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A Fort Leonard Wood soldier is facing multiple felony charges after police say he was found with a missing 14-year-old girl and admitted to having sexual contact with her. Juan Cabrer-Matias, an active duty Army soldier assigned to Fort Leonard Wood, was arrested Sunday and formally charged Monday in Pulaski County with Second-Degree Statutory Rape,…
= Updated at 0600 EST on August 7, 2025 FORT STEWART, Ga. — Five soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning in an active shooter incident on Fort Stewart, prompting a full base lockdown and swift law enforcement response. The shooter, now identified as Army Sgt. Quornelius Radford, was subdued by fellow soldiers at the scene and…
Update: Army general confirms shooter’s identity, details Fort Stewart attack FORT STEWART, Ga. — Five U.S. Army soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning in an active shooter incident on Fort Stewart, prompting a full base lockdown and multi-agency emergency response. The shooting occurred around 10:56 a.m. in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team (2ABCT) area near…
FORT STEWART, Ga. — A series of social media posts from a soldier being held by military police at Fort Stewart sparked confusion and online rumors Wednesday, just hours after a confirmed active shooter incident left five soldiers wounded on the base. TikTok Rumors Spark Confusion The situation began Tuesday night, when Staff Sergeant Garvin,…
Updated at 1510 EST **A law enforcement official has stated the suspect is a 28-year-old male Army sergeant** FORT STEWART, Ga. — Five soldiers were wounded Wednesday morning in an active shooter incident on Fort Stewart, according to official Army sources. The shooting occurred in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team (2ABCT) area near Wright…
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. — A U.S. Army captain assigned to Fort Gordon has been arrested for a second time after investigators discovered a video on his phone allegedly showing him sexually assaulting a 16-year-old who was physically helpless at the time of the incident. Captain Sean Benjamin Cushman, 29, was booked into the Aiken County Detention…
Some soldiers chase the limelight. Others just show up, do the job, and crush every standard in their path. Sgt. Maciel Hay falls firmly into the second category. She didn’t set out to be a headline or a talking point — but when the Army made her the poster child for “first active-duty female sniper,”…
A senior army NCO, a Detroit native and former acting first sergeant of the 274th Movement Control Team (MCT), Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division — based at Fort Stewart, Georgia — was arrested in Rock Island County, Illinois, on multiple felony charges related to child sexual abuse and child pornography….
Authorities in Montana are in their fourth day of an intensive manhunt for Michael Paul Brown, a 45-year-old Iraq War veteran accused of walking into a neighborhood bar and gunning down four people in broad daylight. The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. Friday at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana — a quiet mining town…
For years, scammers have impersonated U.S. service members online, using stolen photos to run romance cons and trick victims out of money. But a new and more disturbing trend is emerging—one made possible by advances in artificial intelligence. Some soldiers with large social media followings are discovering that scammers are now digitally altering their images…