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Story by Capt. Stephanie Snyder In a rare and heartwarming display of sibling camaraderie, 198th Infantry Brigade Privates — Darrin Jackson, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment and Michanti Jackson, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment — graduated together from Infantry One Station Unit Training Aug. 9, 2024, capping an unlikely journey that…
Working remotely has been a common trend in the civilian workplace since the global pandemic shut the world down in 2020 and the Army has apparently found a way for soldiers to work remotely as well. On August 14th, during the National Defense Industrial Association Michigan Chapter’s Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium and…
The Air Force has released the identity of the soldier who died at Shaw Air Force Base on Sunday. Officials said a 55-year-old Army Lieutenant colonel died while exercising over the weekend. He was identified as Lt. Col. Roderick Vinson of Charlotte North Carolina Vinson enlisted in the Army in 1987 as an 11M (mechanized…
Two people have been arrested for the murder of a Tennessee Army National Guard soldier in 2019. On Tuesday, the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Eric Austin Byrd and Amanda James Bishop in connection to the murder of Specialist Jacob Bishop. Specialist Bishop was found dead in his home in Lenoir City…
It has been just over a week since 21-year-old Specialist Jacob Allen Ashton was found dead at Fort Drum and an arrest has been made. According to Public Affairs at Fort Drum, a soldier in Ashton’s company has been charged with murdering him. Specialist Riley Birbilas was arrested sometime last week. Both soldiers were members…
In March, an Army master sergeant was arraigned for sexual and battery charges at Joint Base Lewis-McChord The army offered little details about the crimes committed by Master Sergeant Eric F. Brainard but did say he was offered a plea agreement. After accepting his plea, he was convicted on May 31, 2024. During a special…
The body of one of the Georgia National Guard soldiers who died during “non-combat incidents” in Iraq has returned to Georgia. Spc. Owen James Elliott, 23, died July 31 in Baghdad during an incident, according to the Army National Guard. Georgia National Guard Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni also died in Baghdad after a separate incident…
By Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs When inspections were mandated for 100-percent of the Army’s privatized housing inventory, Fort Drum Housing Division officials and senior leaders launched a campaign to inform every resident on post of the process. The topic was addressed during a housing forum in July and at an installation town…
A Salty Soldier analyst recently identified a soldier who describes herself as “your friendly neighborhood mom I’d like…” The self-described “airborne soldier” is an enlisted military police officer in the Alabama National Guard. Specialist Madison Gray, from the Birmingham suburb of Irondale, played volleyball and softball in high school before graduating high school in 2020….
An Army hospital in Texas has caught the attention of lawmakers after they sent a man a bill for $1 million for treatment. Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), at Fort Sam Houston, is the Department of Defense’s largest facility and its only Level 1 Trauma Center. While its mission is to serve military members, it…