A U.S. Army military police Soldier at Fort Leavenworth is facing murder and involuntary manslaughter charges after prosecutors allege he shot and killed his 7-month-old son with a rifle inside their on-post residence. Spc. Peyton D. Creel is assigned to the Combined Arms Command Law Enforcement Activity, Special Troops Battalion, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The…
A former U.S. Army Soldier convicted in a sprawling hacking and extortion scheme continued researching computer vulnerabilities after his arrest, using other inmates’ email accounts to obtain information from artificial intelligence about hacking techniques, improvised prison antennas and escaping custody, according to federal prosecutors. Cameron John Wagenius, 22, was sentenced Sept. 25 to 70 months…
An Army veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho has apparently created a political ad good enough to make people consider moving there. At least according to the comment section. Independent Senate candidate Todd Achilles released a campaign video Sept. 22 built around an intentionally simple lesson for politicians thinking about starting another war: don’t….
New military-themed adult content depicting an active-duty Fort Bragg sergeant has surfaced publicly months after the Army launched multiple investigations into her online activity. The photographs and videos reviewed by The Salty Soldier depict Sgt. Yessica Nunez-Melendez, whose online adult-content activity has been the subject of the publication’s reporting since January. The newly discovered social-media…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell military police sergeant was sentenced to six months in confinement and a bad-conduct discharge after admitting he maltreated two junior Soldiers and assaulted one of them during incidents connected to their work as military police officers. Sgt. Kaden H. Zhang, assigned to the Fort Campbell Law Enforcement Company,…
A longtime Army recruiter who served at recruiting stations across Michigan and eventually became a station chief was scheduled to face trial by special court-martial at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Army’s public court docket identifies the accused as Sgt. 1st Class Michael V. Roberts, whom publicly available records identify as the station chief of the…
MOORE COUNTY, N.C. — More than a year after an Army Soldier was arrested while attending a leadership school at Fort Bragg, a Moore County grand jury has indicted him on felony charges stemming from allegations involving a 14-year-old girl. Dustin Ray Goodroe was indicted Aug. 3 on charges of first-degree kidnapping and soliciting a…
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…
