Steve Walsh
ReporterSteve joined WHRO in 2023 to cover military and veterans. Steve has extensive experience covering the military and working in public media, most recently at KPBS in San Diego, WYIN in Gary, Indiana and WBEZ in Chicago. In the early 2000s, he embedded with members of the Indiana National Guard in Kuwait and Iraq. Steve reports for NPR’s American Homefront Project, a national public media collaboration that reports on American military life and veterans. Steve is also on the board of Military Reporters & Editors.
You can reach Steve at steve.walsh@whro.org.
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The tour comes as the Congressional Research Service estimates that a new “battleship” could cost $15 billion. -
The USS Ford Carrier Strike Group and USS Iwo Jima ARG remain at the center of operation, after months in the region. -
The USS Ford strike group and the USS Iwo Jima ARG have spent months in the region around Venezuela. -
In the past year, the Department of Counseling and Human Services has offered students to Norfolk Navy Fleet and Family Support Center. -
The president takes a swipe at cost overturns at Newport News Shipbuilding while unveiling a ship filled with costly new technology. -
A lease for a site next to Norfolk Premium Outlets in Virginia Beach has been signed, according to Virginia’s senators. -
The destroyer spent the most time of any ship on an operation in the Caribbean, which has become deadly in recent months. -
Even though it’s part of the USS Ford Strike Group, the two deployed separately. -
Huntington Ingalls said more skilled trades will be hired next year as the Newport News shipyard continues to ramp up production. -
Lack of training, fatigue and poor communication contributed to a collision by the carrier, a friendly fire incident and two lost F/A 18s.
