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 bomb threat prompted the evacuation today of a building at Walter Reed Medical Center, the largest military medical center in the country. Bomb-sniffing dogs were brought through the building under threat, which was later reopened. -
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Chinook crash in Afghanistan that claimed 30 American lives. One of the Navy SEALs killed was 35-year-old Jon Tumilson. A photo of Tumilson's dog Hawkeye lying by his master's coffin during his funeral became the iconic image of that horrible day. -
Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas is perhaps the most famous military kid in the world right now. The 16-year-old gymnast is the daughter of Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Timothy Douglas, who's currently serving in Afghanistan. -
Wade Michael Page, who allegedly shot and killed six people at a Sikh temple Sunday near Milwaukee, received a less than honorable discharge from the Army. Page served in the Army from 1992 until 1998, for a time as a psychological operations specialist. -
Law enforcement officials say the man responsible for killing six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee on Sunday was an Army veteran. The suspect, identified this morning as Wade Michael Page, was a former soldier based at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. -
One year ago today, 30 U.S. troops and one Military Working Dog were killed when insurgents shot down their Chinook helicopter. It remains the largest loss of life in a single day for American service members in the war in Afghanistan.
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