When National Guard soldier Natravien Reshawn Landry drove through the gates of Fort Eisenhower around 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2024, he was expected to spend the day performing routine drill duties with his unit. Instead, federal prosecutors say the morning ended with U.S. Army Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr. dead inside an on-post residence,…
More than a year has passed since The Salty Soldier raised questions about whether the Air Force overlooked the public social media activity of Air Force Maj. Brittany Curry after concerns about her online conduct were reportedly brought to the attention of military leadership. Editor’s Note: The video evidence referenced in this article contains explicit…
A 3rd Infantry Division Soldier was killed during a training exercise at the National Training Center in California after being struck by an M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, according to Army officials. Spc. Adrian Bonsey, 29, of New York, died on June 10 while participating in training operations at Fort Irwin, California. The Army said the…
When 22-year-old Marine Zayne Melton was arrested on child sex crime charges in February 2025, the case quickly drew attention from local and national media. Television stations, newspapers, and military publications reported that the Camp Lejeune Marine had been charged with Statutory Rape of a Child Under 15, Statutory Sex Offense With a Child Under…
An active duty Fort Hood soldier remains assigned to his unit after being indicted by a Coryell County grand jury on two felony charges stemming from an alleged domestic violence incident involving a pregnant woman. Court records obtained by The Salty Soldier show that Private First Class Jimmy Lee Rodriguez, assigned to the 69th Air…
An Army officer who appeared in an Army-sponsored television segment promoting military service was convicted at a special court-martial at Fort Knox, Kentucky, after pleading guilty to a theft-related offense. On May 27, 2026, 1st Lt. Innocent A. Adebiyi was convicted, pursuant to his pleas, of one specification of larceny and wrongful appropriation in violation…
The public-facing social-media accounts previously used to promote subscription-based adult content under the handle “AllAccessMommy” have disappeared since The Salty Soldier identified the account holder as Jessica Verdeja, who publicly identified herself online as the wife of MSG Anthony Verdeja, an Operations NCO assigned to the 8th Military Police Brigade in Hawaii. At the time…
More than a week after a training-related incident claimed the lives of a U.S. Army flight paramedic and a British Army non-commissioned officer at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, military officials have released remarkably few details about what actually occurred. The soldiers have been identified as Sgt. Devin A. Seibel, 26, of the U.S. Army’s Air…
A Florida soldier stationed at Fort Stewart has been sentenced to eight months in military confinement after admitting he secretly recorded two people without their consent. Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Gwynn, 26, of Palmetto, Florida, pleaded guilty at a general court-martial on June 2, 2026, to two counts of indecent visual recording, a crime under…
A Fort Campbell infantryman accused of raping and sexually assaulting multiple women in Tennessee and Alaska, including allegations that he strangled and suffocated victims during some encounters, was sentenced to 18 months confinement and a bad-conduct discharge after a plea agreement resulted in the dismissal of every rape and sexual assault charge brought against him….
