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.

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The unique way that PFC Harold Schultz carrried his rifle -- because of a broken shoulder strap -- helped identify him as the sixth man represented by the iconic Iwo Jima memorial.

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Lt. Col. Jennifer Grieves, 45, was relieved from command of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 474 due to a loss of trust and confidence in her ability to continue to lead. (Marine Corps photo)

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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jasmin Moghbeli, a pilot assigned to Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1

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Cold Temperature and Arctic Protection System foot movement

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Hundreds of soldiers are now receiving layered protection suits capable of withstanding temperatures as low as minus 65...

A U.S. Marine recruiter converses with an attendee during Ultimatum II, a Smash Ultimate Tournament.

As Military Recruiters Embrace Esports, Marine Corps Says it Won't Turn War into a Game

The Corps has no plans to field an esports team. And its reasons for abstaining are, at least in part, ideological.

Why These Infantry Marines Have a New Obsession with Chess

It's kind of like Fight Club. Except it's mental, not physical, and Marines can't stop talking about it.

Mass casualty drill aboard the USS Peleliu.

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Tucked inside the recently passed DoD budget for 2023 is funding for a new kind of Navy medical ship – one built to operate...

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