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This article can be viewed free of advertising at TheSaltySoldierUncensored.com In the sweltering summer heat, 31 Defenders trekked up the rigorous route for their graduation ruck. Sixty-five-year-old Jiffy Helton-Sarver marches near the front, carrying a guidon commemorating her fallen son, Security Forces Officer 1st Lt. Joseph Helton. Helton-Sarver comes to JBSA-Camp Bullis three times a year…
During the more than two decades of “terrorism” wars in the Middle East, there have been numerous stories of bravery but some are lesser known and often forgotten. One of those is the story of a 19-year-old Army combat medic from Utah. Specialist Jordan Matthew Byrd was born in the small town of Cody, Wyoming,…
A man who has been on the run from murder charges for two years was finally caught after posing as a homeless veteran in Iowa. Kyle Andrew Coolack, 39, was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing his brother, Brad Henry Coolack at an apartment in Houston in 2022. After two years on the run, Kyle…
Construction crews are working to remove debris in Chimney Rock, North Carolina, a river community along the Broad River, which was devastated by Hurricane Helene and is still recovering. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been coordinating with a contractor to deliver generators provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency at critical facilities,…
Another soldier has been accused of being an undercover Army recruiting agent as part of an “Army PSYOP campaign” to recruit Gen Z coomers. 34-year-old Ellie Ensley has served in the Army Reserves for over 11 years now but says she no longer is required to show up for duty, nor does her duty uniform…
The Army promised soldiers a phone app with real-time updates on Army regulations but what they ended up with fell short of that by miles. The argument could be made that soldiers need this resource now more than any other time in modern history due to the prevalence of social media and the Army’s vague…
The full uncensored version of this article can only be viewed at TheSaltySoldierUncensored.com Many young enlisted imagined retiring in their early forties if they stuck out the twenty-some years in the military. But is retirement pay enough and will your military experience land you a civilian career? For one retired Air Force master sergeant, she…
(The video above was recorded by the Army Multimedia and Visual Information Division but The Salty Soldier added in images taken by attendees) The 70th Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition kicked off this week at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. More than 33,000 attendees from more…
A young military couple has jumped on the social media trend, where users challenge each other to “guess who is in the military and who is in college.” The TikTok trend invites other users to share a video containing subtle clues about their lives, allowing followers to decipher the guess if they are serving in…
(U.S. Army video by Jamie Mahon / Arlington National Cemetery) Spc. Jessica Kwiatkowski had a notable tenure as a Tomb Guard with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at Arlington National Cemetery. Not only was she the first woman infantry soldier to earn a Tomb Badge, but she also gained notoriety when a video…
