Steve Beynon

Steve Beynon is a reporter for Military.com based out of the Washington D.C. area whose detailed investigations have covered urgent issues impacting soldiers.

An Afghanistan war veteran with over a decade of experience as a cavalry scout, Steve brings unique expertise to his coverage. In 2023, he was recognized as one of the top veterans in journalism by MVJ.

His work has appeared in Politico, Stars and Stripes and Military Times. In his hometown of Cincinnati, Steve wrote for the Cincinnati Enquirer and Fox 19 where he covered local politics. He studied journalism and environmental policy at the University of Cincinnati.

Email: Steve.Beynon@Military.com

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Army Combat Fitness Test at Blue Mountain Track at Fort Indiantown Gap

Congress Tells Army to Set Higher Fitness Standards for Combat Arms Soldiers

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Jay Tenison visits the Maneuver Center of Excellence

Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time

In early 2022, Jay Tenison was diagnosed with Stage IV stomach cancer after reporting pain to his doctors. After months of...

Cavalry Soldiers at Fort Carson Can't See Doctors in the Early Morning Under New Rules

An armor officer at Fort Carson, Colorado, this week issued a new set of policies to his formation effectively banning...

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The prestigious historically Black college opened a new office that acts as a liaison between the school and the Department...

Another High-Profile Firing at West Point, This Time Due to Criminal Sexual Conduct Allegations

A senior civilian staffer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been fired after being arrested on a felony charge...

82nd Airborne Division Chorus performs "God Bless America" at halftime

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For an Army trying desperately to appeal to wired Gen Z to fill the ranks, television is still remarkably relevant.

Contractors work in the 1600 block of the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Oct. 31, 2023, for a new construction project to build a $28.08 million barracks building.

Military Barracks Are Falling Apart. Senators in Big Military States Want to Know the Price Tag to Fix Them.

A bipartisan group of senators representing states with significant military footprints is pressing the Pentagon for an...

Soldiers from the Lewiston Recruiting Station tie ribbons to poles

Army Watchdog Should Investigate Handling of Soldier Who Killed 18 in Mass Shooting, Maine Senators Say

The lawmakers, Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an Independent, want to know whether the service followed...

U.S. Army soldiers with the Wichita Recruiting Company hosted a recruitment booth at Hutchinson, Kansas, on Sept. 9, 2023.

Inside the Army's Mad Dash for Recruiters After Graduating Only Half the Number Needed

A sudden and chaotic string of orders for NCOs to immediately fill 800 seats at the recruiting school has roiled the Army in...

Oath of Enlistment at Fort Riley, Kansas

The Army Suddenly, and Chaotically, Told Hundreds of Soldiers They Have to Be Recruiters Immediately

Without warning, hundreds of noncommissioned officers were ordered via email to report to the recruiting school at Fort Knox...

What the Pentagon Has, Hasn't and Could Do to Stop Veterans and Troops from Joining Extremist Groups

The military and its transition programs have largely failed to provide what experts say is necessary to steer troops and...

The Threat from Extremist Groups Is Growing. Service Members and Vets Are Getting Sucked into the Violence.

The U.S. intelligence community deemed racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism -- with adherents such as white...

Army Future Soldier Preparatory Course Pilot Program, Fort Jackson, South Carolina

'Last Stop USA': How the Army Is Trying to Fill in for a Broken Education System

Test scores, which were already falling before the pandemic, took a nosedive, and recent years have seen a blitz in teacher...

A mourner attends a candlelight vigil for the victims of this week's mass shootings

Months Before Maine Mass Shooting, Gunman Was Prohibited from Handling Military Weapons by Army Reserve

Robert Card, an Army reservist, killed 18 people and injured 13 others at a bar and bowling alley in what was the deadliest...

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