A simple, slightly cheeky piece of workplace wisdom at Scott Air Force Base has gone viral after catching the attention of service members and civilians alike. The sign, posted outside the Defense Health Agency (DHA) at Scott AFB, reads: The message, originally intended as a reminder about infection control and hygiene, quickly found its way…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Halloween night gathering in Washington’s Navy Yard neighborhood escalated into chaos as hundreds of juveniles clashed in the streets, prompting a multi-agency law enforcement response that included National Guard members. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), First District officers began monitoring the crowd around 7:30 p.m. near the park between…
A Kansas National Guardsman arrested for allegedly trying to aid a Russian intelligence service had been working as a long-haul tanker truck driver, The Salty Soldier has confirmed. According to a U.S. Department of Justice press release, Canyon Anthony Amarys, 28, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was arrested on October 28 and charged with attempting to…
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article contained an incorrect image of then-2nd Lt. Jaime S. Gustitus following her graduation from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management in 2023. The image has since been updated. DAYTON, Ohio — Newly obtained police documents and radio transmissions are shedding more…
Army Sergeant Kayla Thomas grew up in the rough streets of Baltimore, but she’s turned her Army uniform into a ticket to opportunity—and a platform to speak her mind. Known online as @1realmash, Thomas has built a strong social media following, runs a podcast called The Mashup, and uses her experience in uniform to inspire…
The U.S. Army is tightening eligibility for its Future Soldier Preparatory Course (FSPC) — a program once hailed as the service’s answer to historic recruiting shortfalls — limiting new participants to focus on either academics or fitness, but not both. An Army spokesman confirmed the change this week, noting that implementation has been delayed due…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll — a former Army officer who deployed to Iraq before later working in law, investment banking, and venture capital — sounded less like a Washington bureaucrat and more like a fed-up platoon leader at this year’s Association of the United States Army annual meeting. In a blistering keynote…
President Donald Trump’s latest warning to Hamas has raised the specter of renewed conflict in the Middle East—and left many wondering just how close the U.S. military could be to getting pulled back into the region. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but…
The Texas Military Department recently removed seven National Guard soldiers from a deployment to Illinois after they failed to meet Army fitness and uniform standards — a move applauded by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as part of his campaign to restore what he calls “warfighter discipline.” But as Texas tightens enforcement, critics have pointed out…
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have dismissed a reservist soldier after video footage surfaced showing him repeatedly kicking a Palestinian man in the West Bank town of Dura, near Hebron. The incident, which occurred in early October 2025, has sparked widespread condemnation and prompted a Military Police investigation. The Incident Surveillance footage shared on social…
