Steve Walsh
As a military reporter, Steve Walsh delivers stories and features for TV, radio and the web.
Before coming to KPBS, Steve worked as a journalist in Northwest Indiana and Chicago. He 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. He has been a reporter on Back At Base, a collaboration between NPR and seven public radio stations that looks at veterans and the military.
He is a graduate of Indiana State University. He spent a large portion of his career as a print reporter for the Times of Northwest Indiana and the Post-Tribune in Gary, Indiana. At the Post-Tribune, he was embedded in Iraq twice. He was also an investigative reporter and covered the Indiana Statehouse during the term of three governors.
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Many people who fought and died on behalf of the U.S. during 20 years of war in Afghanistan were contractors, not troops. It's part of a change in how America fights wars, and it has consequences.
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Every unit is holding a "stand down" to talk about extremism in the ranks. But the armed forces are still grappling with fundamental questions of how to define, identify and best deal with it.
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Some say Black sailors have to navigate both unconscious and active bias in the Navy.
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Most overseas troops use the mail and the law requires their ballots to go out early.
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In a year when millions of people are expected to vote by mail, overseas troops were among the first to receive their ballots. Federal law requires they go out at least 45 days before the election.
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The amphibious assault ship was in port at Navy Base San Diego when the fire broke out July 12, burning more than four days and sending smoke billowing through the city of San Diego.
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The Navy has decided to allow three SEALs implicated in a war crimes case stay in the commando unit. Meanwhile, the ousted secretary of the Navy sharply criticized President Trump in an op-ed.
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President Trump last week pardoned Edward Gallagher, the Navy SEAL at the center of a war crimes case. Now there's word that Gallagher and three other SEALS may be ousted from the elite force.
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The president championed the Navy SEAL's cause and restored him to his former rank. But days later, top Navy officials said Gallagher may lose his standing as a member of the elite fighting force.
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Members of Edward Gallagher's unit are scheduled to testify against him at the trial in San Diego. President Trump and others have criticized the military's decision to prosecute the case.