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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Retired Army Capt. William Swenson is being inducted into the the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes today, one day after President Obama awarded him the Medal of Honor. Swenson, who has been out of the service since 2011, has requested a return to active duty. -
The U.S. soldier killed Sunday in an insider attack was a Green Beret with a wife and three children. Staff Sgt. Patrick H. Quinn, 26, died in Paktika Province when a man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire at his base. -
President Obama will award former U.S. Army Capt. William Swenson the Medal of Honor today at 2:10 PM EDT. Home Post will carry a live feed of the ceremony from the White House. -
The dietary supplement OxyELITE has been banned from being sold at all Camp Pendleton base exchanges. The ban was triggered by a warning from the Centers for Disease Control that OxyELITE could cause acute hepatitis and liver failure. -
U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego came to the rescue of an injured sailor aboard a Navy submarine on Friday night. The Coast Guard's helicopter crew medically evacuated the 22-year-old man via MH-60 Jayhawk from the sub to dry land, where he was then taken a San Diego-area hospital. -
Green on blue violence has taken the life of another American service member. A man wearing an Afghan army uniform opened fire Sunday on a group of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, killing at least one.
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