A 20-year-old Soldier’s mother says the Army knew he had attempted suicide in Germany but returned him to duty the next day without the intervention he needed. About seven months later, she says, he died by suicide in his barracks at Fort Stewart. Pfc. Canon Brooks Nalls, of Fayette, Alabama, died December 20, 2024. His…
An Army soldier stationed at Fort Campbell recently shared an account of a phone call to his platoon sergeant that raises a question beyond his battery: What does a leader’s invitation to speak up mean when a soldier challenges leadership’s own decisions? In a TikTok post shared Sept. 4, the soldier said his platoon sergeant…
Three months before Spc. Sayveon Anderson disappeared from Fort Bragg, his pregnant wife told police that he assaulted her and threatened to kill her before taking his own life, according to previously unreported court records obtained by The Salty Soldier. The records reveal a series of escalating incidents before Anderson vanished, including the alleged domestic…
An Air Force staff sergeant trusted to keep aircraft safe at Ramstein Air Base repeatedly tested positive for cocaine and stopped using the drug only after commanders restricted him to the installation, according to a sharply worded reprimand issued after his court-martial. Staff Sgt. (E-5) Jacob R. Van Pelt pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine and…
“Do you know how many rounds are in here?” Army prosecutors allege Capt. Javier Emanuel Correa made that statement to his wife while threatening her with a loaded firearm during a violent confrontation near Petersburg, Virginia. The Army says Correa also warned her, “You have until the count of three to get out of my…
UPDATE — Sept. 14, 2026: After publication, Sgt. Damon Moody contacted The Salty Soldier and denied that he is the man depicted in the adult content referenced in this report. “None of those sexual photos in your report are of me,” Moody said. Moody also disputed other portions of the report and requested that the…
A Fort Hood soldier whose alleged assault of a pregnant fellow soldier was captured on video will serve no jail or prison time after pleading guilty to a felony strangulation charge and separately admitting guilt to assaulting the woman while she was pregnant. New Coryell County court records obtained by The Salty Soldier show that…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The U.S. Army has identified the Soldier facing eight felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual misconduct incident inside a Fayetteville Dollar Tree as a sergeant who previously attended Fayetteville State University as an Army ROTC cadet. U.S. Army Cadet Command also confirmed Sgt. Musa Ajay Salagbi remains assigned to the command…
A McConnell Air Force Base airman accused of sexually abusing teenage boys he met through a local church was convicted at a general court-martial of possessing child pornography, multiple indecent-conduct offenses and obstruction of justice, but was acquitted of both sexual-abuse charges prosecutors brought against him. Senior Airman Randall Race Thomas Moore Jr., 26, assigned…
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — A career Airman who pleaded for mercy after admitting marijuana use, describing a divorce-driven collapse marked by depression, heavy drinking and suicidal thoughts, later pleaded guilty to using marijuana during a new period and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge. Staff Sgt. Kinyada J. Johnson, assigned to the 552nd…
