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.
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The Family Readiness Group offers aid to the families of Army troops from Joint Base Langley/Fort Eustis while their soldiers prepare for a Gaza aid mission. -
Though TikTok could soon be banned in the U.S., the app continues to gain followers among members of the military. Miltok has become a hub to talk about daily life in the service.
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Two Marine hovercraft from the Norfolk-based USS Wasp collided during an exercise off the coast of Florida. The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group was set to deploy this month. -
Sailors and soldiers have been building a pier off the coast in the Mediterranean, since leaving in March. -
Mil-Tok is a band of creators from Hampton Roads and across the services who share their take on military life. -
The number of clients coming from out of state has been rising since the overturning of Roe Vs. Wade . -
Hampton Road is the first Navy region in the country to roll out the new service. -
CPO Bryce Pedicini's faced charges stemming largely from his time as a student stationed in Virginia. -
Polish and Lithuanian ambassadors spoke in Norfolk Friday as the House voted on long-stalled funding. -
As tensions rise in the Middle East, sailors and Marines drill at Camp Lejeune North Carolina.
