Independent military reporting for those who’ve served — and won’t stay silent.
SAN FRANCISCO — Activist groups are planning to gather later today outside the Israeli Consulate in downtown San Francisco to mark the second anniversary of the death of Senior Airman Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. Air Force member who died in 2024 after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The demonstration…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A recently retired Arkansas Army National Guard lieutenant colonel was confronted during a livestreamed civilian “predator hunter” sting Monday evening while officers appearing to be from the North Little Rock Police Department were present at the scene. The Facebook livestream, posted around 8:00 p.m. Eastern (approximately 7:00 p.m. local time)…
FORT EUSTIS, Va. — A 32-year-old soldier assigned to Fort Eustis has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor, according to court records in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Brady Beck Fant was sentenced following an investigation that began…
An Army Special Forces senior noncommissioned officer who was awarded the Soldier’s Medal for rescuing a driver from a burning vehicle is now facing a Special Court-Martial at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on charges including willful discharge of a firearm, violent offenses, and false official statements. Master Sgt. Joseph T. Thach, assigned to Special Forces Advanced…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The U.S. Army has confirmed that both a retired Army Master Sergeant charged with second-degree forcible rape and his wife, who faces felony accessory charges, are currently employed as civilian personnel at Fort Bragg, adding a new dimension to an already serious criminal case pending in Cumberland County. Miguel Angel Cruznieves, 47,…
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — The U.S. Army has confirmed it is reviewing allegations circulating on social media involving Sgt. David Freeman, a noncommissioned officer assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, after multiple online posts accused him of engaging in sexual relationships with junior enlisted Soldiers and knowingly exposing partners to sexually transmitted infections. The accusations…
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A 24-year-old California Army National Guard recruiter who regularly visited high schools and colleges in Bakersfield has been arrested on multiple felony charges involving minor victim, according to law enforcement officials and jail records reviewed Thursday. The Bakersfield Police Department said Special Victims Unit detectives arrested Sergeant Jacob Anthony Robles on Feb….
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Newly filed court documents reveal additional detail in the murder case against the wife of retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Clinton “Clint” Bonnell, alleging she knowingly and willfully dismembered or destroyed human remains in an attempt to conceal his death. A Cumberland County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment…
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a rule that changes how disability ratings are evaluated when a condition is controlled by medication — and it’s raising real questions among veterans who rely on those ratings for compensation and healthcare. The new regulation, effective February 17, 2026, clarifies that VA disability ratings must…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A private first class assigned to the 101st Airborne Division has been sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge following a general court-martial stemming from a series of domestic violence allegations that prosecutors say escalated over the course of nearly a year in Clarksville, Tennessee. PFC Kyle C. Borowski, an E-3 assigned to…
