Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
In what can only be described as a gut-wrenching tragedy, law enforcement continues a statewide manhunt for Travis Caleb Decker, a 32-year-old Army National Guardsman accused of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters during a scheduled custody visit last weekend. The bodies of Paityn (9), Evelyn (8), and Olivia Decker (5) were discovered Monday…
A manhunt is underway for Travis Decker, a 32-year-old veteran of the Army and National Guard, who is the primary suspect in the kidnapping and murder of his three young daughters—Paityn, 9; Evelyn, 8; and Olivia, 5—after a scheduled custody visit turned tragic. The girls were reported missing on Friday, May 30, when Decker failed…
Nearly a month after U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot 1st Lt. Marciano Angelo Parisano was found dead in a Honduran river, no arrests have been made — and now the Army is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction. Parisano, 25, was a West Point graduate from Cibolo, Texas, assigned to…
A former soldier has been convicted of sexually abusing children at Fort Stewart while he was on active duty. Austin Michael Burak, 32, Oak Harbor, WA, was convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child, or Attempt and Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, or Attempt following jury trial in the Southern District of Georgia…
There are some things only veterans truly get—the dark humor, the buried trauma, the inside jokes that would land us in a padded cell if civilians overheard. It’s not that we can’t talk about it with each other… it’s just that we usually don’t. And when we do, it’s with an absurdity that would make…
A man is facing up to 65 years in federal prison after allegedly lobbing a Molotov cocktail at a U.S. Army tank on display outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Sarasota on Valentine’s Day. Trang Johnny Nha Phan was indicted Tuesday in federal court in Tampa on multiple felony charges, including attempted arson…
By Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Kohrs As I drive through Verdun, France, on my way to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial to cover the Memorial Day ceremony, I am overcome with emotion. More than 100 years ago, a battle raged in this area, shaping the world I live in today. My brothers-in-arms gave their…
An Australian woman says she was detained, searched, jailed, and deported from Hawaii last week while attempting to visit her U.S. Army husband — a case that raises questions about border enforcement practices, marriage-based visa scrutiny, and the limits of the visa waiver program. Sick of all the Ads?! Read this article and all other…
The wife of Sergeant Joseph B. Vitela, the Fort Gregg-Adams-based military police officer convicted in March of domestic violence and lying to Army investigators, has broken her silence in a public statement challenging the Army’s handling of the case. In a message shared on The Salty Soldier Uncensored, Cynthia Vitela described her struggle with alcoholism…
18 Ranger Instructors from the 6th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Rudder have been decertified pending an investigation after videos surfaced showing them firing weapons into the air at Crab Island during the weekend of the 69th annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival. Tired of ADs and Censorship? So are we. See what we really have…
