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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Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens responded to a distress call and rescued two injured civilian mariners off the southwest coast of the Republic of Korea on October 8. -
The Navy has fired Vice Adm. Tim Giardina, the second most powerful man in charge of all U.S. nuclear war-fighting forces, for allegedly using counterfeit chips at an Iowa casino. -
Army Spc. Angel L. Lopez, 27, was killed October 5 in Zabul province, Afghanistan. His family says he was scheduled to return home within the month. -
The nonprofit military group called Fisher House Foundation has offered to pay death benefits to the family members of service members who die during the government shutdown. The Department of Defense is unable to pay the so-called "death gratuity" until the government is back up and running again. -
California Governor Jerry Brown ordered flags lowered Tuesday in honor of Army 1st Lt. Jennifer M. Moreno, 25, of San Diego. Moreno and three other soldiers were killed October 6 in an improvised explosive device attack in Afghanistan. -
The family of any service member killed during the government shutdown will not get paid death benefits until the government is back up and running again.
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