Patricia Kime

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 Presidential 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.

Email: Patricia.Kime@Military.com

Latest Articles

Veterans Affairs nurses rally at the Department of Veterans Affairs

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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives for a pretrial hearing

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A sign for the Military and Veterans Crisis Line.

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Demonstrators protest about abortion outside the Supreme Court

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Lt. Cmdr. Cristiano DeSousa, Chaplain in the Coast Guard

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Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day

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U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn speaks to the media

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Sterilized surgical instruments at a military base

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National Tattoo Day at the Coast Guard Academy

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The move is part of ongoing personnel changes aimed at recruiting and retention.

Recruits run during a physical training session at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego.

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Airman assembles a breast pump in a lactation room

Troops Are Reimbursed for Shipping Breast Milk During Temporary Duty But Not Moves. That Could Change.

The Pentagon is weighing a change to its Joint Travel Regulations to reimburse for costs related to shipping frozen breast...

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