“Do you know how many rounds are in here?” Army prosecutors allege Capt. Javier Emanuel Correa made that statement to his wife while threatening her with a loaded firearm during a violent confrontation near Petersburg, Virginia. The Army says Correa also warned her, “You have until the count of three to get out of my…
UPDATE — Sept. 14, 2026: After publication, Sgt. Damon Moody contacted The Salty Soldier and denied that he is the man depicted in the adult content referenced in this report. “None of those sexual photos in your report are of me,” Moody said. Moody also disputed other portions of the report and requested that the…
Updated October 1, 2026 A former Fort Hood soldier whose alleged assault of a pregnant fellow soldier was captured on video will serve no jail or prison time after pleading guilty to a felony strangulation charge and separately admitting guilt to assaulting the woman while she was pregnant. New Coryell County court records obtained by…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The U.S. Army has identified the Soldier facing eight felony charges stemming from an alleged sexual misconduct incident inside a Fayetteville Dollar Tree as a sergeant who previously attended Fayetteville State University as an Army ROTC cadet. U.S. Army Cadet Command also confirmed Sgt. Musa Ajay Salagbi remains assigned to the command…
A McConnell Air Force Base airman accused of sexually abusing teenage boys he met through a local church was convicted at a general court-martial of possessing child pornography, multiple indecent-conduct offenses and obstruction of justice, but was acquitted of both sexual-abuse charges prosecutors brought against him. Senior Airman Randall Race Thomas Moore Jr., 26, assigned…
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — A career Airman who pleaded for mercy after admitting marijuana use, describing a divorce-driven collapse marked by depression, heavy drinking and suicidal thoughts, later pleaded guilty to using marijuana during a new period and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge. Staff Sgt. Kinyada J. Johnson, assigned to the 552nd…
Newly released Army Criminal Investigation Division records provide the clearest account yet of how Spc. Miguel Garcia Rivera was found dead at Wheeler Army Airfield in April 2025 and what investigators ultimately determined caused his death. Rivera, a 22-year-old Soldier assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, was found…
FORT KNOX, Ky. — The mother of a Fort Knox Soldier killed in an on-post motor-pool accident has publicly described the injuries her son suffered, saying steel brackets fell on him and crushed his torso. Staff Sgt. Deonte Lamar Davis died Sept. 1 after engineering equipment fell on him while he was working in a…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A U.S. Army Green to Gold cadet publicly identified in a viral Dollar Tree video has been arrested and charged with eight felonies and misdemeanor stalking after a Fayetteville Police investigation uncovered allegations involving multiple juvenile shoppers. Musa Ajay Salagbi, 23, faces seven felony counts of indecent exposure in the presence of…
Sgt. Yessica Nunez-Melendez remains on active duty at Fort Bragg after months of Army scrutiny over her online adult-content activity, the Army confirmed this week — while declining to answer whether its latest investigation has ended, whether any action was taken or whether the soldier is now headed for promotion. The confirmation came after Nunez-Melendez…
