said Friday.
Aug. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Ex-Marine acquitted in slayings of 4 in Iraq: Former Marine Staff Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario walked free from a Riverside courtroom yesterday after a civilian jury acquitted him on charges of killing unarmed detainees four years ago during one of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war.
SAN ANTONIO, 12:49 a.m. Aug. 29 (AP)
Wounded war veterans hit the water for ski clinic: Wheelchairs parked and crutches tossed aside, dozens of soldiers wounded in war hit the lake at a theme park in what's believed to be the nation's largest water-skiing clinic for people with physical disabilities.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28
General backs bigger role for Marines in Afghanistan: Gen. James Conway, the nation's top Marine, yesterday renewed his pitch to increase the role of the Marine Corps in Afghanistan – a prospect that some observers see as increasingly likely.
SAN DIEGO, 8:07 p.m. Aug. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Jury nears deliberation stage in wrongful-death trial: A jury is expected to begin deliberating next week in a civil trial involving the families of four Marines who died when their helicopter crashed into a utility tower in 2004.
8:06 p.m. Aug. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Jury acquits former Marine in killing of Iraqis: Former Marine Staff Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario walked free from a Riverside courtroom Thursday after a civilian jury acquitted him on charges of killing unarmed detainees four years ago during one of the fierces battles of the Iraq war.
SAN DIEGO, 8:06 p.m. Aug. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Marine recruiter given maximum sentence for sex charges: A military judge ripped into a former Marine Corps recruiter Wednesday, minutes after handing him the maximum sentence on charges he had sex with young women he had brought into the Marines.
WASHINGTON, 7:23 a.m. Aug. 27 (REUTERS)
U.S. soldiers say they executed Iraqis on riverbank: Three U.S. soldiers killed four handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots on the bank of a Baghdad canal last year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
7:03 a.m. Aug. 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Kitty Hawk will depart North Island tomorrow: CORONADO: The aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk will leave North Island Naval Air Station in Coronado tomorrow en route to its retirement in Bremerton, Wash., Navy officials announced yesterday.
Aug. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Officials: Marines sold drugs on base: Two Camp Pendleton Marines charged with killing a third Marine over stolen drug money were selling cocaine, marijuana, steroids and other substances on the base, investigators have said.
CAMP PENDLETON, 7:01 p.m. Aug. 25 (AP)
Marine pleads not guilty to Iraq killing: A Marine has pleaded not guilty to charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the slaying of an unarmed detainee in Iraq nearly four years ago.
Aug. 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Marine pleads not guilty to '04 shooting in Iraq: CAMP PENDLETON: A Marine pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the shooting of an unarmed detainee in Iraq nearly four years ago.
KABUL, 5:09 a.m. Aug. 26 (REUTERS)
Taliban put the squeeze on Afghan capital: The Taliban were very clear about their strategy this year, declaring it for all to see on their Web site in March; more suicide bombs, isolating Kabul and hitting troop supply lines. So far they have not disappointed.
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, 3:37 p.m. Aug. 25 (AP)
Report: Human error causes most Predator crashes: As the U.S. military scrambles to get more robotic warplanes like the Predator drone aloft, it is confronting an unexpected adversary: human error.
WASHINGTON, 8:57 a.m. Aug. 23 (AP)
Pentagon's intelligence arm steps up lie detecting: The Pentagon's intelligence arm is adding more polygraph studios and relying on outside contractors for the first time to conduct lie detection tests in an attempt to screen its 5,700 prospective and current employees every year.
Aug. 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Marines won't testify in killings:Two Camp Pendleton Marines refused to testify yesterday in the trial of their former squad leader, who is accused of spearheading the fatal shootings of four captives in Fallujah, Iraq. Sgts. Ryan Weemer and Jermaine Nelson allegedly helped Jose Nazario kill the detainees Nov. 9, 2004.
CAMP PENDLETON, Aug. 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Buffer land deals stalled:
Business partners Moe Nezami and Abraham Poladian own land that conservationists love. Their Fern Creek Ranch, a 140-acre flower farm, includes a crystalline stream that serves as an oasis deep in the hills of De Luz. The ranch is supposed to become part of a national effort to buffer military bases such as Camp Pendleton from urban encroachment and preserve land as wildlife habitat.
RIVERSIDE, 2:07 p.m. Aug. 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Two Marines won't testify in federal Fallujah trial: Two Camp Pendleton Marines refused to testify Friday in the trial of their former squad leader, who is accused of spearheading the fatal shooting of four captives in Fallujah, Iraq.
SAN DIEGO, 4:45 a.m. Aug. 21 (SIGNONSANDIEGO)
USS George Washington is off to Japan: The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington, which has been docked in San Diego for several months while undergoing repairs stemming from a fire, departed Thursday for Japan, Navy officials said.
CHULA VISTA, 4:32 p.m. Aug. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Sailor pleads not guilty to weekend killing: A U.S. Navy sailor pleaded not guilty Thursday to killing one man and wounding another in a weekend shooting in Lincoln Acres.
FORT CARSON, Colo., 2:09 p.m. Aug. 21 (AP)
Soldier to plead guilty to lower desertion charge: A soldier who fled to Canada when his unit was deployed to Iraq plans to plead guilty Friday to a reduced charge of desertion, his lawyer said.
SAN BERNARDINO, 1:39 p.m. Aug. 21 (AP)
Report: Soldier died from mix of prescriptions: An autopsy of a soldier who died while training at Fort Irwin has revealed she was killed by a combination of prescription drugs she was taking for pain.
RIVERSIDE, 12:25 p.m. Aug. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Federal trial begins for ex-Marine in Fallujah case: Prosecutors and defense attorneys jostled Thursday to present their contrasting descriptions of former Camp Pendleton Marine Jose Nazario, who is accused of shooting two unarmed captives and urging his men to kill two others.
Aug. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
For the record: Because of incorrect information from a source, a story on yesterday's front page about the prosecution of former Camp Pendleton Marine Jose Nazario said veterans of past wars could be prosecuted under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. In fact, the law does not apply to incidents that took place before 2000.
Aug. 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Civilians to try Iraq war case against ex-Marine: When Jose Nazario goes on trial this week in Riverside on charges of voluntary manslaughter, he won't exactly face a jury of his peers.
WASHINGTON, 2:19 p.m. Aug. 20 (AP)
DOD to release final guidelines for $35B tanker: Final guidelines will be released next week for the latest round of bidding on a disputed $35 billion contract to replace an aging fleet of Air Force refueling planes, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, 11:23 a.m. Aug. 20 (AP)
Army promises survivors longer help: The Army is mailing out thousands of letters to survivors of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking what it can do to better help them, even years after the deaths of their loved ones.
WASHINGTON, 1:07 a.m. Aug. 20 (AP)
Web site educates about hiring vets: They survived war, but for some Iraq and Afghanistan veterans going to work back home isn't easy, either.
WASHINGTON, 11:50 a.m. Aug. 19 (AP)
National Guard training overhaul is costly: The Pentagon is determined to overhaul both training and active duty tours for the Army National Guard, but finding a way to give these part-time soldiers more time at home will cost over $128 million, The Associated Press has learned.
WASHINGTON, 6:30 a.m. Aug. 19 (REUTERS)
U.S. Navy reverses course, to buy 3rd DDG-1000 ship: The U.S. Navy has bowed to congressional pressure and confirmed it will buy a third DDG-1000 destroyer as part of the fiscal 2009 budget, as initially planned, instead of canceling the $29 billion program after just two ships.
MOSCOW, 6:22 a.m. Aug. 19 (REUTERS)
Russia cancels U.S. navy visit to Russia-RIA: Russia's navy said on Tuesday it had cancelled a September visit by a United States navy frigate to a port in Russia's Far Eastern region of Kamchatka, RIA news agency reported.
CAMP PENDLETON, Aug. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Marine lawyer has sought judicial reform: When Colby Vokey joined the Marine Corps, he didn't plan on becoming a prominent and sometimes divisive figure in the military's legal system.
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