The Salty Soldier

For the dysfunctional, disgruntled, and salty soldiers

August 18, 2025

From Starbucks to Space Force: Guardian’s broken marriage, TikTok fame, and the kind of secrets China loves

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Editor’s note: The TikTok videos originally embedded in this article have since been made private. To preserve context, we have included screenshots captured while the videos were publicly available. When Sergeant Michaela Sosville, formerly Michaela Faherty, left her job as a Starbucks barista in Los Angeles to join the Air Force in 2017, she probably…

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Court records reveal new details about soldier accused of trying to pass U.S. military secrets to Russia

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An active-duty Army specialist at Fort Bliss is now sitting in federal custody after allegedly attempting to hand over classified U.S. military secrets to Russian government officials in exchange for citizenship and a safe escape. According to unsealed court documents, Spc. Taylor Adam Lee, 22, is facing federal charges of attempted transmission of national defense…

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