Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
In June of 2022, Spc. Alex Nelson, pulled a gun from the top of his refrigerator, chambered a round, and thought about his next move. Then he put it up to his chest and pulled the trigger. “I missed my heart by about half an inch,” he said. Nelson, a Black Hawk mechanic with Company…
The Fort Campbell soldier who was found dead on the side of a road this weekend has been identified. At around 2:32 a.m. on Saturday, Army Specialist Parker Stoltz, 24, was found by his friends who called 911 after finding him on the side of Tobacco Road, near the intersection with Hadley Road in Clarksville,…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr O. Zelenskyy met with a U.S. delegation and toured the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pa., Sep. 22, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Carvajal) By Matthew Wheaton, U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command, Public and Congressional Affairs SCRANTON, Pa. — There was a buzz both inside and outside the Scranton…
For those not familiar with all of the Air Force’s jobs, the big “SF” patch worn by some Airmen can be confused for special forces but it is the branch’s military police. Considering they are the only part of the Air Force designated to ground combat, the USAF Security Forces (SF) are supposed to be…
The former Army first sergeant who threatened Army leaders in videos he posted to social media has been sentenced to prison. Christian Ernest Beyer, 42, was sentenced by a federal judge for posting videos of himself threatening to kill multiple military personnel at the Fort Irwin Army installation in San Bernardino County. In one of…
The US soldier who fled to North Korea instead of obeying an order to return to the United States was sentenced at Fort Bliss this week. While stationed in South Korea, Private Travis King was charged with crimes by South Korean police and ordered to leave the country by the Army. He pleaded guilty to…
The soldiers involved in a viral Army divorce video have been identified as soldiers assigned to Fort Bliss in Texas. Specialist Olson reveals she found out that she caught her husband, who is also a soldier, was cheating after seven months of marriage. “On Sunday, we were kind of in a little bit of an…
More information about the soldier who posted a video of her gifting her fellow soldier a pair of shorts has been discovered. Army Sergeant Phommavong posted the video to her TikTok account and received over 1.8 million views but deleted the video after The Salty Soldier wrote about it. In the video, Sergeant Phommavong surprised…
In what might be the best official video made by a U.S. military unit in a long time, an Illinois Air National Guard commander scolds an airman about eating junk food. The video was created by the 126th Air Refueling Wing and features Colonel Michael Mihalik, the Commander of the Wing’s 126th Mission Support Group…
A soldier with the 3rd Infantry Division says he was able to use Army regulations to benefit him when his commander pursued having him removed from the Army. Then-Private First Class Delijah Porter says his commander was in the process of chaptering him out of the Army through a court-martial in 2019. “So I’ve been…
