Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — The beard wars have officially gone global. According to an internal message from the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base, U.S. Air Force members with approved shaving waivers have been told they’re “NOT authorized to attend” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s upcoming troop engagement in South Korea. The message,…
Commanders don’t tense up because she’s bringing tanks. They tense up because she’s bringing questions. Sergeant Major Delia Quintero is the Army’s Inspector General Sergeant Major—the senior enlisted backbone of an enterprise built to check standards, surface problems, and make sure leaders aren’t hiding mold under a fresh coat of paint. She took the job…
Army Sergeant Kayla Thomas grew up in the rough streets of Baltimore, but she’s turned her Army uniform into a ticket to opportunity—and a platform to speak her mind. Known online as @1realmash, Thomas has built a strong social media following, runs a podcast called The Mashup, and uses her experience in uniform to inspire…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The airman found dead earlier this month at F.E. Warren Air Force Base has been identified as Airman 1st Class Marcus Tyione White-Allen, a 21-year-old member of the 90th Security Forces Squadron who was under investigation for the July 2025 fatal shooting of fellow airman Brayden Lovan. White-Allen was discovered deceased on…
An FBI agent who once investigated Americans for the January 6th Capitol riot has now avoided jail himself—after shooting and killing a U.S. Army veteran in the middle of a Virginia street. Special Agent Benjamin Spinale, a 13-year FBI veteran, was convicted of two misdemeanors this month in Stafford County, Virginia. Despite killing Army veteran…
The U.S. Army is tightening eligibility for its Future Soldier Preparatory Course (FSPC) — a program once hailed as the service’s answer to historic recruiting shortfalls — limiting new participants to focus on either academics or fitness, but not both. An Army spokesman confirmed the change this week, noting that implementation has been delayed due…
The U.S. Air Force has issued a force-wide order requiring commanders to inspect every single dorm room and unaccompanied housing (UH) unit by October 29, part of a Pentagon-wide crackdown on the deteriorating living conditions of America’s service members. The directive, known as TASKORD 25-69: “Ensuring Unaccompanied Housing Standards,” was sent from Headquarters Air Force…
HINESVILLE, Ga. — Private First Class Zachary Kyle Cunning, a 21-year-old U.S. Army military police officer stationed at Fort Stewart, has bonded out of jail less than three weeks after being charged in connection with the death of his 3-month-old son. Cunning was arrested on September 18, 2025, by the Hinesville Police Department’s Criminal Investigations…
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. — The U.S. Marine Corps has identified the pilot killed in last week’s AH-1Z Viper helicopter crash in Southern California as Maj. Tyler R. Braconi, 35, a decorated Marine aviator and California native stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton. Maj. Braconi was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369…
A U.S. Army Reserve soldier has again found herself at the center of controversy after being discovered using her military uniform and federal property to grow a massive social media following — this time to promote explicit adult content. Earlier this year, The Salty Soldier reported on a reservist who blurred the lines between service…