Steve Walsh

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Middle East mission was a chance to justify aircraft carrier's price tag

Thursday, January 25, 2024

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest and most expensive aircraft carrier, returned to Norfolk, Va., after being deployed to protect Israel. The carrier cost more than $13 billion.

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Marine barracks bombing 4 decades ago still echoes in the Middle East

Friday, October 20, 2023

Forty years ago, a devastating bombing at a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 241 U.S. service members. It's widely seen as the attack that touched off the so-called war on terror.

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Coast Guard advocates aim to avoid a repeat of the last government shutdown

Friday, September 29, 2023

The last time the government shut down, members of the U.S. Coast Guard lined up at food pantries — while they worked without being paid. The previous government shutdown last 35 days.

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U.S. Army report shows women serving in the special forces face intense sexism

Thursday, September 07, 2023

Women in the U.S. military's special forces still face intense sexism according to recent reports, including one that focuses on Army Rangers.

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Adm. Franchetti, first woman nominated to run the Navy, held up over abortion protest

Monday, August 14, 2023

Admiral Lisa Franchetti is set to become the first woman to head the Navy. Her confirmation is being held up by one Republican senator as part of a protest over abortion policy within the military.

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Submersible implosion may have been avoided if Navy design principles were followed

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

While the U.S. Coast Guard investigates the cause of the Titan submersible tragedy, expert submariners say it could have been avoided by following the Navy's design principles known as SUBSAFE.

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Why proposed solutions to combat the military's high suicide rate aren't implemented

Monday, July 03, 2023

The military has a suicide rate higher than the national average, but many proposed solutions haven't been implemented. This issue has been studied for more than a decade.

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The U.S. Marine Corps has decommissioned its all-female Fourth Battalion

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

In an effort to end gender segregation, the Marine Corps recently decommissioned a historic recruit training battalion that for decades was the only one open to women.

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What can be done to stop the next attempt to leak military secrets?

Thursday, April 27, 2023

The National Guard airman suspected of leaking classified data is in court Thursday. Experts say it will be hard to find a single solution preventing a bad actor from leaking classified documents.

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The Navy has begun to look into the service's high rate of suicide

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The Navy is trying to learn why it has high suicide rates. One answer may lie with the practice of putting sailors together on limited duty, which can exacerbate feelings of hopelessness and despair.

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Marine Corp, despite a mandate, resists fully opening boot camp to women

Wednesday, January 04, 2023

The corps is under a congressional mandate to integrate boot camp in line with the other services. Critics say it isn't moving fast enough. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 2, 2023.)

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The Marines are supposed to fully open boot camp to women but continue to resist

Monday, January 02, 2023

The Marines are under a Congressional mandate to integrate boot camp in line with all other services, but they say they don't plan to go all the way despite having a plan to carry it out.

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Encore: Navy SEALS amend their grueling training regimen after a recruit's death

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

After a recruit died in 2022, Navy SEALs have modified their notoriously grueling basic training. But some families worry the changes aren't enough.

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A sailor was acquitted of setting a fire. Is it time for military justice reform?

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The Navy has lost its most high profile cases recently, including the arson case involving the USS Bonhomme Richard. Advocates say the verdict shows military justice is ripe for reform.

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The Navy arson trial for the burning of USS Bonhomme Richard will soon start

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

More than two years after fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, the arson trial is set to get underway. The Navy continues to unravel why the fire became one of its worst peace-time disasters.

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A year after the war ended, some Afghans in the U.S. find the transition difficult

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Tens of thousands of Afghans are trying to establish new lives in the United States. Many were at-risk and granted special immigration status because of the help they provided the American military.

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1 year later, more details emerge about the Americans killed in Kabul airport bombing

Friday, August 26, 2022

A year ago, 13 Marines and more than 100 Afghans died when a bomb exploded at the Kabul Airport. Stories from the frenetic last days of the American evacuation are still coming out.

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The largest navy exercise in the world is underway, increasingly focused on China

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The largest U.S.-led navy exercise in the world is now under way. Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, is increasingly focused on containing China, as tensions rise in the region.

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A Jury convicts 4 former Navy officers in 'Fat Leonard' bribery trial

Thursday, June 30, 2022

A federal jury returned a mixed verdict on Wednesday in the largest corruption case in the history of the Navy. Four of five former officers were convicted in the bribery trial.

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Trials are finally wrapping up in the 'Fat Leonard' bribery case

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Over nine years, more than two dozen Naval officers have pleaded guilty to taking bribes to help Leonard Francis defraud the Navy in the "Fat Leonard" case. Now, the trials are finally wrapping up.

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