SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The U.S. Air Force has identified the service member who died after falling during a military rappelling demonstration ahead of a college football game Saturday as Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson, a decorated Airman with 15 years of military service. Patterson died following an October 17, 2026, accident at the Alamodome in…
When Marine Lance Cpl. Zayne Melton was arrested in February 2025 on charges of statutory rape and other sexual offenses involving a child, the allegations were serious enough to generate national military headlines and an $800,000 secured bond. The 22-year-old Camp Lejeune Marine remained behind bars as prosecutors spent nearly 17 months getting the case…
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — What began as the mysterious disappearance of a U.S. Air Force noncommissioned officer in southern New Mexico eventually led investigators to the Dominican Republic, where his family feared an online relationship may have played a role in his sudden departure. For nearly a year, the family of Staff Sgt. Isaiah Morningstar searched…
A Fort Bragg staff sergeant accused of possessing 73 videos depicting the sexual abuse of children pleaded guilty this month to two felony counts, ending a case that initially drew attention because of the sheer number of charges against him. But newly obtained court records tell a different and more disturbing story than a tally…
Command Sgt. Maj. Kirk L. Ray, the former senior enlisted leader of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, was removed from the brigade position before the Army formally charged him with a series of offenses involving alleged domestic violence against his wife, assault of another family member, extramarital sexual conduct and theft…
A New York Army National Guard noncommissioned officer with a large social media following is drawing scrutiny after images circulating online appear to show her posing in explicit imagery while displaying what appears to be U.S. Army identification inside her phone case. The concerns raised by the images are not centered on the imagery itself,…
SAN FRANCISCO — Activist groups are planning to gather later today outside the Israeli Consulate in downtown San Francisco to mark the second anniversary of the death of Senior Airman Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. Air Force member who died in 2024 after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The demonstration…
A U.S. Air Force senior airman accused of serious misconduct involving minors went to trial this week at McConnell Air Force Base, while a separate felony insurance fraud prosecution and an active civil debt lawsuit continue to move forward in Kansas state court. Senior Airman Randall Race Thomas Moore Jr., 26, assigned to the 22nd…
When an American service member dies overseas, particularly in a country where large-scale combat operations have largely ended, the expectation is not immediate certainty — but eventual answers. In the case of Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni, even that expectation went unmet. Army records show the administrative investigation into Pameni’s death was completed in November 2024….
