HBO has acquired the rights to develop The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces, an expose on lawlessness at the military base by Rolling Stone contributor Seth Harp, into a series after a heated bidding war. Over the course of five years, Harp investigated unsolved …
Read More »'Fort Bragg Has a Lot of Secrets. It's Its Own Little Cartel'
It has been more than four years since a pair of elite special operations soldiers were found murdered in the woods on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and no one has been convicted of the crime. Master Sgt. William “Billy” Lavigne II, an active-duty Delta Force operator, and Chief Warrant Officer …
Read More »'No Fat Soldiers': Ft. Bragg Troops Were Carefully Screened for Trump's Stunt Visit
President Donald Trump’s campaign-rally style at Fort Bragg on Tuesday was a carefully styled event optimized for a national broadcast — right down to the weight and political allegiances of the soldiers allowed to appear on camera. According to a report today from Military.com, the Pentagon and leaders of the …
Read More »Trump Announces Plan to Honor a Bunch of Confederate Military Leaders
The Army’s 250th anniversary is June 14, and what better way to celebrate than by honoring traitors who defected from the Union, fought against their countrymen, and perpetrated the deadliest war in American history in the name of slavery? That’s exactly what Trump has decided to do, in addition to …
Read More »Pentagon Finally Stops Hiding Military Overdose Epidemic
The U.S. Army Special Forces, better known as the Green Berets, has a serious problem with substance abuse and fatal drug overdoses. The same is true of the Army’s two most important infantry divisions: the 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division. That’s the takeaway of data released by …
Read More »Senators Press Pentagon for Answers on Rash of Overdose Deaths
Congress has finally taken notice of an unprecedented wave of fatalities at Fort Bragg, some 17 months after Rolling Stone first brought attention to an apparent drug crisis at the base. This morning, a group of five senators led by Sen. Edward Markey demanded answers from the military on the …
Read More »'These Kids Are Dying' — Inside the Overdose Crisis Sweeping Fort Bragg
R ACHEAL BOWMAN, A single mother from Aberdeen, Maryland, was finishing up her shift as a postal worker the afternoon of June 11, 2021, when she got a worrisome call from her son’s girlfriend. Her son, Matthew Disney, a 20-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, wasn’t answering his …
Read More »She Asked the Army to Investigate a Rape Trial. They Fired Her
A victim advocate formerly assigned to the Special Forces at Fort Bragg, North Carolina was placed on administrative leave, investigated for two years, and ultimately fired after she raised questions about the military’s handling of a Delta Force soldier accused of rape. The victim advocate, Lindsey Knapp, was a civilian …
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