Hope Hodge Seck

Hope Hodge Seck is an award-winning investigative and enterprise reporter who has been covering military issues since 2009. She is the former managing editor for Military.com.

Hope’s previous assignments have included a war zone embed in Afghanistan with Marines and multiple reporting trips aboard amphibious ships and aircraft carriers. Her awards include multiple North Carolina Press Association Honors, the 2015 and 2017 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Heinl awards for feature writing, the Military Reporters and Editors Association 2015 award for domestic military coverage, and the 2016 American Legion 4th Estate Award for print reporting. She is also a member of the board of directors at the Military Reporters and Editors Association.

A graduate of The King's College in New York City, her work has also appeared in Marine Corps Times, Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Sun, and World Magazine.

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FILE -- U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Christopher N. Kinsey gives his remarks during the CNATT change of command ceremony, Marine Corps Air Station New River, June 9, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Austin M. Livingston)

Marine Aviation Training Unit Commander Fired

The commanding officer of a North Carolina-based aviation training unit has been relieved of his command, the Navy said.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installation East, pick up trash in a parking lot at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Jan. 12, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Livingston)

General Mandates 'Daily Routine' After Seeing Sloppy, Unshaven Marines

The April 16 policy letter expresses concern that members of 2nd Marine Division have let their standards slide.

A service member finishes the run portion of his Air Force physical fitness test.

Proposal Would Randomize Air Force Fitness Testing Schedule

The Air Force may implement a new policy requiring troops to be ready for a physical fitness assessment at all times.

FILE PHOTO -- U.S. Marines coordinate and execute a company attack on Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 25, 2019 (U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Q. Hamilton)

Marine Raider Killed in ATV Accident During Training Exercise

A Marine assigned to Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command was fatally injured during training at Camp Pendleton.

President Donald Trump awards the Medal of Honor to Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt K. Slabinski during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

New Policy Will Automatically Review Some Military Valor Medals for Higher Award

Officials are preparing to roll out a policy designed to ensure acts of heroism receive the full recognition they deserve.

Marines and Sailors salute the headstone of Petty Officer 1st Class William Pinckney while Taps is played at the Beaufort National Cemetery, Feb. 10. (U.S. Navy/Lance Cpl. Christian Moreno)

Navy, Army See Most Valor Medal Upgrades in Pentagon's Review

After a three-year review of medals for heroism in conflicts following 9/11, the Pentagon has upgraded 57 awards for valor .

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

It's Official: Army's Top Officer Nominated to Be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Gen. Mark Milley has been nominated to succeed Gen. Joseph Dunford as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In this July 29, 2017, photo transgender U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer Sims is silhouetted on a balcony after an interview with The Associated Press in Beratzhausen near Regensburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Sailors May Dress According to Preferred Gender While Off Duty, Navy Rules

The Navy released guidance noting that sailors will be permitted to "live socially" in their preferred gender if not on duty.

Part of the fence separating the United States and Mexico. Getty Images

Pentagon Authorizes $1 Billion for Border Fence, Roads After Emergency Declaration

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Sgt. 1st Class Will D. Lindsay (left) and Spc. Joseph P. Collette (right) were killed in action March 22, 2019, in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. (US Army)

Pentagon IDs Green Beret, EOD Specialist Killed in Afghanistan

The soldiers were killed Friday in Kunduz province, Afghanistan.

Airman 1st Class Kali Spicer, 50th Force Support Squadron, runs during the 50th Space Wing Warfit Run Feb. 12, 2014, at the Schriever Fitness Center running track. (U.S. Air Force/Dennis Rogers)

Air Force 'Testing Buy-In' on Gender-Neutral Fitness Test Overhaul

One of the creators of the Air Force physical fitness test thinks he has found a way to do away with gender-specific scoring.

Air Force F-22 Pilot Acquitted of Rape Charges, Found Guilty of Assault

Col. Jason W. Costello was accused of multiple sexual-assault offenses that allegedly took place between 2012 and 2014.

Amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) prepares to transit through the Suez Canal Jan. 10, 2015. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan B. Trejo)

Navy Ship Changes Schedule After Outbreak of Mumps-Like Disease Aboard

The USS Fort McHenry has apparently been avoiding port calls for months after 25 aboard were diagnosed with a viral disease.

Cpl. Christian Harry with 2nd Marine Logistics Group-Forward checks the internal temperature of cooked lobsters for the 243rd Marine Corps birthday celebration at a Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway location on Nov. 10, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bethanie C. Sahms)

Lobster Dinners Not the Problem With Lavish Military Spending, Analyst Says

The 32-page Open the Books report showed the federal government as a whole spent an astounding $97 billion in September 2018.

Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins, who was killed June 1, 2007 by a suicide bomber near Sadr Al-Yusufiyah in Iraq.

Medal of Honor for Soldier Killed Taking Out Suicide Bomber in Iraq

An infantryman who gave his life to shield other troops from an insurgent with a bomb will receive the Medal of Honor.

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