Sgt. Yessica Nunez-Melendez remains on active duty at Fort Bragg after months of Army scrutiny over her online adult-content activity, the Army confirmed this week — while declining to answer whether its latest investigation has ended, whether any action was taken or whether the soldier is now headed for promotion. The confirmation came after Nunez-Melendez…
A U.S. Army specialist stationed in Germany is facing three sexual assault allegations involving another Soldier, according to a charge sheet obtained by The Salty Soldier. SPC Jonathan E. Feil, an E-4 assigned to the 51st Composite Truck Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, is accused of misconduct that prosecutors say occurred…
More than a year after a Soldier was found dead inside a vehicle at Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii, newly released Army records have identified him as Spc. Miguel Garcia Rivera. Rivera was a 22-year-old Soldier assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, according to a…
When Fort Sill drill sergeant Staff Sgt. George L. Singleton was convicted earlier this year, the Army’s publicly available court information offered little explanation for what had actually landed him before a general court-martial. The record showed that Singleton had been convicted of two specifications of sexual harassment, acquitted of several other allegations and sentenced…
A prior-enlisted Army captain with more than a decade in uniform pulled a subordinate second lieutenant from the driver’s seat of a van, left him on the side of the road and drove away during a November 2025 incident near Fort Lee, Virginia. Capt. Cody D. Herr later admitted he was operating the vehicle with…
Nearly a year after Army senior NCO Drew Schwaiger died by suicide at his Texas home, a TikTok tribute from a fellow Soldier is putting his loss back in front of thousands of people — and casting new light on a series of public posts Schwaiger made in the weeks before his death. The video…
Sgt. 1st Class Kristen Schuch sits inside a vehicle wearing an Army uniform. Her name tape is visible. So is the rank insignia identifying her as an E-7. Then money enters the conversation. “why do y’all ask if I ate if you’re not gonna send me no money?” Schuch says in a TikTok posted July…
At first glance, the video is pretty simple. An older Green Beret walks down a street at Fort Bragg, talking into a camera and reflecting on the uncomfortable realization that somewhere along the way, he and the guys he once considered the “young dudes” became the senior leaders. What viewers can’t see is arguably the…
Update: This article was updated Aug. 13 after Fort Sill Public Affairs confirmed Hardin was a staff sergeant serving in a support role and was not a drill sergeant. Fort Sill said his duties did not involve working with trainees. A Fort Sill Soldier whose child sexual abuse investigation involved U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division…
An Army major already facing felony child-pornography and methamphetamine charges in Missouri is scheduled to appear at Fort Leavenworth next Tuesday for an arraignment and motions hearing in a separate Army general court-martial involving child pornography, controlled substances and other alleged misconduct. MAJ Christopher C. Piasecki is scheduled to appear before an Army court Aug….
