The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces by Seth Harp

The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces by Seth Harp

'The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces' by Seth Harp

The U.S. military is suffering from problems that increased defense spending can’t cure. Between January 2017 and September 2022, 15,293 active-duty service members overdosed. An inordinate number were linked to Fort Bragg, whose soldiers “were significantly more likely to overdose and die than the average American,” according to investigative reporter Seth Harp. He adds that at least 24 unsolved murders involving Fort Bragg occurred from 2020 through 2024. And for good measure, the pickup truck driver who plowed into the French Quarter crowd on New Year’s, and the guy who blew up his rented Tesla outside Las Vegas’