Steve Walsh
Military and Veterans Reporter, Norfolk, VirginiaSteve Walsh is the military and veterans reporter at WHRO in Norfolk.
Before joining WHRO, Steve covered military issues for KPBS radio and television in San Diego, hosted a daily public affairs show on Lakeshore Public Radio, and was an original host and producer for the storytelling project Vocalo.org at WBEZ in Chicago. His work often is heard on NPR. He also authored the podcast Free the Pendleton 14.
At KPBS, Steve won numerous awards from the Society Professional Journalists San Diego Chapter and the San Diego Press Club. In 2022, the Military Reporters and Editors Association awarded him "Best Audio Series" for his coverage of the Marines halting efforts to integrate women at boot camp. As a print reporter, Steve embedded twice with the Indiana National Guard during the Iraq War.
Steve is a graduate of Indiana State University.
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A Pentagon program that helped thousands of veterans become classroom teachers is winding down. Advocates say the program should be saved. -
In states with fewer abortion restrictions, providers are seeing a growing number of service membersA longstanding federal ban prevents military doctors from performing abortions in most cases, leaving troops to seek the procedure at private clinics. -
The September report from the Government Accountability Office said the shortages are part of a long-standing maintenance problem for the Navy. -
The aircraft carrier's deployment demonstrated the growing threat of enemy drones, and it spotlighted the role of social media propaganda in warfare. -
Cost are increasing sharply as post-911 veterans begin to qualify for state benefits. But cutting the programs is politically difficult. -
Shipbuilders are pursuing a variety of measures to find more workers, including a marketing partnership with Major League Baseball. -
The U.S. military is going to Gaza, hoping to deliver food from a football-field-sized floating dockThe mobile dock can deliver up to two million meals a day, but key questions about the mission remain unanswered. -
Each threatened shutdown can lead to stress in the military community about missing paychecks and losing access to federal programs. -
A lack of barracks space - as well as poor living conditions in some barracks buildings - are contributing to complaints about sailors' quality of life. -
A Pentagon report finds that troops' suicides are often preceded by legal or administrative troublesAbout a quarter of all suicide deaths occur among troops caught up in legal or administrative battles - sometimes for minor infractions.
