Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
The former Army first sergeant who threatened Army leaders in videos he posted to social media has been sentenced to prison. Christian Ernest Beyer, 42, was sentenced by a federal judge for posting videos of himself threatening to kill multiple military personnel at the Fort Irwin Army installation in San Bernardino County. In one of…
The US soldier who fled to North Korea instead of obeying an order to return to the United States was sentenced at Fort Bliss this week. While stationed in South Korea, Private Travis King was charged with crimes by South Korean police and ordered to leave the country by the Army. He pleaded guilty to…
The soldiers involved in a viral Army divorce video have been identified as soldiers assigned to Fort Bliss in Texas. Specialist Olson reveals she found out that she caught her husband, who is also a soldier, was cheating after seven months of marriage. “On Sunday, we were kind of in a little bit of an…
More information about the soldier who posted a video of her gifting her fellow soldier a pair of shorts has been discovered. Army Sergeant Phommavong posted the video to her TikTok account and received over 1.8 million views but deleted the video after The Salty Soldier wrote about it. In the video, Sergeant Phommavong surprised…
In what might be the best official video made by a U.S. military unit in a long time, an Illinois Air National Guard commander scolds an airman about eating junk food. The video was created by the 126th Air Refueling Wing and features Colonel Michael Mihalik, the Commander of the Wing’s 126th Mission Support Group…
A soldier with the 3rd Infantry Division says he was able to use Army regulations to benefit him when his commander pursued having him removed from the Army. Then-Private First Class Delijah Porter says his commander was in the process of chaptering him out of the Army through a court-martial in 2019. “So I’ve been…
A soldier assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley was arrested for allegedly causing the death of a Kansas police officer earlier this year. Geary County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrested Army Private Gage Kaiser, 19, on Sept. 10th. The southern portion of Fort Riley and Junction City, which is outside the post’s…
On Monday, officials at Fort Liberty confirmed one soldier assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division had died and another was injured during training. Pfc. Matthew Perez, a paratrooper assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, died from injuries sustained during training at the Joint Readiness Training Center. “His sudden loss has been felt…
The 24-year-old Air Force medical sergeant who went viral for an argument over her uniform pants is now conducting interviews with Air Force officers. In November 2023, Staff Sergeant Rylee Hatch, an Air Force Medic, was called out by Army veteran YouTuber when asking why female servicemembers wear their uniform pants so tight above their…
At least three hundred people have been reportedly injured during what is believed to be a coordinated attack in Lebonan. Hackers reportedly hacked the devices, believed to be hand-held pagers, and caused their batteries to explode. According to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, a German news agency, the detonations occurred in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah…
