“Mission Top Secret Destination Unknown”: Fort Bragg sergeant continues promoting explicit content while Army review remains pending
An active-duty Army sergeant assigned to Fort Bragg who was previously exposed for promoting adult content and advertising paid encounters online continues to publicly market similar material across multiple social media platforms — including posts made within the past 24 hours. The soldier, Sergeant Yessica Nunez Melendez, has operated online profiles used to promote explicit…
Fort Bragg Soldier jailed after threatening to kill his pregnant wife during training
A Fort Bragg soldier who admitted to assaulting his wife and threatening to kill his spouse and unborn child has been sentenced to 245 days in confinement following a special court-martial. According to military court records, Pfc. Sean J. Marcum, an automated logistics specialist assigned to G Company, 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd…
Newly obtained police records raise questions after second crash by driver charged in Army Ranger’s death
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Ex-Army soldier who served prison time for killing fellow troop arrested in Florida
A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted in a general court-martial for killing a fellow soldier on Christmas Day is back behind bars after Florida investigators say he confessed to possessing and transmitting child sexual abuse material. According to arrest records from the Oviedo Police Department, Marshall Derrill Drake, 36, was arrested on March…
Police confirm investigation into recently retired Lt. Colonel accused of attempting to meet minor
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — North Little Rock Police have confirmed an active investigation is underway following a Feb. 23 incident involving a recently retired Arkansas Army National Guard lieutenant colonel who was confronted during a livestreamed civilian sting operation. A spokesperson for the North Little Rock Police Department told The Salty Soldier that officers…
Fort Bragg soldier arrested in North Carolina months after Christmas Eve homicide in Tennessee
A Soldier assigned to Fort Bragg is facing a second-degree murder charge after authorities say he fatally shot his uncle on Christmas Eve in eastern Tennessee. Jail records from the Cumberland County Detention Center in North Carolina show Jacob Ryan Stinnett, 24, was booked February 23, 2026, on a Tennessee fugitive hold connected to the…
U.S. Servicemember detained after drunken rampage at bar in South Korea
A U.S. servicemember in his 20s was detained by South Korean police after allegedly causing extensive damage inside a bar near a U.S. military installation in Pyeongtaek during the early morning hours of February 25. According to South Korean broadcaster YTN, the incident occurred shortly before dawn at a bar located near a U.S. base…
Senator accused of breaking Marine veteran’s hand during anti-war protest at Senate hearing
A Marine Corps veteran running for U.S. Senate in North Carolina says his hand was broken during a confrontation inside a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing room after he protested U.S. military action against Iran. Brian McGinnis, 44, a firefighter in Raleigh and a Green Party Senate candidate, was forcibly removed from a Senate Armed…
Two more soldiers identified in Iranian drone strike that killed six, one awaiting medical examiner confirmation
Two additional Army Reserve soldiers have now been identified following the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait on March 1, though one of the fallen still requires final confirmation by a medical examiner. The Department of War announced that Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California,…
Driver who killed Army Ranger receives light sentence after prosecutors reduce felony charge
A driver charged in the death of a decorated Army Ranger and ROTC instructor received a 30-day jail sentence after prosecutors reduced a felony vehicular homicide charge to a misdemeanor. Court records obtained by The Salty Soldier show that Jadon Demani Mike was originally indicted in Effingham County Superior Court on charges of Homicide by…
