Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
EASLEY, S.C. — A South Carolina National Guardsman has been arrested following a year-long investigation that authorities say uncovered disturbing child sexual abuse material distributed online. Deputies with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office took 45-year-old Jared Allen Dill into custody early Thursday morning at his home on Shefwood Drive after detectives obtained warrants for ten…
A Fort Carson sergeant first class is facing felony charges after a sweeping, nine-month investigation uncovered more than 7,000 images and videos of alleged child sexual exploitation material across multiple electronic devices. According to court records obtained by The Gazette and reporting from CBS Colorado, Sgt. First Class Marquez Parker, 38, of Fountain, Colorado, was…
An American soldier was arrested Sunday while attempting to cross from Kenya into Tanzania, according to a statement released by Tanzanian police. The incident comes at a moment when Tanzania is already engulfed in political unrest and government crackdowns following a disputed presidential election. Tanzanian authorities identified the soldier as Charles Onkuri Ongeta, a 30-year-old…
Warrensburg, Missouri — A domestic violence attack in the early morning hours of Nov. 12 ended with two men dead—one a violent offender, the other an Army infantry veteran who stepped in to defend a woman he didn’t know. According to the Warrensburg Police Department, officers responded just after 1 a.m. to reports of an…
BOONE COUNTY, Ind. — New information has been released about the military convoy accident that killed one Indiana National Guardsman and injured three others during a drill weekend movement Friday afternoon. Officials now confirm the soldiers were assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, and were traveling in a two-vehicle Humvee convoy from…
An infantry drill sergeant assigned to Delta Company, 2-58 Infantry Battalion at Fort Benning was convicted at a special court-martial on November 10, 2025, for misconduct involving recruits during an integrated cycle of Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT). The case, U.S. v. SSG Maxwell A. Tubbs, highlights continuing challenges as the Army enforces standards…
A Fort Bragg infantryman once accused of killing his infant daughter — and later acquitted — is back in handcuffs. This time, Fayetteville police say he was caught secretly peeping on a 15-year-old girl inside a JCPenney fitting room at Cross Creek Mall. For a soldier who only months ago walked away from a military…
A Florida man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he struck a pedestrian and fled, leading deputies on a pursuit that ended at the gates of Eglin Air Force Base, one of the U.S. Air Force’s largest installations. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in northwest Florida responded around noon to reports of a pedestrian…
The U.S. military has always had an unofficial economy running parallel to the official one. Service members have long relied on side work—everything from ride-share driving to lawn care—to make ends meet. But in recent years, a new kind of side hustle has quietly emerged across the ranks, one that military leadership is still struggling…
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Officials at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune have determined that social media claims alleging Marines were being attacked by university fraternity members are false. The rumors, which circulated widely across Facebook and text chains in early November, claimed that a fraternity initiation at UNCW involved…
