An investigation is underway after a Fort Johnson soldier and his spouse were found dead Monday in their home at the Louisiana Army base, the service said.

Saint Jovite Youngblood, aka Kota Youngblood, 52, was convicted by a federal jury in Austin of four counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. He defrauded 32 victims for more than $12 million, which he spent on trips to gamble in Las Vegas.

Children between 1 and 2 years old were forcefully placed in chairs and shoved into tables, forced to use their own hands to hit themselves, hit with toys, and carried by just an arm or a leg and then left alone when they cried in pain, according to the five separate lawsuits.

The Pentagon’s watchdog found evidence of mold, broken heating and air conditioning units and housing that didn’t meet minimum standards while touring barracks at military bases to evaluate whether a dozen health and safety requirements from Congress had been implemented.

A Fort Campbell soldier has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide in the 2022 death of an Army private who died of a fentanyl overdose, according to court records.

Restriction to base is more commonly used in sentences for those already living there, and if they don’t, the airman’s first sergeant would secure a dorm room for the service member. Instead, Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart’s command “refused to obtain and fund accommodations for the restriction period.”

A Fort Cavazos soldier was sentenced Wednesday to six months confinement and a discharge after pleading guilty to possession of child sex materials and setting fire to a trash can in the barracks during a night of heavy drinking.

Governors are urging Congress to swiftly pass an annual defense policy bill that includes a measure that all 55 governors agreed is important to preserve the state control of the National Guard.

A Fort Campbell, Ky., soldier was sentenced to more than two years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to taking sexually explicit images and videos of children and other soldiers without their consent, according to the Army.

Digging through pages of centuries-old records, volunteers are transcribing the cursive text to make it easier for others to access the documents as part of a joint project of the National Archives and Records Administration and the National Park Service.