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

Retired Marine Col. Harvey Barnum joined Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on July 28, 2016, at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., for an announcement that a destroyer would be named in Barnum's honor. (Photos courtesy Chi Nguyen/U.S. Marine Corps)

Denied White House Ceremony, Marine Hero Honored with Ship Naming

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Capt. Jason Grimes, a UH-1Z Cobra pilot stands with the leadership of 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. (Photo: Courtesy Photo)

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Drill instructors present their new Marines with Eagle, Globe and Anchors during the emblem ceremony Sept. 7, 2013, at the Iwo Jima flag raising statue on Parris Island, S.C. (Photo by Lance Cpl. MaryAnn Hill)

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Kristin Beck, photographed inside the Washington Monument on May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Kristin Beck Would Love to Train 1st Female SEALs -- On One Condition

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The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) leads the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Curtis (FFG 38) and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) in formation off the coast of Southern California (U.S. Navy photo)

Former Navy Senior Chief Sentenced to Two Years for Accepting Bribes

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Navy's Information Warfare Officers Get New Job Title

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Bullet holes in the entrance to the Chattanooga military recruiting center (Photo: April Grimmett via Twitter)

Marine Corps Wants Funding to Improve Security at Recruiting Centers

Ten months after a gunman opened fire in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Corps is still working to bolster the security of its...

Navy Intel Chief Calls Loss of His Security Clearance 'Insulting'

The admiral in charge of the Navy's information warfare community has a message for the public: He is not a threat to U.S...

The U.S. Navy's littoral combat ships USS Independence (LCS 2), left, and USS Coronado (LCS 4) are underway April 23, 2014, in the Pacific Ocean. (Navy photo/Keith DeVinney)

Rebuilding the Navy Emerging as Election Issue, Lawmaker Says

Four years ago during the final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney, Obama famously laughed off Romney's...

This Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps shows Marines attached to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 search for debris of a helicopter mishap in Haliewa Beach Park, Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo via AP/Ricky S. Gomez)

Weather, Swells and Laser Pointer Challenge Search for Missing Marines

The search for 12 Marines declared missing after a reported collision of two CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft off the north...

President Obama will present the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans or members of their family in a ceremony at the White House Tuesday.

Pentagon to Review 1,100 Awards for Possible Upgrade to Medal of Honor

The Defense Department will review some 1,100 Silver Stars and Service Crosses to determine if they warrant a higher award...

Former Defense Secretary William Perry answers questions from guests during a dinner for technology industry leaders held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., April 17, 2013. Glenn Fawcett/DoD

Former SecDef: Remove ICBMs From Nuclear Triad

For former defense secretary William Perry, the danger of intercontinental ballistic missiles was starkly illustrated in 1979...

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