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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Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson will present Sgt. Matthew T. Woodall the Silver Star Medal at Camp Pendleton on Friday for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. -
The flags over the state capitol have been lowered today to honor Army Spc. Nicholas B. Burley, 22, of Red Bluff, California. Burley died July 30, in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. -
President Barack Obama is slated to visit Camp Pendleton on August 7 to thank Marines and their families for their service to our country. -
Army Sgt. Stephen M. New, 29, was killed July 28, in Bagram, Afghanistan. New died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by small arms fire. -
A military judge today ruled that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning was not guilty of the most serious of the 21 counts against him - that of aiding the enemy. -
Army Spc. Caryn E. Nouv, 29, the mother of two young children, was killed July 27 in Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked her vehicle with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. Also killed in the attack was Sgt. Eric T. Lawson, 30, according to the Department of Defense.
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