James LaPorta

James LaPorta is a freelance journalist and a former U.S. Marine infantry squad leader and intelligence chief. He frequently covers national security and veterans issues. Follow him on Twitter @JimLaPorta

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BLACK SWAN

Army Warned Months Ago That Coronavirus Could Kill 150,000

While the president was still downplaying the COVID-19 epidemic, an Army briefing shared with The Daily Beast shows the service warning of the scale of death Trump now concedes.

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OVERBOARD

‘We’re F*cked’: Troops Scramble in Aircraft Carrier Outbreak

And the fallout isn’t just aboard the USS Roosevelt. In Kuwait, the brigade deployed to deter Iran is now caught in the Pentagon’s 60-day movement freeze.

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COVID-22 NO MORE?

Pentagon on Daily Beast Story: ‘We Need to Do Better’

A Beast report brought to light disturbing conditions in the military’s coronavirus quarantines for returning veterans.

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COVID-22

US Soldier in Virus Quarantine: ‘Prisoners Get Better Care’

In one of the first accounts from inside the precautionary military lockdown, a returning Afghanistan veteran describes unpreparedness and absurdity.

James LaPorta

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TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH

Army Withholds $100 Million From Its Top Virus-Hunting Lab

The U.S. military is withholding more than $100 million from its leading chemical and biological research facilities—including a world-famous infectious diseases lab.

James LaPorta

James LaPorta

Army Warned Months Ago That Coronavirus Could Kill 150,000

‘We’re F*cked’: Troops Scramble in Aircraft Carrier Outbreak

Pentagon on Daily Beast Story: ‘We Need to Do Better’

US Soldier in Virus Quarantine: ‘Prisoners Get Better Care’

Army Withholds $100 Million From Its Top Virus-Hunting Lab

Trump Chatted With Taliban Leaders on Secret Kill List

Inside the Spy Base Where Military Will Detain Immigrants

Detention Camps on Military Bases ‘Totalitarian,’ Troops Say

Marine Veteran Trains White Supremacists in Military Tactics

David Hogg’s Florida Home ‘Swatted’ by Prank Hostage Call