Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
Authorities in Montana are in their fourth day of an intensive manhunt for Michael Paul Brown, a 45-year-old Iraq War veteran accused of walking into a neighborhood bar and gunning down four people in broad daylight. The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. Friday at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana — a quiet mining town…
For years, scammers have impersonated U.S. service members online, using stolen photos to run romance cons and trick victims out of money. But a new and more disturbing trend is emerging—one made possible by advances in artificial intelligence. Some soldiers with large social media followings are discovering that scammers are now digitally altering their images…
The airman who went viral as the so-called “pushing regs final boss” says his Air Force career is coming to an end. TJ Williams, who became an online lightning rod for his five-year shaving waiver and the beard that came with it, announced on TikTok (@TJurwavy) that he’s in the process of separating from the…
Three decades after brutally murdering his wife and two children, former U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Edward Zakrzewski is set to be executed Thursday evening at Florida State Prison. Zakrzewski, 60, was stationed at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle at the time of the 1994 murders that shocked the military community. Zakrzewski…
An Army captain assigned to the Army Sustainment University at Fort Gregg-Adams has been dismissed from service after being convicted in a general court-martial of domestic violence and assault charges stemming from a New Year’s Eve altercation involving her female intimate partner, according to military court documents. Captain Krystal T. Parrish, a logistics officer with…
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — A U.S. Air Force airman stationed at Holloman Air Force Base has been reported missing after vanishing from the Alamogordo area on Saturday, July 19, 2025. 28-year-old Isaiah Morningstar was last seen around 1:00 p.m. at the Staples store on White Sands Boulevard. Surveillance footage then captured him at a Circle K…
CHELAN COUNTY, WA — Nearly two months after the brutal murders of three young girls shocked the nation, the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that the search for their father and suspected killer, Travis Decker, will continue with a significantly reduced footprint due to a lack of new leads. Travis Decker, 32, remains at…
FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — Army Staff Sgt. Tyler Hogue, a self-described fitness enthusiast and powerlifter assigned to Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (HHBN), III Armored Corps, is under fire on social media after suggesting in a recent TikTok that soldiers who fail to meet height and weight standards—or pass the Army Physical Fitness…
The U.S. Air Force has identified the 21-year-old airman killed in a firearm discharge incident Sunday at F.E. Warren Air Force Base as Airman Brayden Tyriq Lovan, a Security Forces member assigned to one of the nation’s most critical nuclear defense installations. The fatal incident has triggered an Air Force-wide pause on the use of…
An Army major and decorated Ranger School graduate has been sentenced to 53 years in military prison following a shocking court-martial conviction that included the rape of a transgender woman who required reconstructive genital surgery after the assault. Maj. Jonathan J. Batt, 40, a 2007 West Point graduate and veteran of multiple combat tours, was…
