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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Three Green Berets were killed September 21 in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Liam J. Nevins, 32, Staff Sgt. Timothy R. McGill, 30, and Spc. Joshua J. Strickland, 23, all died when they were shot by an attacker wearing an Afghan National Army uniform. -
The government is set to shutdown at midnight September 30, if Congress and the president can't figure out a way to agree to a budget. Military families, many of whom live paycheck-to-paycheck, are concerned a government shutdown would mean no pay at all.
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The commander of the San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson strike group, Rear Adm. David Steindl, has relieved Capt. Jeffrey Winter of his duties as commander of Carrier Air Wing 17. -
Navy officials announced this morning they are suspending search and rescue efforts for two crew members missing since their MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter crashed in the Red Sea on Sunday. The helicopter was assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, based at Naval Air Station North Island. -
Army Spc. James T. Wickliff-Chacin, 22, died September 20 at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas of injuries he suffered last month. On August 12, an improvised explosive device detonated near Wickliff's dismounted patrol during combat operations in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan, gravely wounding the young soldier. -
The military is investigating the "non-combat related" death of Army Sgt. William D. Brown III, 44, in Laghman Province, Afghanistan. Brown passed away on September 19.
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