Patricia Kime

Patricia Kime focuses on military personnel and veterans issues for Military.com, reporting on health care, military families, justice and benefits. She has covered military issues for decades, reporting on combat-related illnesses and injuries, the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Kime's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Defense News, Military Times, Kaiser Health News and more. Her awards include the Association of Health Care Journalists’ top prize for excellence in health care journalism in 2020, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Honorable Mention for National Defense Reporting for 2022, and the Joe Galloway Award from Military Reporters & Editors Inc. in 2023.

A former intelligence community analyst, she holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Virginia.

Email: Patricia.Kime@Military.com

Latest Articles

An airman and a soldier stand in front of their trucks at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

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An airman types on his computer at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

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Medical technician training at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu

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Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper casts his ballot in a voting drive, Oct. 21, 2008. (Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs photo by Sgt. 1st Class Vaughn Larson)

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Department of Veteran Affairs medical center in Aurora, Colorado

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Team Shaw members line up and grab some food at a Fall Family Picnic.

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Bottles of prescription medication move along a conveyor belt at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. (VA Photo)

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Supreme Court steps on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Kirtland Air Force Base privatized military housing

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The Secure Families Initiative says that troops need information on crimes, compassionate moves and school programs to make...

Housing development at U.S. Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey

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Sailors from U.S. Naval Hospital Guam prepare for dress whites inspection

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The U.S. territory hasn't had a neonatal intensive care unit that meets U.S. standards of care since at least 2020. A...

A burn pit at Combat Outpost Tangi in Afghanistan.

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Troops with the illnesses who served in specific geographic areas since the Persian Gulf War may be eligible for disability...

U.S. Coast Guard boat escorts the USS Cole into the New York Harbor

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