UPDATE: This article was updated Sept. 9 to reflect that Prevatte’s 10-year prison sentence covers both Hillsborough County cases and includes credit for 643 days served. A longtime U.S. Army Reserve intelligence noncommissioned officer assigned to a unit supporting U.S. Special Operations Command was sentenced Aug. 28 to 10 years in Florida state prison, resolving…
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…
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…
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Mason Wollersheim’s fall from Special Forces staff sergeant to military prisoner was already dramatic. Then he tried to climb his way out. A photograph published on social media in May 2025 appeared to show Wollersheim folded over the top of a chain-link fence at Fort Leavenworth, his body caught among coils…
A self-described Army spouse has built part of her online adult brand around Army uniform pieces, apparent sergeant insignia, promotion terminology and references to military communities in the National Capital Region. The material reviewed by The Salty Soldier includes sexualized use of an Army-style service uniform shirt displaying apparent NCO rank, camouflage uniform items and…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The Fayetteville Police Department has confirmed it is actively investigating allegations that a man publicly identified by the alleged victim as a Fort Bragg Soldier followed her through a Dollar Tree while engaging in lewd sexual conduct. The confirmation comes more than two weeks after The Salty Soldier first sought comment from…
August 2026 – Update: SSG Satvik Jarugula was fully acquitted at his court-martial, according to an updated Army court docket. Jarugula, who pleaded not guilty and chose to have his case heard by a panel of enlisted service members, had faced seven domestic-violence allegations under Article 128b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The…
A U.S. Army staff sergeant who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child and was sentenced to four years in military prison was initially the subject of a far broader civilian investigation in Washington state, where authorities documented allegations involving child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse material, multiple search warrants, and a joint investigation between…
