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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Morphine is primarily used for pain relief and anesthesia. Getty Images

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A tailor examines the uniform of a recruit.

Yes, There Is a 'Pink Tax' on Women's Military Uniforms, Report Finds

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U.S. soldiers walk past a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base

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Vice Chief of Naval Operations Michelle Howard talks with sailors.

Navy's First Black, Female Four-Star Admiral Joins Commission on Renaming Bases

Austin's four nominees to the commission, announced by the Pentagon, include retired Adm. Michelle Howard.

A Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team member stands on first base during a game in Newport News, Va., on April 15, 2017. Coapt Engineering is working to adapt its system to power leg prosthetics. Airman 1st Class Kaylee Dubois/Air Force

Military Amputees Are Using AI to Teach Their Prosthetics How to Move

Combat-wounded veterans are using technology to control prosthetics that can take commands and learn over time.

Spc. Alaa Jaza, an Arabic linguist at Camp Taji, Iraq

Veterans Hail Biden-Ordered Review of Visa Program for Iraqi, Afghan Military Interpreters

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Marine Corps recruits execute a drill movement aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.

Nearly 90% of Military Hazing Complaints Come from the Marine Corps, Data Shows

The newly obtained report said 60% of hazing incidents in the Marine Corps were physical.

Idaho Air National Guard Airmen return home to Gowen Field, Bois.

Face Masks Now Mandatory Almost Everywhere on Military Bases

A sweeping new order issued by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III makes face masks mandatory at all times.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III poses for a photo.

SecDef Gives Military Services 60 Days to Hold Stand-Down on Extremism in the Ranks

Defense Secretary Austin ordered the stand-down in a meeting with all the military service secretaries and service chiefs.

Navy Eyes New Virus Prevention Strategy: Thousands of Rapid COVID Tests

The Navy is eyeing a plan to administer as many as 16,000 rapid COVID-19 tests per day to asymptomatic workers.

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