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At Ramstein Air Base in Germany, a quiet moment of concern became the difference between life and death—and earned one Airman the title of 2025 USO Airman of the Year. Air Force Senior Airman Anthony Palacios, 27, was just finishing up another day calibrating gear for the 86th Maintenance Squadron when he noticed something was…
Authorities have confirmed that bloody handprints found on the tailgate of a pickup truck abandoned near a Washington state campground match the DNA of Travis Decker, the ex-soldier accused of murdering his three young daughters. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab linked the blood evidence on the…
A U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant deployed to Alaska for Red Flag training has died following a kayaking accident on the Chena River, according to multiple official sources. Staff Sgt. Christian Diaz, 24, was a member of the 35th Fighter Generation Squadron out of Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. He was in Fairbanks as part…
A U.S. Army captain assigned to the U.S. Army Materiel Command is facing scrutiny that could threaten his career—not because of misconduct or performance failures, but due to his public drag persona and a questionable shaving profile. Identified as U.S. Army Captain Johnson, the officer posts on TikTok under the name “Garnet,” where he has…
Newly obtained court records and insider military accounts continue to shed light on the ongoing legal and disciplinary situation surrounding Army Specialist Brandon Alexander Clay Storey, 27, who was arrested following a recorded vigilante sting operation in Colorado late last year. Storey is currently charged with Obstructing Government Operations, a Class 2 misdemeanor, after he…
The Army is preparing to roll out a policy shift that could spell the end of permanent shaving profiles — a move that may disproportionately affect soldiers diagnosed with chronic shaving-related skin conditions, and in particular, Black men who statistically experience these conditions at a higher rate. According to internal guidance and multiple Army officials…
A Fort Campbell soldier has been indicted for vehicular homicide following a deadly crash that claimed the life of a fellow soldier—who was also a former classmate, hometown friend, and possible relative. Specialist Braxton Connor May, 20, a combat engineer with the 101st Airborne Division, was formally charged by a Montgomery County grand jury in…
Over the past few days, a wave of social media posts across TikTok, Threads, and X (formerly Twitter) have identified Capt. Lauren Kram as one of the pilots who took part in this month’s B-2 stealth bomber strikes over Iran — a historic and high-risk mission shrouded in secrecy. The claim, often accompanied by a…
More than three weeks after the bodies of Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker were discovered near their father’s abandoned truck in the Washington wilderness, the multi-agency manhunt for former U.S. Army soldier Travis Decker continues—though authorities are now openly acknowledging the chilling possibility that the accused triple murderer may already be dead. Decker, 33, is…
A former high school valedictorian, JROTC battalion commander, and West Point hopeful was shot dead after he opened fire with an AR-15 at a Michigan church this past Sunday—capping off a disturbing downward spiral that began over a decade ago. Brian Anthony Browning, 31, was killed by armed church security outside CrossPointe Community Church in…