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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The Marines have the fewest number of women of any of the services. Though the Corps has now integrated its two boot camps, that's just one of several... -
The Marine Corps established Wounded Warrior Battalions to aid troops with the worst mental and physical injuries. But Marines in the battalions who are... -
Female Marine recruits started basic training for the first time in the 100-year history of boot camp in San Diego. The Corps is under a congressional mandate to end segregated recruit training.
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A growing number of those who participated in the siege of the U.S. Capitol were vets. While veterans groups are aware of extremism in their ranks, there are few resources to tackle the issue head on.
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A VA Inspector General's report has found that the agency improperly denied benefits to thousands of veterans who couldn't see a doctor during the... -
The Pentagon requires services to consider whether wounds of war played a role in behavior. As a Marine fights to stay in the corps, he wants his combat-related mental health issues to be considered.
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Some say Black sailors have to navigate both unconscious and active bias in the Navy. -
Most overseas troops use the mail and the law requires their ballots to go out early. -
Military personnel have been voting by mail since the Civil War. This year, some polls suggest that troops' political preferences may be changing. -
The One Navy Task Force is looking at why only a handful of African Americans reach top jobs. It's also examining discrimination in all aspects of Navy...
