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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The latest suicide statistics from the Department of Defense show 52 percent of troops who took their own lives between 2008 and 2011 were never deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Roughly 34 percent who committed suicide were deployed, but didn't see combat. -
The U.S. troops currently in Jordan participating in the military exercise Eager Lion plan to leave the country Thursday when the training ends. But the Pentagon says they'll be leaving behind a detachment of F-16s and U.S. Patriot missiles at Jordan's request. -
Sebastien de la Cruz is the 11-year-old son of a U.S. Navy veteran who made national headlines this week when he was inundated with racist Tweets after singing the Star-Spangled Banner before Game 3 of the NBA Finals. But, apparently, singing great is the best revenge... -
A group of United States Marines is taking part in the yearly military exercise known as "Eager Lion" in Jordan, a country that borders Syria. Just yesterday, President Obama said he would increase military aid to Syrian rebels as a consequence of the nation using chemical weapons on its own people. -
Quadruple amputee Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, who lost all four limbs in an Afghan IED blast, gave advice to a Boston Marathon bomb blast survivor during a recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. -
An investigation is underway as to why a K-MAX unmanned helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on June 5. The aircraft was delivering cargo to Marines near Camp Leatherneck when it went down.
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