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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The Marines have the fewest number of women of any of the services. Though the Corps has now integrated its two boot camps, that's just one of several hurdles the Corps faces to fully embracing women. -
The Marine Corps established Wounded Warrior Battalions to aid troops with the worst mental and physical injuries. But Marines in the battalions who are suicidal or suffer from PTSD can still be discharged for misconduct. -
A VA Inspector General's report has found that the agency improperly denied benefits to thousands of veterans who couldn't see a doctor during the pandemic. -
Voting by mail is nothing new for military service members. Deployed worldwide at any of the nearly 800 foreign bases, military personnel are offered... -
Military personnel have been voting by mail since the Civil War. This year, some polls suggest that troops' political preferences may be changing.In a… -
The One Navy Task Force is looking at why only a handful of African Americans reach top jobs. It's also examining discrimination in all aspects of Navy… -
The military issued a "stop movement" order in March in response to the pandemic. While the ban has been loosened, some service members and their families… -
Even as members of the Guard and Reserve are seeing longer and more frequent deployments, they don't always receive the same retirement, education, and… -
Military recruiting and training has slowed down because of the pandemic. So the Navy is trying other ways to maintain the size of the force.The Navy is… -
More than two weeks after Capt. Brett Crozier was relieved of command of the aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt, friends and former shipmates are voicing…
