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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Despite earlier reports to the contrary from the Chief of Public Affairs at Edwards Air Force Base in Lancaster, Camp Pendleton has not gone on heightened alert in the wake of the deadly shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard in the nation's capital.
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President Barack Obama said of the shooting victims killed this morning at the Washington Navy Yard, "They're patriots, and they know the dangers of serving abroad, but today they faced the unimaginable violence that they wouldn't have expected here at home." Obama's comments were made at the beginning of a previously scheduled event on the nation's economy. -
They say there's a special bond between fathers and daughters, and that adage is especially true for Staff Sgt. Therron Johnson and his little girl Skylar. Johnson planned a completely unique surprise reunion for his child. Originally posted October 12, 2011. -
Anytime you can make a grown man cry on live television, I say you've done something special. That's just what this reunion of a little girl and her dad at Christmas did to CBS anchor Scott Pelley. Originally posted December 27, 2011. -
Retired Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco lost all four limbs in a 2009 roadside bomb attack in Iraq. He underwent a double arm transplant, with limbs from a deceased donor, back in January. One thing Brendan didn't lose in war was his wicked sense of humor. -
I wrote this post on Labor Day, 2012. No one I've written about has labored harder to recover from his injuries than Travis Mills, one of only five quadruple amputees to survive the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He continues to inspire...
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