Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
In the late 1980s, allegations of ritualistic child abuse at a military daycare center inside the Presidio of San Francisco exploded into one of the most infamous abuse scandals of the era — drawing in military investigators, child psychologists, federal agencies, and national media attention. The allegations emerged during a period that later became widely…
A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Fort Stewart has been arrested in Georgia following an investigation into allegations of child sexual abuse involving multiple alleged victims. According to the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Tyrone Barry Carter Jr. was arrested May 15 and charged with aggravated child molestation under Georgia law. Investigators say the case…
Editor’s Note: After publication, U.S. Army Europe and Africa Public Affairs contacted The Salty Soldier and directly clarified the sequence of events near Cap Draa, Morocco. At the time this article was published, The Salty Soldier had not located any official Army press release or publicly available article explicitly assigning the named sequence of events…
An armed security guard working at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon following an hours-long standoff that prompted a shelter-in-place order and a large-scale response from local and state law enforcement, including the Massachusetts State Police SWAT Team. Authorities say the incident unfolded around 9:15 a.m. after officers…
The largest U.S. military exercise on the African continent has taken a serious turn, as two American soldiers remain missing following an incident off the coast of Morocco. According to United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), the soldiers were reported missing on May 2, 2026, near the Cap Draa Training Area outside the coastal city of…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Attorneys for the wife accused of killing retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Clinton “Clint” Bonnell are now arguing that prosecutors have no physical evidence tying her to the crime, according to a newly filed court motion seeking her release from jail. In a motion for bond modification filed April 14, defense…
Daniel Montano, a 21-year-old Marine Lance Corporal stationed at Camp Lejeune, was killed during a chaotic downtown Wilmington brawl — an incident that is now drawing renewed scrutiny after video surfaced showing his final moments and the police response. The Wilmington Police Department has since arrested Davy Spencer, 47, charging him with second-degree murder and…
More than a month after a deadly strike in Lamerd, Iran, the story is back in focus—this time because the U.S. military is directly challenging how it was reported. On March 31, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a statement refuting widespread media claims that U.S. forces carried out a missile strike on a sports…
For more than thirty years, Americans have heard the same warning: Iran is getting close to a nuclear weapon. Months away. Maybe a year. Running out of time. That warning has been repeated across decades—and across administrations. So why, after all this time, did it suddenly become urgent enough to justify war in 2026? For…
A U.S. Marine corporal is facing federal charges after prosecutors alleged he spent years moving military weapons and ammunition out of a California base and into civilian hands, according to court records filed in Arizona. Andrew Paul Amarillas, 23, an ammunition technician assigned to Camp Pendleton’s School of Infantry-West, has been indicted on charges including…
