US Army names officer held on ‘allegations of espionage’

An Army official identified Lt. Col. Brandon Carroll Tyner as the U.S. soldier arrested earlier this week in the United Kingdom for reportedly assisting Russian intelligence in what FBI Director Kash Patel described as “allegations of espionage.” Tyner, 41, began serving in the Army as a human resources officer — military occupational specialty 42H — in January 2008, the official told Military Times. Tyner’s deployments included tours in Afghanistan, Qatar and Iraq. At the time of his arrest, he was assigned to Imjin Barracks, a British Army base near Gloucestershire, England, which hosts NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. His arrest came shortly after the U.S. removed aircraft from British military bases over an unrelated reported threat from Iran. Tyner was arrested under Sections 1 and 3 of Britain’s 2023 National Security Act and the Army said officials were investigating two locations in Gloucestershire.

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