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….
Staff Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton’s funeral was held Saturday, just 20 days after he died during a military operation in Iraq. But one photograph of his young daughter looking at an image of her father holding her captures something the ceremonies and headlines cannot. HOPE MILLS, N.C. — Two days ago, the family of Staff…
Army prosecutors said WO1 Dawson J. Van Manen bound his wife with duct tape and recorded himself raping her, then concealed his identity on Bumble before attacking another woman. Investigators believe there may be additional victims. Before he posed as “2nd Lt. David Johnson” on Bumble, WO1 Dawson J. Van Manen had already threatened to…
What began with a 911 call from behind a locked bathroom door would eventually place a Fort Stewart intelligence officer before a military court, exposing a domestic-violence case documented across Chatham County and Army records. First Lt. Benjamin S. Wasco was a Norwich University graduate, former college athlete and competitive endurance runner serving with the…
Kurdish officials promoted the projects as carrying $110 billion in potential value. What they did not publicly disclose was how much would become corporate profit, how much would reach regional or federal governments, and how much would ultimately benefit the Iraqi people who legally own the resources. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iraq’s oil and gas belong…
