Desiree D'Iorio
Reporter - WSHUBorn and raised in Connecticut, Desiree now calls Long Island home. She came to WSHU in 2019 as a News Fellow, covering local government, the environment and public affairs on Long Island. She now reports on military and veterans issues for American Homefront.
She received her A.A. in Communications from Nassau Community College and B.A. in Journalism from Stony Brook University. Her past internships were at the Long Island Press and WSHU. In 2019, she co-wrote a four-part series about the Long Island Pine Barrens, bringing to listeners the sights and sounds of this unique ecosystem nestled in the heart of Suffolk County.
Stories by Desiree D'Iorio
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The referral bonuses are designed to boost recruiting at the National Guard, which fell thousands of troops short of its goal last year. -
The National Guard fell about 9,000 troops short of its goal in 2022. Some states are improving their outreach and incentive plans to try to counter that trend. -
Lawyers who filed the suit say agency records show the VA is more likely to pay claims from white veterans than from Black veterans. -
The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear whether that will include an unusual display at West Point - a bronze depiction of a Ku Klux Klan member. -
AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifically take aim at their military benefits. -
This month, the Biden Administration hopes to expedite the process by eliminating temporary humanitarian parole and concentrating resources instead on permanent visas. -
Responding to sailors' pleas, the Navy is working on a program to prevent and treat eating disordersSome service members and health experts say the Pentagon isn't doing enough to address eating disorders, which are sometimes linked to the military's strict weight limits. -
The Pentagon said unvaccinated guardsmen won't get paid and can't participate in federally-funded deployments, but some states are concerned that will affect the Guard's ability to do its job. -
More than a three-day weekend: A small movement tries to return Memorial Day to its original meaningLeaders in Long Island, New York want people to pull their cars off the road and stop what they're doing for two county-wide moments of silence to honor fallen troops. -
A VA study concluded that veterans experience bulimia at about three times the civilian rate.
