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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A team of 15 National Guard soldiers wearing 40-pound packs on their backs marched in the Boston Marathon to honor service members who lost their lives to suicide or combat. When two bombs went off after they finished their race, "Tough Ruck" team members used their military training to aid the injured. -
Nearly 800 National Guard troops are on state active duty, providing support to federal and local authorities in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings. -
The Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group - homeport San Diego - and the Camp Pendleton-based 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Hong Kong on Monday for a port visit amid tensions in North Korea. -
Carlos Arredondo was at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday to support the National Guard member who was running in honor of his son, a Camp Pendleton Marine who died in the Iraq War. After the blasts, Arredondo sprang into action to help the injured. -
The Navy has named its newest research vessel after Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, and former UCSD faculty member. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography will operate the R/V Sally Ride. -
The Navy has sent at least one of its three-person bomb-disposal units to Boston to help authorities there investigate the explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line.
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- Hundreds still without power in the Imperial Valley after Monday's monsoon storms
- San Diego completes organic waste pilot program in attempt to improve compost
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- Activists want state commission to consider decertifying SDPD chief