Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
Four members of the Army’s most elite aviation unit—160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), known as the “Night Stalkers”—are presumed dead after their MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down in rugged terrain near Summit Lake, Washington, late Wednesday night. The crash occurred around 9 p.m. local time on September 17, in a rural area roughly…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New details and photographic evidence released by the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) under New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) have shed light on the controversial February 22 shooting of Airman Basic Brion Teel-Scott by fellow Air Force security forces members near Kirtland Air Force Base. The rare public release includes…
A Colorado substitute teacher—married to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army—has been placed on administrative leave after posting a disturbing video in which her young daughters gleefully guess that the “best news ever” is the death of Donald Trump. Krista Cole, a progressive activist and substitute teacher in Colorado Springs, filmed herself with her…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has released a sweeping update to its grooming and appearance policy, aiming to eliminate ambiguity and bring uniformity across the force. But while the Army insists the directive is about clarity, early reactions from soldiers and leaders alike suggest it’s done anything but. The new directive, officially titled Army Directive…
An airman assigned to Ellsworth Air Force Base who was found dead earlier this month has been publicly identified as Staff Sergeant Lonzell Bryant, 25, of Andalusia, Alabama. According to base officials, Bryant was discovered deceased at his off-base residence on Tuesday, September 2. He served as an aerospace propulsion craftsman with the 28th Maintenance…
ALEXANDRIA, VA – A former U.S. Army private was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison for two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of sexual abuse stemming from incidents that occurred in 2012 and 2013 while he was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Austin Blair Johnson, 35, pleaded…
Three active-duty U.S. military personnel are under scrutiny after publicly mocking, celebrating, or implicitly justifying the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The backlash has grown loud enough to prompt a direct response from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who called the conduct “completely unacceptable.” Marine Officer Recruiter Toasts Kirk’s Death With Beer Emojis Captain…
A chaotic lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy on Thursday evening was triggered by online threats traced to a disgraced former midshipman, Navy officials confirmed. The event, which ended with a midshipman being shot by security forces, has since been declared under control with no credible threat to the academy. Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s office…
Near the windswept desert of Twentynine Palms, California — home to one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the world — a military couple is attracting national attention. But it’s not for valor, deployment stories, or veteran entrepreneurship. It’s for their involvement in a controversial and highly explicit online venture that’s challenging the boundaries…
Army Specialist Brandon “Ate Up” Storey—previously exposed by a Colorado-based child predator hunting group—appeared in El Paso County Courtroom A this morning for a pretrial conference that quickly shifted to a guilty plea deal. Storey, wearing his U.S. Army uniform, waited on the courtroom bench flanked by a noncommissioned officer from Fort Carson as his…
