Former cav scout Cole Bridges attempted to provide material support to the terror group while serving in the 3rd Infantry Division.

A 24-year-old U.S. soldier was sentenced to 14 years in prison for trying to help the Islamic State group attack American troops. Pfc. Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, of Ohio, attempted to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,

Before joining the Army in 2019, Bridges had already been consuming online propaganda promoting jihadist violence, according to the FBI.

Pvt. Cole Bridges pleaded guilty in 2023 to charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and attempting to murder U.S. military service members.

Pfc. Cole Bridges, also known as Cole Gonzales, of Ohio, attempted to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attempted to murder U.S. soldiers, federal prosecutors announced this week.

Prosecutors contend Bridges not only suggested potential targets in New York City, but that he used his military training to coordinate an ISIS attack on U.S. soldiers stationed in the Middle East.

Cole Bridges, 24, pleaded guilty last year to attempting to help the terrorist group kill American servicemembers. He told a judge, 'I know what I did was wrong.'