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Lieutenant Loren Coontz has been making waves—not just in the Navy, but on social media as well. Originally from Rootstown, Ohio, she took a non-traditional path to military service, earning both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Marietta College before joining the Navy as a Physician Assistant. Now stationed in South Carolina, she serves as…
The disappearance of former North Carolina Green Beret Clinton “Clint” Bonnell has officially turned into a murder investigation, with his wife, Shana Cloud, now facing charges. Two months after Bonnell was reported missing, and weeks after DNA confirmed a limbless torso found in a pond belonged to him, Cloud was arrested and charged with first-degree…
The final missing U.S. soldier in Lithuania has been found dead, marking the end of a weeklong search operation that involved U.S., Polish, and Lithuanian forces. The U.S. military confirmed Tuesday that all four soldiers had perished after their armored vehicle was pulled from a swampy training area. The Army publicly identified three of the…
A West Michigan family is anxiously awaiting news about their loved one, Sgt. Troy Smith Knutson-Collins, who has been reported missing in Lithuania after a military vehicle recovery operation turned tragic. The search for Knutson-Collins continues after three other soldiers were found dead. While the Army has not publicly identified the missing soldier or those…
Update: Three American soldiers were declared deceased on Monday after the M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle sank in a swamp in Lithuania last week was recovered. “Three U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division were found deceased in Lithuania today, March 31. The soldiers, whose identities are being withheld…
On Friday, March 28, 2025, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit arrested Shana Cloud for the murder of her husband, Clinton Bonnell, a Special Forces veteran and a student in the Physician Assistant Program at Methodist University. The investigation began on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, when the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office received a request…
NATO officials have clarified remarks made by Secretary-General Mark Rutte regarding the fate of four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during a training exercise in Lithuania. Contrary to Rutte’s earlier suggestion that the soldiers had died, NATO issued a statement on Wednesday emphasizing that their status remains unconfirmed and that search efforts are ongoing….
A recent viral clip circulating online has sparked debate after social media users claimed a U.S. soldier was caught shoplifting from a JC Penney in Florida. The bodycam footage, obtained by a YouTube channel and shared in multiple short clips, has left many viewers with more questions than answers. One of the most widely shared…
Staff Sgt. Jared Babinski has been in the Army for 17 years, but his path hasn’t exactly been smooth. He’s been to the Fort Campbell Soldier Recovery Unit twice, and not by choice. The first time, he was thrown from a truck during a 2020 deployment in the Middle East and broke his back. After…
There’s something about the bond between teammates that service members understand better than most. That unspoken trust, the confidence that someone’s got your back—that’s what Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman brought with him when he visited the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana. And he proved it in the best way possible:…