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Fort Bragg sergeant’s military-themed content surfaces on social media
New military-themed adult content depicting an active-duty Fort Bragg sergeant has surfaced publicly months after the Army launched multiple investigations into her online activity. The photographs and videos reviewed by The Salty Soldier depict Sgt. Yessica Nunez-Melendez, whose online adult-content activity has been the subject of the publication’s reporting since January. The newly discovered social-media…
Military Police Sergeant convicted after on-duty encounters with female subordinates
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell military police sergeant was sentenced to six months in confinement and a bad-conduct discharge after admitting he maltreated two junior Soldiers and assaulted one of them during incidents connected to their work as military police officers. Sgt. Kaden H. Zhang, assigned to the Fort Campbell Law Enforcement Company,…
Army recruiting station chief faces court-martial over alleged misconduct
A longtime Army recruiter who served at recruiting stations across Michigan and eventually became a station chief was scheduled to face trial by special court-martial at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Army’s public court docket identifies the accused as Sgt. 1st Class Michael V. Roberts, whom publicly available records identify as the station chief of the…
Air Force special operations command chief convicted after hidden cameras found in teenage stepdaughter’s bedroom
Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green is shown while serving as command chief at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, on Sept. 4, 2019, left, and during a chief’s induction ceremony in Tampa on Jan. 31, 2020, right. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman 1st Class Ryan C. Grossklag and Airman 1st Class Shannon Bowman) A former…
Marine intelligence officer convicted of strangling spouse, breaking child’s bones
A Marine Corps intelligence warrant officer previously charged with assaulting his spouse and a child in Okinawa has been sentenced to two years in confinement after pleading guilty to domestic violence and child endangerment. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Benjamin G. Dux was sentenced Aug. 5 following a general court-martial before a military judge. Despite the…
Missing teen found in basement of 27-year-old Airman’s home, FBI alleges
A missing 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl was found in the basement of a home rented by a 27-year-old active-duty airman after investigators tracked his cellphone to Dover Air Force Base, according to a federal criminal complaint obtained by The Salty Soldier. The girl later told investigators that Dylan Drake Williams sexually assaulted her, recorded multiple encounters…
Federal indictment reveals alleged Russian murder plot on U.S. soil involving ‘Viking,’ a man sharing a nickname with the Russian-backed executioner in “The Agency”
Buried in a 17-page federal indictment recently unsealed in New York is an alleged Russian murder plot that could have come straight out of a spy thriller. There are encrypted messages, photographs of a target’s home, a $40,000 offer to make him disappear—and a recruiter called “Viking.” Viewers of Paramount+’s The Agency may recognize the…
Army soldier indicted on kidnapping, child solicitation charges more than a year after Fort Bragg arrest
MOORE COUNTY, N.C. — More than a year after an Army Soldier was arrested while attending a leadership school at Fort Bragg, a Moore County grand jury has indicted him on felony charges stemming from allegations involving a 14-year-old girl. Dustin Ray Goodroe was indicted Aug. 3 on charges of first-degree kidnapping and soliciting a…
Soldier returned to duty a day after suicide attempt, mother says. Months later, he was found dead
A 20-year-old Soldier’s mother says the Army knew he had attempted suicide in Germany but returned him to duty the next day without the intervention he needed. About seven months later, she says, he died by suicide in his barracks at Fort Stewart. Pfc. Canon Brooks Nalls, of Fayette, Alabama, died December 20, 2024. His…
Army leaders promise an “open door policy.” What happens when soldiers speak up?
An Army soldier stationed at Fort Campbell recently shared an account of a phone call to his platoon sergeant that raises a question beyond his battery: What does a leader’s invitation to speak up mean when a soldier challenges leadership’s own decisions? In a TikTok post shared Sept. 4, the soldier said his platoon sergeant…
