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By William Gillis, Fort Moore Public Affairs Office Receiving the Purple Heart once is a testament to a Soldier’s sacrifice; earning it three times speaks to an unparalleled level of commitment, courage, and service in the face of relentless adversity. Meet Sgt. Maj. John Melson, an Infantryman with 1st Battalion, 54th Security Forces Assistance Brigade,…
A young rapper who serves in the Georgia National Guard seems to have avoided being called up to service in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which caused widespread destruction across her state. Army National Guard Specialist Mciver is an Atlanta-based rapper who goes by the name of “Marla Mac.” The self-described “melodic artist” released her…
Over the weekend, active-duty soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division assisted in aiding the hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina. On Sunday, Active duty soldiers from the 82nd Airborne and the 20th Engineer Brigade from Fort Liberty, North Carolina, transported three 5-ton MTVs worth of food and water to the…
An Army veteran who was arrested for the murder of a woman in 1994 pleaded guilty to the crime on Friday. After being approached by detectives at his New York home about the murder in Virginia, he confessed and was arrested in 2023. Stephen Smerk, 52, admitted to stabbing 37-year-old Robin Lawrence to death while…
The above video was produced by The Salty Soldier with images and documents obtained from the US Army A US Army sergeant stationed in Germany was found guilty during a court-martial just over a month ago. Sergeant Tulga Tolya, assigned to Bravo Company, Troop Command, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center was accused of sexually assaulting a…
The video above contains imagery obtained from public social media The wife of a soldier assigned to a US special operations unit was taken into custody on Wednesday for allegedly murdering her missing husband in Utah. Authorities arrested Jennifer Gledhill, 41, and booked her into the Salt Lake County jail on one count of first-degree…
(Video produced by The Salty Soldier with imagery provided by U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore and U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres) Written by Walter T. Ham IV for the Army News Service MUNDA, Solomon Islands – U.S. Army and Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians joined together with bomb…
The Army has ramped up the production of the replacements for the M4, M249, and M240B rifle/machine guns to be issued to close combat forces. The M4’s replacement, the XM7, is the U.S. Army variant of the SIG MCX Spear, a 6.8×51mm (.277 in), gas-operated, magazine-fed assault rifle. The biggest change is the switch to…
Rachel Teague says she recently retired -likely medical due to her short time in service- from the Army after serving as an Airborne Infantryman. This year. she started school at Southern Illinois University but says on her social media she misses the Army. It’s not known why she was early retired from the Army Infantry…
With the prevalence of AI and the thousands, if not millions of fake social media accounts, it’s almost impossible to know what is real and what is not on the internet. For example, last week another Army video made its rounds across social media on numerous accounts which all claimed to show something different. The…
