From the News Desk

The Defense Department’s April 10 release of slated general promotions includes a historic first for the Corps. Marine Corps Col. Lorna M. Mahlock, the deputy director of Operations, Plans, Policies...

Military leaders and stakeholders from around the region met at the Airman and Family Readiness Center June 7 for this year’s Mojave Commanders’ Summit. The summit provides a forum for military...

On May 23, 2017, the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee, Chaired by Assemblymember Irwin and Vice Chair Assemblymember Chavez, conducted an oversight hearing on the Governor’s Military Council. The Chair, Vice Chair...

Four members of the Governor’s Military Council visited Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow to get an up close and personal overview of the installation and its operations, June 5. The council...

Miramar Marine Corps Air Station will begin converting its jet squadrons to the stealthy F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, triggering major construction projects in the coming months, Lt. Gen....

The California Army National Guard is presently conducting an environmental assessment (EA) at Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in Los Alamitos to address potential effects associated with installing and operating...

Key South Bay area civic leaders received an award from Air Force Space Command commander Gen. Jay Raymond during a ceremony here Feb. 15. The South Bay Association of Chambers of...

The future just got brighter for Edwards Air Force Base schools thanks to a $63.5 million Department of Defense grant that was approved last week. The grant will go to the...

When I joined the Navy in 1970, the projection of Naval sea power was all about strategies to deploy Marines, ships, submarines and aircraft above, below, and on the sea....

As a member of the Veterans Affairs Committee and the Governor’s Military Council, Senator Janet Nguyen was proud to host a press conference at the State Capitol to announce Senate...

Beale Air Force Base in northern California was sheltering several hundred evacuees from the Lake Oroville flood threat Monday, and the entire California National Guard has been put on alert...

The US Air Force (USAF) revealed the new chemical and biological (CB) protective suit to be worn by pilots of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The outfit, which...

The US Navy (USN) has stood up its West Coast Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS) for the Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), with the announcement on 26...

Called a game changer and the most advanced generation airplane, the F-35C Lightning II is the Navy's newest fighter jet. After years of development, the strike fighters now call Lemoore Naval...

Called a game changer and the most advanced generation airplane, the F-35C Lightning II is the Navy's newest fighter jet. After years of development, the strike fighters now call Lemoore Naval...

The F-35 is designed as a stealth fighter, able to penetrate enemy air defenses undetected, at the same time destroying a multitude of targets in the air and on the...

The wait for the F-35C Lightning II aircraft came to a close Wednesday with the arrival of four of the new high-tech jets at Naval Air Station Lemoore. Hundreds of people...

Four of the Navy’s newest F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, Jan. 25. The jets’ arrivals mark the first time the new strike-fighter...

Wheeling low over the San Joaquin Valley in a diamond formation, four Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters swooped onto the tarmac here Wednesday afternoon, ushering in a new era of...

The Navy anticipates four F-35C aircraft to arrive at Naval Air Station Lemoore, CA, at 1:25 p.m. Pacific time today. These will be the first F-35 carrier-variant jets to join Strike...

The first F-35C jets to be based at Lemoore Naval Air Station were flown in Wednesday afternoon, making Lemoore the first naval air base in the country to get the...

The first F-35C fighter jets to be based at Lemoore Naval Air Station, the Navy's West Coast air base, will arrive next week, the Navy said. Four are to arrive Wednesday...

The first F-35C fighter jets to be based at Lemoore Naval Air Station, the Navy's West Coast air base, will arrive next week, the Navy said. Four are to arrive Wednesday...

Air Force officials selected Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Travis Air Force Base, California, as the preferred locations for the next two active-duty-led KC-46A Pegasus bases. Twenty-four KC-46A...

The Pentagon said Tuesday it would waive repayment for more than 15,000 California National Guard soldiers and veterans who received enlistment bonuses over the last decade but that 1,000 or...

Fourteen local military support organizations in California emphasized the unique attributes of the state’s air, sea and land ranges, and its 30-plus installations in a letter to Senator-elect Kamala Harris...

In a first-of-its-kind effort, an environmental group will help Naval Base Ventura County, home to the largest remaining coastal wetlands in Southern California, prepare for rising sea levels caused by...

Coronado Unified School District’s (CUSD) Governing Board voted unanimously to accept a five-year $1.25 million Department of Defense Activity (DoDEA) Partnership during their meeting of Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016. Formally...

California dwarfs Virginia. You could fit nearly four Virginias into the map of the Golden State, and California boasts a population nearly five times as large. But when it comes to sluicing...

When the existing contract between the city of Monterey, Calif., and the Presidio of Monterey that governs the city’s delivery of base operation services to the Army runs out at...

The California Energy Commission and the Department of the Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Oct. 12 that will help the state and the Navy and Marine Corps continue...

The Air Force is looking for a company to lead a new space consortium formed to help broaden participation in space acquisition programs to startups and small businesses. During the Air...

Members of the Governor’s Military Council visited Naval Air Station Lemoore Thursday and they heard one message loud and clear from the local support group Friends of NAS Lemoore: We...

After being placed on permanent status, Gov. Jerry Brown's Military Council is coming up with a strategic plan to protect the state's military installations from closure.

In partnership with more than a dozen organizations across San Diego County including the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC), EDC has established Operation San Diego, a strategy to support...

Report Outlines State's Importance to Shifting National Security Priorities After more than 18 months meeting with military and business leaders from around the state, the Governor’s Military Council today released a...

Taking action to help California veterans find decent housing, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined local veterans, lawmakers and community leaders in San Diego today to sign legislation to expand...

The wartime era of growing defense spending in San Diego County plateaued in fiscal 2013 and will likely retract slightly next year, according to a report released today by the...

In an effort to protect and expand the military?s vital role in national security and California?s economy, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today established the Governor?s Military Council and appointed...

Retired Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Michele Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense for policy, are among four appointments to...