Beth Ford Roth
Home Post BloggerBlogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.
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The holiday mailing deadline is fast approaching for folks with loved ones serving overseas. To ensure that parcel post packages make it to your service member before Christmas, you must mail them by November 12. -
Faced with a body fat test that many experts call unfair, some members of the U.S. military are turning to liposuction to meet the Department of Defense's stringent standards. -
The dreaded MRE (Meal, Ready to Eat) has been dubbed everything from "Meals Rejected by Everyone," and "Meals, Rarely Edible," to the more vulgar "Meal Ready to Expel." But there soon may be a reason to celebrate where MREs are concerned. Pizza may finally become an MRE dining option for the U.S. military.
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A National Guardsman on Thursday shot two fellow Guardsmen just outside of Naval Support Activity Midsouth in Millington, Tennessee. The suspect is in custody, and the two shooting victims have injuries that are not life-threatening. -
The I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), based at Camp Pendleton, will be the last major Marine Corps command to deploy to Afghanistan as the war winds down. On Wednesday, I MEF held a special reactivation ceremony on base in preparation for its year-long deployment in early 2014. -
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the day a Hezbollah suicide bomber attacked the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon — killing 220 Marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers.
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