United States Marine Corps

“Oh yeah, yeah. He’s definitely very stylish.” It might be one of the best compliments a basketball coach can give his point guard. It’s a pretty easy one to give when your point guard’s face is adorned with a Rollie Fingers-Esque mustache that curls up on both ends. “It looks pretty scary!” laughed Coach Jaime Baltazar while looking at...

Six of the nearly two dozen Marines accused of participating in human and drug trafficking rings have pleaded guilty, the government confirmed Tuesday.

The USS Midway Museum in San Diego celebrates Veterans Day with free admission to their “Salute to Service” event. The event is held on the USS Midway ship which is 20 stories high and is almost three football fields long. See it on California Live Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

A Marine combat veteran whose supporters were seeking a pardon from the governor of California was suddenly deported to El Salvador this week, according to advocates and immigration authorities, NBC News reported. Jose Segovia Benitez, 38, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1999-2004 and was deployed to Iraq, was deported to El Salvador on Wednesday, according to Immigration...

Supporters of a Marine combat veteran who served in Iraq are calling on the California governor to help stop his imminent deportation to El Salvador, a country he left at 3 years old, NBC News reports. Jose Segovia Benitez, 38, served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1999-2004 and was deployed to Iraq, receiving multiple awards and decorations during his...

Three years ago, Marines were ticketing and confiscating bikes from people caught riding or walking the trails on the eastern border of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s property. Now, MCAS says they will continue to do so coming this January.

It was a parent’s worst nightmare. In 1997, newborn Stewart Rembert was abducted from the hospital by a woman impersonating a nurse. The police and FBI were called in and a massive search began. But the story had a happy ending. Rembert was found 19 hours later in a box next to a restaurant dumpster in Tacoma, Washington, by a...

A Marine Corps family recently stationed in Southern California says they’re living a nightmare after a thief took everything out of their truck and stole their car.

A 66-year-old former Marine accused of killing a woman in Orange County 43 years ago faces an extradition hearing Friday in Louisiana.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to calculate the total cost of allegations against members of sheriff’s deputy cliques or gangs over the last three decades.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will try for the third time to conduct their first fireworks show of the 2019 season following Friday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium after their first two Friday night games ran too long.

The U.S. Navy is investigating a report that a female Marine found a camera in a women’s bathroom of the USS Arlington, NBC News reported, citing three military officials. In a statement, a spokesperson for the Sixth Fleet confirmed that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is probing a “recording device in a head” aboard the Arlington, an amphibious transport...

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cameron Huntelman of Torrance will be honored as the Military Hero of the Game Wednesday as the Los Angeles Dodgers play host to the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium to conclude their second homestand of the 2019 season.

The United States has temporarily withdrawn some of its forces from Libya due to “security conditions on the ground,” a top military official said Sunday as a Libyan commander’s forces advanced toward the capital of Tripoli and clashed with rival militias. A small contingent of American troops has been in Libya in recent years, helping local forces combat Islamic State...

Two Marine pilots have died in a helicopter crash during a training mission in southwestern Arizona, U.S. Marine Corps officials said Sunday. The AH-1Z Viper crashed Saturday night while the pilots were conducting a training mission as part of a weapons and tactical instructor course, according to the Marine Corps. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Capt. Gabriel...

Orange County supervisors voted Tuesday to reserve space in a planned Anaheim Hills cemetery not only for veterans, but also for veterans’ spouses and people who served in the military or governments of U.S. allied forces in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Plans for a new cemetery on land donated by the Irvine Company, which could become home to a resting place for veterans, were approved Tuesday by the Orange County Board of Supervisors.

A U.S. military official says two Marine fighter jets collided in midair, but both pilots managed to land safely at a Southern California training base last month.