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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Navy Petty Officer 1st Class James L. Smith, 38, died Dec. 11 of "natural causes" at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Smith's unit had been deployed to Afghanistan. -
Troops taking random drug tests will now be scanned for the synthetic drug known as "Spice." -
Six American service members were killed Tuesday when their Sikorsky UH-60 'Black Hawk' helicopter crashed in Southern Afghanistan. -
The Navy is investigating why one of its helicopters crashed in Japan on Monday. Two of the four crew members inside the MH-60S Knighthawk were injured when the helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing 10 miles southwest of Yokosuka Naval Base. -
Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered flags above the state Capitol lowered to half-staff in honor of Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Rodriguez. -
A new reports says the U.S. military paid a contractor more than $5 million for unusable incinerators in Afghanistan.
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