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An American soldier was arrested Sunday while attempting to cross from Kenya into Tanzania, according to a statement released by Tanzanian police. The incident comes at a moment when Tanzania is already engulfed in political unrest and government crackdowns following a disputed presidential election. Tanzanian authorities identified the soldier as Charles Onkuri Ongeta, a 30-year-old…
Warrensburg, Missouri — A domestic violence attack in the early morning hours of Nov. 12 ended with two men dead—one a violent offender, the other an Army infantry veteran who stepped in to defend a woman he didn’t know. According to the Warrensburg Police Department, officers responded just after 1 a.m. to reports of an…
BOONE COUNTY, Ind. — New information has been released about the military convoy accident that killed one Indiana National Guardsman and injured three others during a drill weekend movement Friday afternoon. Officials now confirm the soldiers were assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, and were traveling in a two-vehicle Humvee convoy from…
An infantry drill sergeant assigned to Delta Company, 2-58 Infantry Battalion at Fort Benning was convicted at a special court-martial on November 10, 2025, for misconduct involving recruits during an integrated cycle of Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT). The case, U.S. v. SSG Maxwell A. Tubbs, highlights continuing challenges as the Army enforces standards…
A Fort Bragg infantryman once accused of killing his infant daughter — and later acquitted — is back in handcuffs. This time, Fayetteville police say he was caught secretly peeping on a 15-year-old girl inside a JCPenney fitting room at Cross Creek Mall. For a soldier who only months ago walked away from a military…
A Florida man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he struck a pedestrian and fled, leading deputies on a pursuit that ended at the gates of Eglin Air Force Base, one of the U.S. Air Force’s largest installations. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in northwest Florida responded around noon to reports of a pedestrian…
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Officials at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune have determined that social media claims alleging Marines were being attacked by university fraternity members are false. The rumors, which circulated widely across Facebook and text chains in early November, claimed that a fraternity initiation at UNCW involved…
Editor’s Note: This article was updated at 4:15 p.m. EST on November 11, 2025, to reflect new information from official court filings and witness statements. FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Sergeant Major Daniel Paul Deen, 41, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, is scheduled to face a General Court-Martial…
For the first time, the City of Killeen, Texas, has released dash cam video from the night the man accused of killing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen took his life. The Salty Soldier obtained this footage, shedding new light on the final moments of a man whose actions forever changed the U.S. military. In the…
An updated version of this article has been published here: FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Sergeant Major Daniel Paul Deen, 41, is set to face a General Court-Martial at Fort Bragg on November 13, 2025, following a series of domestic violence convictions and prior criminal cases in North Carolina that span more than two decades. Deen’s…