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An online account claiming to belong to a 19-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class is drawing attention after posting explicit content tied directly to military identity, rank structure, and barracks life. The account presents itself as an active-duty soldier and openly references a fixation on verbal degradation tied to authority figures within the chain of…
A U.S. Army captain assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart is facing a General Court-Martial this week after pleading guilty to two counts of domestic violence involving a minor. According to court records, CPT Lee T. Burk, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is…
A U.S. Army Private First Class is facing scrutiny after appearing to endorse refusing orders during a TikTok livestream while in uniform. During a March 23 broadcast, the soldier—identified online as Fariah Brewer, also known as Araiya Brewer—read aloud a viewer’s question asking whether she would refuse a command “if it’s towards Muslims,” before giving…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reports of unidentified drones flying over Fort Lesley J. McNair are now under investigation, placing renewed attention on one of the most sensitive Army posts in the country. According to multiple reports, several drones were allegedly observed over the Washington, D.C. installation within the past 10 days. The post houses the National…
An Airman assigned to one of the Air Force’s elite special operations units is now facing felony sexual assault charges in Texas for alleged crimes prosecutors say occurred years before he ever put on the uniform. Senior Airman Joshua Okelberry, currently assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, was indicted…
Court records obtained by The Salty Soldier reveal new details about the Christmas Eve killing in Tennessee that led to the arrest of a Fort Bragg soldier months later in North Carolina. According to an affidavit filed in Roane County General Sessions Court, Spc. Jacob Ryan Corbett Stinnett, 24, told investigators he shot his uncle,…
A former Virginia National Guardsman previously convicted in a federal terrorism case has been identified as the gunman behind a deadly shooting Thursday at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Authorities say Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, opened fire inside Constant Hall, a building that houses the university’s College of Business, during what law enforcement sources…
A Louisiana National Guard soldier was shot Tuesday evening at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans in what early reports suggest may have been an accidental discharge involving another service member. According to reporting by WVUE Fox 8, New Orleans Police Department units responded around 6:56 p.m. on March 10 to Jackson Barracks, located at 6400…
The first week of the war with Iran has already taken the lives of seven American service members. From a deadly Iranian drone strike in Kuwait to a missile attack on a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia, the attacks that killed them occurred within days of each other as the conflict rapidly escalated across the…
An active-duty Army sergeant assigned to Fort Bragg who was previously exposed for promoting adult content and advertising paid encounters online continues to publicly market similar material across multiple social media platforms — including posts made within the past 24 hours. The soldier, Sergeant Yessica Nunez Melendez, has operated online profiles used to promote explicit…
