Military Families Facing Hunger Look To Federal Programs For Help

A bureaucratic oversight is costing thousands of military families critical benefits to keep them from going hungry, especially in high-rent cities.

On the surface, life in sunny San Diego looks picture perfect. 

But behind closed doors, it's a more complicated story for thousands of military families based here.  

Lisa Javinar's husband Teddy enlisted in the Navy later in life, after losing his job with a cell phone company. He's an electronics technician with the rank of Petty Officer Third Class.