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FAYETTEVILLE, NC — Court filings reveal a disturbing twist in the case of Shana Cloud, the Fayetteville woman charged with murdering her husband, retired Special Forces medic Clinton “Clint” Bonnell. Records obtained by The Salty Soldier show that even before Bonnell’s dismembered remains were recovered, Cloud retained an attorney and filed a lawsuit seeking control…
A leaked photo, which appears to have originated from Snapchat and shows a Security Forces Airman on duty at Creech Air Force Base, is spreading across social media and raising fresh concerns about conduct, safety, and the already shaken morale within the Air Force’s defender community. The image shows a Black female Airman at a…
FORT SILL, OKLA. — On August 1, 2025, Sergeant First Class Lindsey S. DeStefano was convicted at a special court-martial for absence without leave in violation of Article 86, UCMJ. A panel of officers and enlisted members found her guilty of one specification of AWOL and acquitted her of another. The court sentenced DeStefano to…
The Air Force has two rising names in the ranks — and coincidentally, both are named Ciara. What sets them apart isn’t just their careers in uniform, but the way they’ve each turned to social media and subscriber platforms to build personal brands. Senior Airman Ciarra Capurro: Transformation and Online Attention Senior Airman Ciarra Capurro’s…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — F.E. Warren Air Force Base is facing another tragedy, as a second airman has been killed in less than a month. Both deaths involved security forces defenders, and in both cases, a fellow airman pulled the trigger. The most recent victim, Senior Airman Joshua Aragon, 23, was shot and killed in the…
Fort McNair, Washington D.C. — The Army officer once known for standing at the center of two of the most high-profile courts-martial in recent military history is now facing his own day in court. Lieutenant Colonel Justin C. Oshana, a career Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer who once served as a defense attorney for convicted…
The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that DNA testing has confirmed what many already feared: former Army Ranger Regiment infantryman Travis Caleb Decker, 32, is solely responsible for the murders of his three young daughters. Despite the forensic evidence piling up, Decker remains at large—armed, dangerous, and still capable of disappearing into the wilderness….
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…
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…
FORT STEWART, Ga. – New reporting reveals that the soldier accused of opening fire on his unit at Fort Stewart earlier this month was allegedly in an intimate relationship with one of the victims — a man who had just finalized a divorce from his wife one day before the attack. Army prosecutors say Sgt….