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.
You can reach Steve at steve.walsh@whro.org.
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Sen.Tim Kaine and Rep. Bobby Scott blame staff cuts imposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. -
The Navy says civilian mariners and workers at maintenance facilities are exempt despite cuts in Maine. -
USS Nimitz moving back to the East Coast before being decommissioned.decommissioning. -
As former VA workers lament their sudden firings, the agency says thousands more job cuts are comingUntil recently, the VA was adding thousands of employees to try to keep up with increased demand for veterans' medical care. -
Operations Director Michael Harper is now the acting executive director. -
Sen. Tim Kaine and a group of other Democratic senators say firings disproportionately impact veterans. -
The carrier collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Egypt Feb. 12. -
Capt. Dave Snowden was fired for loss of confidence in his ability to command. -
The carrier is expected to stay in the Middle East after the repairs are complete. -
No injuries reported as the carrier prepared to head back to the Red Sea.
