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 and was an original host and producer for the storytelling project at in Chicago. He has been a reporter on , a collaboration between NPR and seven public radio stations that looks at veterans and the military.
He is a graduate of . He spent a large portion of his career as a print reporter for the and the 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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Federal investigators have named the 20-year-old sailor who they believe is responsible for destroying a multi-billion dollar Naval ship by arson.
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The Darkhorse Battalion, based at Camp Pendleton, is the Marine unit which suffered the highest percentage of casualties during the 20 year war. -
Most U.S. troops are out of Afghanistan. The survivors of a deadly helicopter crash there 15 years ago reflect on the close of the 20-year war, and why for them, time does not heal all wounds.
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The White House and Congress are vowing to help thousands of Afghans who face retribution for working with the American military. Some have come to the U.S. on special visas. But others are in danger of being left behind. -
Hundreds of U.S. military veterans have been deported for committing crimes, sometimes decades after they left the service. Now, many are hoping the Biden Administration lets them return to the United States. -
The Marines are the last service to integrate women into boot camp. For the first time this spring, female recruits completed the grueling boot camp in San Diego.
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A group of female recruits completed Marine boot camp in San Diego this spring - the first time the Corps has trained women outside of Parris Island, S... -
One of Naval Aviation's few openly gay pilots is leaving his military career behind after only six years, citing harassment as the reason.
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After the January 6 Capitol insurrection, the Pentagon ordered all service branches to discuss extremism with the troops. But observers say that's only... -
The military nears a deadline for mandatory talks about extremism in the ranks after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the stand downs.
