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A soldier at Fort Cavazos and his girlfriend were arrested for sexually abusing children and creating child pornography. Then 22-year-old Spc. Freddy Sanchez, assigned to the 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, and his 18-year-old girlfriend, Zoe Sophia Williams were arrested after an investigation by the Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office and Army CID agents in October…
The Airman, who fled the US after being charged with possession of child pornography, is now serving in another country’s armed forces and serving overseas. Wilmer Puello-Mota, an Air Force veteran and former elected city council member in Massachusetts, was expected to enter a guilty plea in Rhode Island but never showed up to court….
Air Force personnel were ambushed while providing security at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) in Texas. Around 4:30 on Saturday morning, at the main gate of the Chapman Training Annex, Airmen were ambushed by gunfire. The Airmen said that they could hear rounds being fired and bullets whizzing by them, according to San Antonio Police….
Another Army command sergeant major stationed in the Washington, D.C., area has been fired less than a week after the Command Sergeant Major of the Army’s Military District of Washington. Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell, the top enlisted leader for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, was relieved Tuesday. As usual, the Army said…
Story by Capt. Stephanie Snyder In a rare and heartwarming display of sibling camaraderie, 198th Infantry Brigade Privates — Darrin Jackson, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment and Michanti Jackson, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment — graduated together from Infantry One Station Unit Training Aug. 9, 2024, capping an unlikely journey that…
Working remotely has been a common trend in the civilian workplace since the global pandemic shut the world down in 2020 and the Army has apparently found a way for soldiers to work remotely as well. On August 14th, during the National Defense Industrial Association Michigan Chapter’s Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium and…
The Air Force has released the identity of the soldier who died at Shaw Air Force Base on Sunday. Officials said a 55-year-old Army Lieutenant colonel died while exercising over the weekend. He was identified as Lt. Col. Roderick Vinson of Charlotte North Carolina Vinson enlisted in the Army in 1987 as an 11M (mechanized…
Two people have been arrested for the murder of a Tennessee Army National Guard soldier in 2019. On Tuesday, the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Eric Austin Byrd and Amanda James Bishop in connection to the murder of Specialist Jacob Bishop. Specialist Bishop was found dead in his home in Lenoir City…
It has been just over a week since 21-year-old Specialist Jacob Allen Ashton was found dead at Fort Drum and an arrest has been made. According to Public Affairs at Fort Drum, a soldier in Ashton’s company has been charged with murdering him. Specialist Riley Birbilas was arrested sometime last week. Both soldiers were members…
In March, an Army master sergeant was arraigned for sexual and battery charges at Joint Base Lewis-McChord The army offered little details about the crimes committed by Master Sergeant Eric F. Brainard but did say he was offered a plea agreement. After accepting his plea, he was convicted on May 31, 2024. During a special…