List of Military.com Journalists and Reporters

1. Patricia Kime

Designation Freelance Journalist Author Bio 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 P...residential 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.more
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2. Rebecca Kheel

Designation Congressional Reporter Author Bio Rebecca Kheel is a congressional reporter for Military.com. She previously worked as a defense reporter for The Hill, covering all things defense from the view at the Capitol, including negotiations over annual defense authorization and appropriations bills, fights about the foreign policy crisis of the day and more. Prior to coming to D.C., she was a local reporter at the Orange County Register in California, writing about everything from disputes over new housing developments to the latest theme park ride openings. She has a bachelor’s degree in newspaper journalism and history f...rom Syracuse University.more
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3. Steve Beynon

Designation Reporter Author Bio 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 poli...cy at the University of Cincinnati.more
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4. Thomas Novelly

Designation Air Force And Space Force Reporter Author Bio Thomas Novelly is a reporter for Military.com focusing on coverage of the Air Force and Space Force. He previously covered veterans, military bases and federal politics in South Carolina for The Post and Courier as well as breaking news for the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.
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5. Drew F. Lawrence

Designation Reporter And Producer Author Bio Drew F. Lawrence is a reporter and producer for Military.com, specializing in covering the Marine Corps while also hosting, writing and producing the publication's flagship podcast, Fire Watch. He joined Military.com from a fellowship at CNN where he covered military issues and produced content for shows like The Lead with Jake Tapper. Prior to journalism, Drew spent four years in the Army as an Armor Officer. He is a graduate of The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, where he studied journalism. He hails from Massachusetts and is a proud New Engl...and sports fan.more
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6. Amy Bushatz

Designation Reporter Author Bio Amy Bushatz is the former executive editor of Military.com. A reporter since 2003, Amy Bushatz joined Military.com in 2010 and grew into the role of Executive Editor. As a military spouse, she is passionate about military life issues, and is a devoted subject matter expert on all military benefits. Amy is also a mountain and road runner based in Alaska where she hosts and produces the Humans Outside podcast and spends time adventuring with her family. Amy is a 2018 recipient of Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) Patriotism Award and a 2019 graduate o...f the George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program. She holds a master's degree in public leadership from the University of San Francisco.more
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7. Hope Hodge Seck

Designation Former Managing Editor Author Bio 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 20...16 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.more
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8. Jim Absher

Designation Editor And Columnist Author Bio Jim Absher is Military.com's former benefits editor and columnist. He joined the Navy to see the world and later realized the world is two-thirds water. He also worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs in field offices and Washington, D.C. before coming to Military.com in 2015.
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9. Travis Tritten

Designation Deputy Managing Editor Author Bio Travis Tritten is the deputy managing editor for Military.com. He has 20 years of experience reporting on the military, government and politics in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2014, Tritten has reported from Washington, D.C., spending most of his time at the Pentagon and Capitol Hill. Previously, he was a senior defense reporter for Bloomberg Government, a defense and national security reporter at the Washington Examiner, and a reporter with Stars and Stripes, including seven years as a Japan correspondent.
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10. Audrey McAvoy

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11. Mark Price

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12. Richard Sisk

Designation Author Author Bio Richard Sisk has more than 45 years of journalism experience in reporting and editing in the U.S. and abroad for United Press International, the N.Y. Daily News and now for Military.com. He has covered police beats, the courts, transportation and politics in New York City and Washington, D.C., and had numerous assignments in the Mideast, Europe and Latin America. He has covered six presidential campaigns and since 2016 has been Military.com’s Pentagon reporter. Sisk is a Vietnam veteran who served with the 2nd Battalion, Fourth Marines, in 1967-68.
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13. Craig Sailor

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14. Allen Frazier

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15. Amanda Miller

Designation Editor / Writer Author Bio Journalist
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16. Blake Stilwell

Designation Associate Editor Author Bio @Militarydotcom's most cromulent writer and Ohio's 25,796th favorite son. X is my destination for extremely temporarily outrage.
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17. Heather Sweeney

Designation Content Editor Author Bio Content Editor @militarydotcom. Querying memoirist. Bylines: NYT, WashPo, HuffPost, Newsweek, Insider, Healthline, YourTango, Chicken Soup for the Soul, etc.
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18. James Barber

Designation Off Duty Editor Author Bio And you know what they said? Well, some of it was true.
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19. Jared Keller

Designation Managing Editor, Content Author Bio Managing editor @TaskandPurpose Your school has no gymnastics team, this is a last resort. ****@taskandpurpose.com
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20. Jennifer Barnhill

Designation Columnist Author Bio Freelance writer & journalist, #milspouse, COO - @partnersinprom1, podcast host; I #amquerying ????????‍???? a NF book about unpaid female labor
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21. Konstantin Toropin

Designation Navy and Marine Corps Reporter Author Bio Pentagon & Sea Service Reporter at @militarydotcom | @CNN, @USNavy alum | ???????????????? | Opinions are mine. RT, ♥️ ≠ endorsement. | On Threads, BlueSky - "ktoropin"
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22. Rachael Hubbard

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23. Sarah Blansett

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24. Tiffini Theisen

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25. Travis J. Tritten

Designation Deputy Managing Editor and Pentagon Bureau Chief Author Bio Deputy Managing Editor at Military.com
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26. Zachary Fryer-Biggs

Designation Managing Editor Author Bio Managing Editor at Military.com - Former Pentagon reporter for Newsweek, investigative reporter for CPI, among other stops. Now bsky.app/profile/zachfb
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