Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
A man shot and killed by Hillsborough County deputies this week has been identified as Vincent Tyler Morin, a decorated U.S. Army combat veteran. Authorities say Morin was armed with a rifle and dressed in tactical gear when he was confronted by deputies responding to multiple 911 calls. The shooting occurred Wednesday morning in a…
A former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who once dreamed of being “Jason Bourne” will now be spending the next seven years behind bars — not as a secret agent, but as a convicted traitor. Korbein Schultz, 25, of Wills Point, Texas, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for conspiring to transmit highly…
A Staff Sergeant at Fort Cavazos avoided jail time after being convicted at court-martial for multiple sexual assault-related offenses against two sleeping subordinates during a unit trip to Austin last summer. Staff Sergeant Quadarrius J. McCray, assigned to the 571st Movement Control Team, 49th Transportation Battalion, was found guilty of violating Articles 120 and 128…
A Wisconsin Army post found itself square in the crosshairs of political controversy this week after a viral image showed something most troops would spot instantly: missing portraits of the Commander-in-Chief and his top brass on a base’s official chain of command board. Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez, the garrison commander of Fort McCoy, has been…
The Army is making waves in its approach to physical readiness, scrapping the age-old push-up requirement from the grueling Ranger School entrance test and rolling out a new, sex-neutral Army Fitness Test (AFT) for the entire force. As of April 21, the U.S. Army Infantry School will implement a new physical fitness assessment for Ranger…
Ruoyu Duan, a former U.S. Army soldier arrested last month for allegedly orchestrating a bribery and espionage scheme targeting U.S. military secrets, is now attempting to reframe himself in court—not as a spy, but as a hapless “dupe” manipulated by Chinese agents. Despite the overwhelming evidence laid out by federal prosecutors, including seized classified materials…
A viral photo snapped inside a Fort McCoy facility has stirred online outrage after eagle-eyed service members and veterans noticed something glaringly absent: the official portraits of President Donald J. Trump and newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Instead of proudly displayed images of the Commander-in-Chief and SecDef, the frames appeared turned around, face-down against…
A soldier in Army basic training at Fort Leonard Wood has been arrested and charged with the murder of a Fayetteville woman whose body was discovered in a rural Robeson County pond nearly eight months after she went missing. Tyrique Zavier Leroy Williams, 26, was taken into custody this week in Waynesville, Missouri by U.S….
An Army soldier stationed at Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia, has been indicted on multiple federal charges related to child sexual abuse material. According to court documents, 20-year-old Isaiah Luke Hood is accused of coercing several minors to produce sexually explicit content between March 2023 and January 2024. He is also charged with receiving…
First Lt. Gabrielle White made history this past weekend as the first Ranger-qualified female to compete in the Army’s legendary Best Ranger Competition — and she didn’t just show up, she finished strong. White and her teammate, Capt. Seth Deltenre, crossed the finish line in 14th place out of 52 teams after enduring three relentless…
