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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Amid complaints about living conditions, the Navy may let private contractors take over its barracksThe Navy's drive to privatize barracks concerns some observers, who note problems with the military's earlier effort to privatize on-base family housing. -
A Pentagon program that helped thousands of veterans become classroom teachers is winding down. Advocates say the program should be saved. -
In states with fewer abortion restrictions, providers are seeing a growing number of service membersA longstanding federal ban prevents military doctors from performing abortions in most cases, leaving troops to seek the procedure at private clinics. -
The September report from the Government Accountability Office said the shortages are part of a long-standing maintenance problem for the Navy. -
The aircraft carrier's deployment demonstrated the growing threat of enemy drones, and it spotlighted the role of social media propaganda in warfare. -
Cost are increasing sharply as post-911 veterans begin to qualify for state benefits. But cutting the programs is politically difficult. -
After months of preparation, the U.S. military is opening a floating pier to deliver humanitarian aid to people in Gaza. No U.S. troops will go ashore in Gaza.
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Though TikTok could soon be banned in the U.S., the app continues to gain followers among members of the military. Miltok has become a hub to talk about daily life in the service.
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Shipbuilders are pursuing a variety of measures to find more workers, including a marketing partnership with Major League Baseball. -
Each threatened shutdown can lead to stress in the military community about missing paychecks and losing access to federal programs.
