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Editor’s note: This article was originally published on February 5, 2026, and has since been updated to include additional information provided by the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel regarding the charges and conduct underlying the court-martial. A U.S. Army sergeant assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division was convicted at a general court-martial at…
Editor’s Note: This article was updated on February 24, 2026, to include additional information provided by Fort Benning Public Affairs in response to questions submitted by The Salty Soldier prior to publication. An enlisted U.S. Army staff sergeant with more than a decade of service has been convicted at a general court-martial, according to official…
Editor’s Note: This version of the article has been edited for advertiser compliance. The full, uncensored version is available at The Salty Soldier Uncensored. An active-duty U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Bragg is facing multiple felony child exploitation charges in North Carolina following a months-long Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation that led to…
Editor’s Note: This version of the article has been edited for advertiser compliance. The full, uncensored version is available at The Salty Soldier Uncensored. A retired U.S. Army senior noncommissioned officer with ties to Fort Bragg has been charged in Cumberland County, North Carolina, with second-degree forcible rape, incest, and sexual battery, while his wife…
More than a month after charges were filed against a Fort Riley–based U.S. Army Military Police noncommissioned officer accused of rape and sexual battery in Geary County, Kansas, court records show that video evidence tied to the alleged assault has been placed under a protective seal. Court records show Staff Sgt. Roland Joseph Dore Jr.,…
The U.S. Army has formally removed Col. Derek R. Baird, the garrison commander at Fort Sill, ending a months-long administrative suspension that began in November while an internal investigation was underway. According to a Fort Sill Public Affairs statement released Feb. 3, Baird was relieved of command effective Jan. 28 due to a “loss of…
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect additional review of released emails, text messages, and reporting related to Jeffrey Epstein’s private correspondence. The update refines the framing and incorporates newly examined material. Further updates may follow as verified information becomes available. Jeffrey Epstein’s correspondence does not read like the inbox of a financier…
Editor’s Note: This version of the article has been edited to remove graphic language in order to comply with advertising standards. The full, uncensored report is available to readers at TheSaltySoldierUncensored.com. An Indiana Army Reserve officer who publicly identified himself as a First Lieutenant has been sentenced to 91 years in prison after pleading guilty…
An Army drill sergeant assigned to Fort Sill has been convicted of sexual harassment following a general court-martial, according to official military court records. Staff Sgt. George L. Singleton, a drill sergeant with F Battery, 1st Battalion, 31st Field Artillery, was found guilty on Jan. 8, 2026, of two specifications of sexual harassment in violation of Article 134 of the Uniform Code of…
An active-duty U.S. Navy commander was arrested this week in connection with multiple child sex crime charges following a months-long investigation led by Florida law enforcement. According to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, Jonathan Leland Saburn, 44, was taken into custody on January 30, 2026, with assistance from the Navy Criminal Investigative Service and…
