Two additional Army Reserve soldiers have now been identified following the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait on March 1, though one of the fallen still requires final confirmation by a medical examiner. The Department of War announced that Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, California,…
A driver charged in the death of a decorated Army Ranger and ROTC instructor received a 30-day jail sentence after prosecutors reduced a felony vehicular homicide charge to a misdemeanor. Court records obtained by The Salty Soldier show that Jadon Demani Mike was originally indicted in Effingham County Superior Court on charges of Homicide by…
The Department of War has identified four Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait during the opening days of the expanding war with Iran, marking the first publicly identified American casualties tied to the conflict. According to an official release, Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class…
Newly released court documents are shedding further light on the case of a Fort Bliss soldier who pleaded guilty in December to child sexual abuse material offenses and drug-related misconduct at a general court-martial. The charge sheet in the case of SPC JuliusJeremiah A. Finistertirado provides a clearer picture of when the misconduct occurred and…
A Texas-based U.S. Army infantry soldier’s hour-long TikTok Live stream on Monday, March 2, 2026, is drawing scrutiny after he repeatedly showed the inside of a fully packed CONNEX container filled with duffel bags and tough boxes labeled with service members’ names. The livestream came at a moment of heightened tensions between the United States…
Three U.S. servicemembers have been reported killed amid escalating military operations tied to the February 28 U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran, according to follow-on reporting citing U.S. Central Command sources. The confirmed fatalities mark a significant development in what initially began with official messaging describing “no reported U.S. casualties” during the first wave of Iranian retaliatory…
FORT McNAIR, Va. — A U.S. Army military police officer assigned to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall has been acquitted of all charges at a General Court-Martial held at Fort McNair. According to a statement provided to The Salty Soldier by the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel, the court-martial in United States v. PFC…
A former U.S. Army Master Sergeant convicted at a General Court-Martial of attempted sexual abuse of a child and four specifications of sexual abuse of a child has been granted clemency and mandatory supervised release — a development that has prompted renewed public reaction from individuals connected to the case. Master Sergeant Joshua R. Jarvis,…
FORT McNAIR, Va. — A U.S. Army military police soldier assigned to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall has stood trial at Fort McNair on multiple sexual assault charges stemming from an alleged incident in July 2024. According to a redacted charge sheet, PFC Bobby R. Ferris, 36, faces three specifications under Article 120 of the Uniform…
A four-year-old social media account publicly branding itself as connected to the U.S. Army Engineer community has repeatedly referenced two major Army installations while seeking adult encounters in military-themed online spaces. The account, created around 2020, has accumulated significant engagement and hundreds of posts over multiple years. Its activity aligns geographically with both Fort Carson…
