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By David Vergun, DOD News Actor Silas “Si” Robertson, who played Uncle Si on TV Arts and Entertainment Network’s series “Duck Dynasty” (2012-2017), also made a career in the Army. Two weeks after he dropped out of Louisiana Tech in 1968, 20-year-old Robertson was drafted into the Army and after boot camp, deployed to South Vietnam. …
A married woman, who recently left the Army -allegedly as a corporal- has made numerous relationships with other soldiers and her husband does not seem to mind. She even claims she had relationships with 12 servicemembers during a deployment in 2018. But this was long before she thought about creating online content. She says she…
Update: November 5 -The U.S. Army has announced that a missing Fort Polk soldier has been found dead. Details about his death are still limited. November 2 – The Army says a soldier has gone absent without leave from Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) in Louisiana. 26-year-old Sergeant (Sgt.) David Lee Johnson was reported missing…
A US Army sergeant was found guilty of assaulting a Marine during a court-martial, according to recently released court documents. Sergeant Jakob Hagerman was accused of being involved in an assault of an unnamed Marine Lance Corporal in Korea. On May 8th, 2022, Sergeant Hagerman, an unnamed Army Specialist, Private First Class, and a Private…
The US Army has officially charged the soldier who has been in custody in connection to the murder of an Army sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood. Specialist Wooster Rancy, 21, has been charged with murdering 23-year-old Sgt. Sarah Roque, according to a news release from Fort Leonard Wood on Thursday. Both soldiers served in the…
Photo: Troopers from 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division carry the casket of a retired soldier during his funeral at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas, Oct. 2, 2024. The former 1-1 CAV soldier served with the unit during the Vietnam War and his dying…
The loss of a service member is always a tragic moment but many times, the stories from the people left behind are even more tragic. In 2013, Kevin (last name withheld) says he lost his father, an Army combat veteran when he was still very young. He says he still has some memories of him…
This article can be viewed free of advertising at TheSaltySoldierUncensored.com In the sweltering summer heat, 31 Defenders trekked up the rigorous route for their graduation ruck. Sixty-five-year-old Jiffy Helton-Sarver marches near the front, carrying a guidon commemorating her fallen son, Security Forces Officer 1st Lt. Joseph Helton. Helton-Sarver comes to JBSA-Camp Bullis three times a year…
This article can be viewed free of advertising at TheSaltySoldierUncensored.com A member of the National Guard is a true “Brave Heart,” whose tribe’s warriors are just as famous as the Scottish warrior portrayed in the 1995 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, “Braveheart. Spc. Moses Brave Heart of the South…
The Salty Soldier subscribers can view this article without advertising on The Salty Soldier Uncensored A Maryland Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter aircrew returned to Aberdeen Proving Ground this week after completing lifesaving rescue operations in western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. An additional eight Maryland National Guard soldiers returned for…
