
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 desperate search is underway to find a Marine who fell from a MV-22B Osprey aircraft during a training flight Monday evening in eastern North Carolina.
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Retired Marine Corps Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter will receive the Medal of Honor at a June 19 White House ceremony for heroic actions during combat in Afghanistan - actions that cost him his right eye and most of his jaw.
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The Marine Corps has been testing out a redesigned version of the dress blue uniform for both female officers and enlisted women. The proposed new uniform has a dress blue coat similar to the male uniform, with the "traditional high collar."
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A 19-year-old soldier from San Diego County died May 17 in Amman, Jordan, from what the Defense Department is calling a "non-combat related" injury. Army Spec. Adrian M. Perkins grew up in Pine Valley, which is an unincorporated community located in the Mountain Empire region of San Diego County,
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Command Sgt. Maj. Martin R Barreras, 49, who served 22 years as an Army Ranger, died May 13 in Texas from wounds he suffered in Afghanistan. Barreras was involved in the rescue of Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital in 2003.
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Governor Jerry Brown ordered flags above the State Capitol to be lowered to half-staff in memory of Army Chief Warrant Officer Deric Rasmussen, 33, who died in Afghanistan on May 11. Rasmussen was a resident of Oceanside.
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