May 18, 2013

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Camp Pendleton

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Defense Dept. Employee Arrested On Bribery Charges

AP | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

SAN DIEGO -- A Department of Defense employee who oversaw construction contracts at Camp Pendleton used his position to extort bribes from businesses ...

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Marine Discharged for Anti-Obama Remarks Plans City Council Run

Murrieta, CA Patch | Posted 07.29.2012 | Politics

Read More: Murrieta Georgia, Camp Pendleton, Marines, Military, California, Tea-Party, Murrieta City Council, Gary Stein, Barack Obama, Politics News

A former Camp Pendleton Marine who was ousted from the service in April based on remarks he made on the Facebook page, "Armed Forces Tea Party," has a...

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Ad Starring Anti-Obama Marine Pulled

Camp Pendleton Patch | Daniel Woolfolk | Posted 09.17.2012 | Politics

A military public affairs team pulled a public service announcement that featured former Camp Pendleton Marine Gary Stein. The former sergeant was ...

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Will New Details About Marine Wife's Murder Be Released?

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 08.27.2012 | Crime

Read More: Brittany Killgore, Camp Pendleton, Video, Marine Wife Death, Jessica Lopez, Louis Ray Perez, Camp Pendleton Murder, Marine Murder, Marine Wife Murder, Jessica Lynn Lopez, Slideexpand, Louis Perez, Dorothy Maraglino, Crime News

VISTA, Calif. (AP) -- A judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to unseal search warrants in the investigation into the death of a Camp Pendlet...

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Hawk Brought Down Marine Chopper

AP | Posted 07.17.2012 | Politics

Read More: Janet Bland, Jeffrey Bland, Video, Camp Pendleton, Bad-News, Thomas Heitmann, Military, Camp Pendleton Helicopter Crash, Birds, Bird Strike, AH-1W Cobra, Ap, Politics News

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A bird strike caused a deadly helicopter crash at Camp Pendleton last year that killed two Marines, according to a Mar...

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Author: What I Learned From Sergeant John Basilone

Chuck Tatum | Posted 07.01.2012 | Books

Read More: Iwo Jima, Camp Pendleton, Marines, Army, Soliders, John Basilone, Books News

Every young boy in 1942 America knew Sergeant John Basilone fired from the hip. Cradling his water cooled .30 caliber machine gun in his arms, on the night of October 24, 1942 he mowed down dozens and dozens of onrushing enemy soldiers on the island of Guadalcanal.

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LOOK: Marine Recieves 'First Ever' Gay Proposal On U.S. Military Base

Posted 06.07.2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Camp Pendleton, Slideexpand, Gay Military, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays in the Military, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Video, Gay Rights, US Marines, LGBT Rights, Gay and Lesbian Weddings, Gay Weddings, Slidepollajax, Gay Marriage, Gay Voices News

In a heartwarming sign of the post-"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" era, one gay marine was greeted with a romantic wedding proposal as he returned to San Dieg...

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Wisconsin Teen Collects 4,000 Stuffed Bears For Kids Dealing With Trauma

menomoneefalls.patch.com | Posted 04.23.2012 | Impact

Read More: Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Nicolas Bast, Wisconsin, Camp Pendleton, Teddy Bear Patrol Collection, Waukesha County, Anne Bast, Wtmj, Impact News

Forget your Wall Street-inspired perception of bear and bull markets for this story. For five years 16-year-old Nicolas Bast has reaped soul-satisf...

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Marine's Missing Wife Likely 'Victim Of Foul Play'

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 06.17.2012 | Crime

Read More: Cory Killgore, Brittany Killgore, Camp Pendleton, Video, Marine's Missing Wife, Brittany Kilgore, Missing Persons, California Crime, Crime News

SAN DIEGO — Authorities arrested a woman Tuesday for investigation of murder after finding a body in their search for the missing wife of a U.S....

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Obama Criticizing Marine Face Discharge

Camp Pendleton Patch | Daniel Woolfolk | Posted 06.05.2012 | Politics

A judge has denied a request to halt or postpone a military separation hearings for Sgt. Gary Stein - a Temecula Marine who maintains a Facebook page ...

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Names Of Marines Killed In Deadly Helicopter Crash Released

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS and JULIE WATSON | Posted 04.25.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: Nickoulas Elliott, Video, Camp Pendleton, Yuma Arizona, Michael Quin, Yuma, Thomas Budrejko, Benjamin Cerniglia, Nathan Anderson, Justin Everett, Yuma-Arizona-Helicopter-Crash, Corey Little, Los Angeles News

SAN DIEGO — Details of the personal lives of the seven Marines killed in one of the Corps' deadliest aviation training accidents in years emerge...

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Major Iraq War Crimes Trial To Continue On Friday

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 03.21.2012 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Crimes, Video, Camp Pendleton, Marine Trial, Frank Wuterich, Iraq War Crime Trial, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, World News

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A major war crimes trial resumed Friday after lawyers worked on unspecified negotiations for two days, with the prosecu...

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The "Psychological Projection" of the ACLJ

Chris Rodda | Posted 02.05.2012 | Politics

n an article yesterday on the ACLJ website, specifically going after Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), David French puts the 'poor bullied Christians' spin on the Pendleton cross controversy.

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The Camp Pendleton Cross: The Facts vs. What the "Persecuted" Christians Are Saying

Chris Rodda | Posted 02.01.2012 | Politics

Read More: Religion and the Military, Camp Pendleton, Marines, Military, Separation of Church and State, Video, Politics News

Religious neutrality by the government does not equal persecution of Christians, no matter how many times FOX News and "Team Sekulow" keep claiming it does.

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2 Dead After Helicopter Crashes At Marine Corps Base

Patch | Posted 11.19.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Camp Pendleton, Helicopter Crash, AH-1W Cobra, Camp Pendleton Helicopter Crash, Camp Pendleton Crash, Los Angeles News

Two people aboard a Marine Corps helicopter died Monday after a mishap, according to base officials. The AH-1W Cobra went down at approximately 1 p...

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Helicopter Crash At California Marine Corps Base Kills 1, Injures 5

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 09.05.2011 | Home

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine Corps helicopter crashed Wednesday afternoon at the sprawling coastal base of Camp Pendleton, killing one and ...

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Ex-Marine Kesaun Sykes Urinates In Courtroom At His Own Hearing

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Kevin Cox, Camp Pendleton, Emrys John, Camp Pendleton Murder, Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak, Tyrone Milles, Kesaun Sykes, Sgt. Jan Pietrzak, Los Angeles News

Kesaun Sykes (known as "Psycho") will be undergoing a mental health evaluation after he urinated in the courtroom at his own hearing. The Riverside Pr...

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Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle Sinks Off California With 1 Inside

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Marine died after going down with an amphibious assault vehicle that sank Friday during a training exercise in a harb...

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ROTC Cadets: A Day In The Life

Daily 49er | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: Rotc, Cal State Long Beach, Camp Pendleton, The West, Daily 49er, Rotc Cadets, College News

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Jennifer Do and her group had been hiking for almost five hours since noon. Heavy rain from days before left the ground mudd...

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Honoring Our Nations Veterans as Cancer Stricken Soldiers Go Ignored

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Burn Pits, The Guardian, Icbuw, Cnn, Veterans, Afp, Usmc, R. B. Stuart, Iraq, Depleted Uranium, SGT Cody Feeback, Camp Lejeune, Camp Pendleton, Kuwait, Fallujah, Kidney Cancer, Wilms-Tumor, World News

Our military has already chosen to die for their country -- but does that include by the hand of Big Pharma too?

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Mark Lowe, Marine Major, Sentenced For Passing Secrets To LA Sheriff's Department

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Camp Pendleton, Marines, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Mark Lowe, US Marines, Los Angeles News

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A Camp Pendleton Marine officer who leaked intelligence documents to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has be...

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Lawrence Hutchins III, Marine Sergeant Accused Of Iraq War Crimes, Returns To Duty

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Ray Mabus, Camp Pendleton, Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins, Navy, Plymouth, War Crimes, Murder, Marines, Lawrence Hutchins, 1st Marine Division, Hamdania, Hashim Ibrahim Awad, Iraq, Massachusetts, World News

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III put on his uniform and reported for duty Tuesday despite lingering accusations that h...

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Marine Amphibious Assaults May Be A Thing Of The Past

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Military, Camp Pendleton, Robert Gates, Amphibious Assaults, Beach Landings, Marines, Home News

On a stretch of clean, white Southern California beach, thousands of young Marines this month charged forward from the sea, leaping from helicopters a...

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