SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The U.S. Air Force has identified the service member who died after falling during a military rappelling demonstration ahead of a college football game Saturday as Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson, a decorated Airman with 15 years of military service. Patterson died following an October 17, 2026, accident at the Alamodome in…
Command Sgt. Maj. Kirk L. Ray, the former senior enlisted leader of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, was removed from the brigade position before the Army formally charged him with a series of offenses involving alleged domestic violence against his wife, assault of another family member, extramarital sexual conduct and theft…
Months after a decorated Fort Riley Military Police noncommissioned officer was arrested and accused of serious sexual offenses in Kansas, prosecutors dismissed the case and a judge later ordered the records of his arrest and prosecution expunged. Now, Staff Sgt. Roland Joseph Dore Jr.’s attorney says video evidence and changing accounts from the woman who…
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….
Buried in a 17-page federal indictment recently unsealed in New York is an alleged Russian murder plot that could have come straight out of a spy thriller. There are encrypted messages, photographs of a target’s home, a $40,000 offer to make him disappear—and a recruiter called “Viking.” Viewers of Paramount+’s The Agency may recognize the…
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…
UPDATE — Sept. 14, 2026: After publication, Sgt. Damon Moody contacted The Salty Soldier and denied that he is the man depicted in the adult content referenced in this report. “None of those sexual photos in your report are of me,” Moody said. Moody also disputed other portions of the report and requested that the…
Updated October 1, 2026 A former Fort Hood soldier whose alleged assault of a pregnant fellow soldier was captured on video will serve no jail or prison time after pleading guilty to a felony strangulation charge and separately admitting guilt to assaulting the woman while she was pregnant. New Coryell County court records obtained by…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The U.S. Army has identified the Soldier facing eight felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual misconduct incident inside a Fayetteville Dollar Tree as a sergeant who previously attended Fayetteville State University as an Army ROTC cadet. U.S. Army Cadet Command also confirmed Sgt. Musa Ajay Salagbi remains assigned to the command…
Newly released Army Criminal Investigation Division records provide the clearest account yet of how Spc. Miguel Garcia Rivera was found dead at Wheeler Army Airfield in April 2025 and what investigators ultimately determined caused his death. Rivera, a 22-year-old Soldier assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, was found…
