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.

Latest Articles

U.S. Army soldier lets a group of Afghan girls play with her ponytail.

Army to Allow Long Ponytails in All Uniforms, Top Enlisted Leader Says

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Michelle Black places a rose on her husband's casket in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery.

Four Years After Her Husband's Death in Niger, a Gold Star Wife Tells His Story

Her memoir-investigation hybrid book was pieced together from interviews with the surviving soldiers.

U.S. Marine receives final instructions prior to assaulting an objective during training

After Outcry from Female Vets in Congress, Pentagon Revives Committee on Women in Service

Committee supporters have pointed to DACOWITS' track record as a reason to keep the group.

Court Upholds Bowe Bergdahl's Sentence Despite Trump 'Dirty Traitor' Comments

"This case is unique in modern American military jurisprudence. Let us hope that we shall not see its like again."

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services

DoD Quietly Calls for Shutdown of 70-Year-Old Committee on Women in the Military

The committee's hollowing out was part of a move by Defense Secretary Austin to dissolve all 42 DoD advisory committees.

wreath laying ceremony at the Iwo Jima War Memorial, Arlington, Va.

The 'Forever Wars' Continue on America's Most Famous War Memorial. When Will They End?

At the base of the iconic Marine Corps War Memorial is a relatively recent inscription consisting of just two words...

Marines returning from patrol depart a vehicle checkpoint.

Acting SecNav Clears Record of Marine Officer Separated over Scout Sniper Urination Scandal

Marine Capt. James Clement, then the executive office for Kilo Company, 3/2, was never accused of participating in the...

Former military MRAP on loan to Paris Police Department Texas.

Texas Police Department Deploys Military Surplus MRAP in Barricaded Shooter Crisis

The Pentagon's office for logistics is hailing a win for a program that gives cast-off military gear and vehicles to law...

Soldiers stand in formation while wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing.

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.

Why Failing to Help Our Afghan Interpreters Would Be a Disaster

They served beside U.S. troops and wore the very same uniform. But now 18,000 Afghan interpreters fear for their lives.

US Navy Ships Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups

Active Ships in the US Navy

The U.S. Navy may not have the most ships of any country's fleet, but it is well established as the greatest power on the...

4 Years After the Marines United Scandal, What Has the Military Learned?

Four years after a national scandal that forced a reckoning over misogyny in the Marine Corps, a retired colonel gives the...

C-4 explosive is wrapped with detonation cord.

NCIS Recovers C-4 Explosives Missing for Months from Marine Corps Base

The news of the explosives' recovery comes the same day the AP released an in-depth report on stolen military weapons.

Fuselage shown after Black Hawk crashes on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

Documents Reveal New Details About Sinai Peninsula Crash That Killed 5 Soldiers

An investigation into a 2020 helicopter crash that killed seven troops appears to indicate a mechanical problem with the...

Volunteer Testing Begins in Marines' Groundbreaking Body Composition Study

The Corps is testing volunteers at Quantico, Virginia, to get a better sense of the build and body composition of today's...

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