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Alameda County sheriff seeks drone for fighting crime
The Alameda County Sheriff's Department is hoping to become one of the handful of local law enforcement agencies that have received federal clearance to use unmanned aerial drones to fight crime, a goal that already is arousing concerns among privacy advocates. Civil liberties and privacy groups revealed Thursday that Sheriff ...
Many Iraq, Afghan vets choosing 'second service'
The link between U.S. military service and running for office is as old as the republic itself. It started with George Washington, who famously wrote that, "When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen." During the long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, hundreds of thousands of ...
US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000
The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold reminder of the perils that remain after an 11-year conflict that now garners little public interest at home. The toll has climbed steadily in ...
South Bay Marine was among three killed by Afghan police officer
A South Bay man was one of three Marines shot and killed by an Afghan police officer shortly before dawn Friday as they all sat down to share a meal, making this the third attack on coalition forces by their Afghan counterparts in a week. Officials said Matthew Manoukian, a ...
Salinas soldier killed in Afghanistan
A soldier from Salinas was killed while serving in Afghanistan on Saturday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday. Specialist Vilmar Galarza Hernandez, 21, was killed in Zharay, Afghanistan when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device, defense department officials said. Hernandez was assigned to the 4th Battalion, ...
San Jose soldier killed in Afghanistan
A soldier from San Jose was killed in Afghanistan Wednesday, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Travis A. Morgado, 25, was killed when insurgents using an improvised explosive device attacked his patrol in Zharay, Afghanistan. Morgado was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, ...
Alameda soldier dies in Afghanistan
A soldier from Alameda was killed while serving with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan on Sunday, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Thomas K. Fogarty, 30, died in Ahmad-Khyel, Afghanistan from injuries he received when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device, according to the ...
Famed spy ship up for sale by auction
It sits among the rusting hulls in the waters of Suisun Bay, the Sea Shadow was once considered to be among the world’s most top-secret ships, built during the final years of the Cold War. Now it is on the auction block priced for a quick sell. For a mere ...
Fort Ord declared a national monument
A rare California coastal wilderness that served as a training ground for generations of soldiers is set to be designated a national monument Friday in a presidential signing ceremony. President Barack Obama plans to sign a proclamation that will protect nearly 15,000 acres of the decommissioned Fort Ord military base ...
One dead, 2 injured in explosion near Coleville Marine base
The person killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote training base near the Sierra Mountains was the wife of a U.S. Marine, and the two people seriously injured were a Navy corpsman and his wife, military officials said on Saturday. The officials did not release the victims' names, ...
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