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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Older veterans who suffered traumatic brain injury earlier in their military careers have a 60 percent greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, according to a new study published in the medical journal Neurology.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered the flags at California's capitol be lowered to half-staff in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Raul Escobedo, 41, a member of the California Army National Guard. -
NATO today announced the death of an International Security Assistance Force service member in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday. According to NATO ISAF, the troop died "as a result of an enemy forces attack." The service member's nationality has not yet been released. -
A retired Air Force colonel was found dead at Arlington National Cemetery — apparently by his own hand — in the same area where his late wife is buried.
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The USS Peleliu begins its participation in RIMPAC later this week. But before the ship arrives in Hawaii for the multinational naval exercises, the Peleliu crew conducted burials at sea to honor 22 deceased veterans and military family members. -
A sailor assigned to a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare Command was killed in a skydiving accident on Monday. The sailor, who has not yet been identified, died from injuries he suffered during parachute training in the Southern California desert near the city of El Centro.
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