Hope Hodge Seck

Hope Hodge Seck is an award-winning investigative and enterprise reporter who has been covering military issues since 2009. She is 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.

Email: hope.seck@military.com

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The Military's Coronavirus Cases: The Latest Rundown

The DoD and the VA are providing daily updates on the number of confirmed and presumptive cases of the virus.

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Lawmakers Ask Army to Send Cots for National Guard in US Capitol

The troops are pulling 12-hour security shifts, officials have said, and are permitted to rest or sleep when not on duty.

Members of the National Guard rest in the U.S. Capitol.

National Guard to Concerned Citizens: No Donations, Please. The Troops Are OK

Many viewed the images of sleeping troops and mistakenly thought that the Guard members were housed inside the Capitol.

Protesters gather near the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Capitol Police Officer Who Led Mob Away from Senate Chambers Is an Army Iraq War Vet

Before Eugene Goodman faced protesters who broke into the U.S. Capitol last week, he served as an infantryman in Iraq.

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An urgent briefing between Rep. Jason Crow and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy has revealed new details about the tense timeline...

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Rioter Seen on Senate Floor in Body Armor Is Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel

A Capitol building rioter captured in news photographs wearing full body armor and brandishing zip tie handcuffs on the floor...

U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis.

Former SecDef Jim Mattis Denounces Pro-Trump 'Violent Assault' on US Capitol

President Donald Trump's first secretary of defense delivered a sharp rebuke to him Wednesday night.

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1,100 Guard Troops Deploy to DC Amid US Capitol Siege by Mob of Protesters

National Guard troops from the Washington, D.C., and Virginia National Guards have been ordered to the U.S. Capitol.

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Alwyn Cashe's Medal of Honor Package Is Headed to the White House, Family Says

Alwyn Cashe has been approved by the DoD to receive the military's highest combat award, a close family member said.

Is the US Losing the Fight for Arctic Dominance?

Things are heating up in the Arctic -- literally and figuratively. As ice melts and new sea lanes open, the region is the...

F-35A Lightning II aircraft land at RAF Lakenheath.

As Marines Plans Historic Joint F-35 Ops with UK, Air Force Looks for Ways to Follow Suit

Air Force planners are looking to a sister service for insights on how to train and operate in new ways with European allies.

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Biden Taps Kathleen Hicks to Be the Pentagon's First Female Deputy SecDef

Hicks served in the Pentagon during the Obama-Biden administration.

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Military May Be Required to Report on Injuries Caused by Ill-Fitting Body Armor

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. co-authored the provisions with another combat veteran, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa.

Acting defense secretary Christopher Miller and Gen. Scott Miller in Kabul

Once Part of the Invasion Force, Christopher Miller Returns to Afghanistan to Close Down the War

Miller makes clear that he was moved into his role to execute policy, and the president's policy now is to draw down the war.

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