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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High prices and long deployments are shaping this year's race in Virginia's Second Congressional District. The area with deep Navy ties has been a kind of political bellwether. -
The Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier returned to Norfolk in July to the place where its 51-year career began. -
The five year deal will allow Hunt Military Communities to manage over 12,000 beds for junior sailors in Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. -
The crew has been part of the U.S. operation to target small boats off the tip of South America. -
Kiggans is locked in a tight race with former Congresswoman Eilane Luria. -
The 5,000 sailors had been at sea for more than six months without a break since leaving Norfolk in March. -
Each year 600,000 troops go through what the military calls a Permanent Change of Station. -
GAO says Congress needs more oversight of a 50-year, $200 billion upgrade plan. -
Eight sailors are being evaluated, after aviators safely ejected off the coast of Virginia Beach. -
The U.S handed over control as head of Second Fleet Vice Adm. Doug Perry retired from the role.
