Coronado will continue a 67-year tradition on Monday with the celebration of Memorial Day in Star Park, known to many as the island’s unofficial veterans park. Last year, there was a somber energy suspended around Star Park on this particular day. A ripple of red garrison caps could be seen throughout the crowd – members […]
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USS Alexandria returns to San Diego
Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Alexandria returned home to Naval Base Point Loma following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility on May 15. Alexandria deployed in 2024 from its homeport of Naval Base Point Loma, on a regularly-scheduled deployment in support of national security. “This crew went above and beyond, […]
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Two veterans walking across America have finally reached their final destination, Coronado
Ron Zaleski, who served two years in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, and Omar Rose, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran, finished their 2,900 mile hike across the United States on May 13. Zaleski and Rose started in Key West, Florida with the goal of walking all the way to Coronado. They started […]
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Q&A: The military experience with Isabel Ralston and family
On a cloudy Thursday afternoon, Isabel and Richard “R.J.” Ralston set up camping chairs on Coronado Central Beach. They watch their oldest daughter, Aliyah, play volleyball with middle school friends while Araceli, their youngest, enjoys the sandy shore. In a couple of hours the Ralstons will head to Nado Gelato Cafe for a sweet treat. […]
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Ron Zaleski will end his walk across the country in Coronado
He has just walked 12 miles through El Centro. He had walked 12 miles a few days prior through Yuma, Arizona. And a couple weeks before that, he walked 12 miles through Tucson. He started in the Florida Keys eight months ago and by the middle of May, hopes to end up in Coronado. His […]
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Hegseth keeps two aircraft carriers in Middle East for another week for battle with Yemen’s Houthis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S. can maintain two carrier strike groups in the region to battle Yemen-based Houthi rebels, according to a U.S. official. In late […]
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USS Carl Vinson helps derail Houthi attacks
A Coronado-based aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, along with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, has been integral in impeding attacks from the Houthis in Yemen, decreasing missile launches by more than two-thirds and attack drones by more than half, according to an April 27 U.S. Central Command (Centcom) release. Since the start […]
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USS Cape St. George arrives in San Diego
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George arrived in its new homeport of Naval Base San Diego on April 22. The ship came from Naval Base Everett after conducting phased modernization at Vigor Shipyard in Seattle. This move was a permanent change of station for the crew and family members. “I am so incredibly […]
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Fallen Navy SEAL Nathan Gage Ingram awarded posthumous medal of heroism
Nathan Gage Ingram, the Coronado-based Navy SEAL who was lost at sea last year while conducting a night-time seizure of a vessel illegally transporting advanced lethal aid from Iran to resupply Houthi forces in Yemen, was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroism. Ingram, 27, jumped into the water on Jan. 11, […]
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USS Tripoli holds change of command
Capt. Gary A. Harrington II was relieved by Capt. Eddie J. Park as the commanding officer of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) during a change-of-command ceremony on the ship’s flight deck on April 17. Harrington, a native of La Vista, Nebraska, served as Tripoli’s fourth commanding officer from November 2023 to April 2025, […]
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USS Carl Vinson joins Middle East fight against Houthi rebels
A Coronado-based aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson has arrived in the Middle East two weeks after President Trump gave orders to have the giant ship join the USS Harry S. Truman to help fight against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel attacks. The USS Carl Vinson normally operates in the Indo-Pacific region. The deployment of its […]
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Navy Bay Bridge Run/Walk returns with new 10K route
The 38th annual Navy Bay Bridge Run/Walk will take place on May 18, and this year brings a new 10K route alongside the event’s 4-mile run. “For the first time ever, we are offering a 10K route,” said Amanda Hoeft, one of the bridge run race coordinators at Naval Base Coronado. “It incorporates the majority […]
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Navy shipbuilding program experiences delays and cost growth
A report released in late March by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service says critical Navy supply ships built by a San Diego Bay company have skyrocketed in pricing over the past few years – even amid production delays. The ships in question are John Lewis-class oilers produced by General Dynamics/National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD/NASSCO) […]
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Lithuanians bid farewell to 4 US soldiers who died during training exercise
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s political and religious leaders joined thousands of people on April 3 to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the Baltic nation. President Gitanas Nausėda and other dignitaries were among those who stood in respect as hearses carried the bodies of the four young […]
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USS Somerset involved in training for NASA’s Artemis launch
In preparation for the launch of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, a joint NASA and Department of Defense team spent a week aboard San Diego’s USS Somerset off the coast of California to practice recovery procedures. From March 25-31, the crew successfully completed Underway Recovery Test 12. The team is now certified to recover the Orion spacecraft […]