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Cadet Larry Pickett Jr., a member of the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2028 and a safety on the Army football team, has been awarded the Soldier’s Medal after rescuing a driver from a crashed vehicle moments before it erupted into flames near West Point. The award was presented March 12 during the annual Founder’s…
A soldier previously reported by The Salty Soldier for promoting adult content online while identifying herself as an Army Human Resources Specialist has resumed activity after briefly announcing she would take a hiatus following the publication of the report. Shortly after the February article was published, the soldier posted a message to followers stating she…
NORFOLK, Va. — Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, a U.S. Army officer and ROTC instructor at Old Dominion University, has been identified as the victim killed during Thursday’s terrorist attack inside a classroom on campus. Authorities say the gunman, Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, opened fire during an Army ROTC class inside Constant Hall shortly before 11 a.m.,…
Nearly a year after a U.S. Army soldier was found dead inside a vehicle outside the barracks at Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii, the Army still has not publicly identified the service member or explained how the death occurred. The body was discovered in early April 2025 in a vehicle parked along Amelia Earhart Street…
A former Virginia National Guardsman previously convicted in a federal terrorism case has been identified as the gunman behind a deadly shooting Thursday at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Authorities say Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, opened fire inside Constant Hall, a building that houses the university’s College of Business, during what law enforcement sources…
Newly obtained court documents are shedding additional light on the case of a U.S. Army staff sergeant and former drill sergeant convicted earlier this year at Fort Benning for offenses involving child sexual abuse material. As previously reported by The Salty Soldier, Staff Sgt. Kyle J. Maneke was convicted Feb. 2, 2026, at a general…
SPRINGFIELD, Georgia — Newly obtained police footage and records reviewed by The Salty Soldier suggest significant investigative shortcomings in the second DUI arrest of the driver responsible for the crash that killed a decorated U.S. Army Ranger — failures that may help explain why the case ultimately ended in a plea deal. The materials relate…
A New York Army National Guard noncommissioned officer with a large social media following is drawing scrutiny after images circulating online appear to show her posing in explicit imagery while displaying what appears to be U.S. Army identification inside her phone case. The concerns raised by the images are not centered on the imagery itself,…
A Louisiana National Guard soldier was shot Tuesday evening at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans in what early reports suggest may have been an accidental discharge involving another service member. According to reporting by WVUE Fox 8, New Orleans Police Department units responded around 6:56 p.m. on March 10 to Jackson Barracks, located at 6400…
The first week of the war with Iran has already taken the lives of seven American service members. From a deadly Iranian drone strike in Kuwait to a missile attack on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia, the attacks that killed them occurred within days of each other as the conflict rapidly escalated across the…
