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FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Army Staff Sgt. Tyler Hogue, a self-described fitness enthusiast and powerlifter assigned to Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHBN), III Armored Corps, is under fire on social media after suggesting in a recent TikTok that soldiers who fail to meet height and weight standards—or pass the Army Physical Fitness…
The U.S. Air Force has identified the 21-year-old airman killed in a firearm discharge incident Sunday at F.E. Warren Air Force Base as Airman Brayden Tyriq Lovan, a Security Forces member assigned to one of the nation’s most critical nuclear defense installations. The fatal incident has triggered an Air Force-wide pause on the use of…
An Army major and decorated Ranger School graduate has been sentenced to 53 years in military prison following a shocking court-martial conviction that included the rape of a transgender woman who required reconstructive genital surgery after the assault. Maj. Jonathan J. Batt, 40, a 2007 West Point graduate and veteran of multiple combat tours, was…
After decades of jokes, complaints, and GI distress, the U.S. Army has officially replaced the brick-like MREs and FSRs with a new individual field ration designed specifically for high-mobility operations like invasions, raids, and extended missions without resupply—promising a lighter, smaller, and, most importantly, easier-to-digest alternative. The new Close Combat Assault Ration (CCAR) is now…
An Air Force Security Forces airman died on duty in the early morning hours of July 20, triggering a temporary suspension of the Sig Sauer M18 Modular Handgun System across Air Force Global Strike Command. The active-duty airman, assigned to the 90th Security Forces Squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, has not yet been…
Military Police at Fort Gordon have launched an investigation after a soldier’s personal security camera allegedly captured a contractor stealing money from a barracks room — and then attempting to disable the camera feed. Don’t want to see ads on the site or the video above? The video and this article can be viewed Ad-Free…
In an era where breaking into federal service typically means clawing your way up the bureaucratic ladder over years—if not decades—Riley Podleski has defied that norm in dramatic fashion. At just 25 years old, she now serves as Assistant Press Secretary at the Department of Defense, a high-visibility role in the world’s most powerful military…
On July 1, 2025, Private First Class Zachery B. Kernop, a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Eustis, was convicted at a general court-martial of sexually abusing a child, a crime that falls under Article 120b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Kernop pleaded guilty to one specification of indecent conduct with a…
Staff Sgt. Chelsea Samatra, a decorated Army noncommissioned officer stationed in Hawaii, has denied any connection to a series of anonymous images circulating online—images that included nude photographs posted alongside a separate image of Staff Sgt. Samatra in uniform. Samatra, currently assigned to the 25th Infantry Division on the island of O‘ahu, has become a…
A 19-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Carson has been arrested for the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman in a public park located just minutes from the military base. Pvt. Caden Michael Meade, who serves as a mechanic in the 4th Infantry Division’s artillery unit, is facing serious felony charges after police say…