Like the rest of the country, the U.S. military is confronting the spreading coronavirus epidemic, with cases on 41 bases. But military leaders are also struggling to strike a balance between the competing needs for transparency and secrecy.
According to data from the Defense Department, 2,120 men and women in uniform have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The U.S. Navy has the highest number of cases, followed by the Army, Air Force and the Marine Corps. Civilians working for the department are the second largest overall group after those in uniform; the next hardest-hit groups are military dependents, and private contractors at military facilities.
The Pentagon's secrecy around these numbers, intended to keep fears about health and readiness under control, has instead increased suspicion and sparked controversy.
"I think the military should release the numbers broken down by bases," Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger told Newsweek.
Exclusive: Map Reveals Bases with Coronavirus As Military Opts for Secrecy
As of April 8, these are the military bases with cases of coronavirus.
(Correction 4/9; 3:50: The map labels for Ft. Bragg and Norfolk have been corrected.)
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- Anniston Army Depot
- Dannelly Field
- Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB)
- Redstone Arsenal
- Eielson AFB
- Ft. Greely
- Ft. Wainwright
- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (multiple bases)
- Davis-Monthan AFB
- Ft. Huachuca
- Luke AFB
- Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma
- Yuma Proving Ground
- Little Rock AFB
- Pine Bluff Arsenal
- Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton
- Edwards AFB
- Los Angeles AFB
- March Air Reserve Base (ARB)
- MCAS Miramar
- Naval Base Coronado
- Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore
- Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu
- Naval Base Port Hueneme
- Naval Base San Diego (multiple bases)
- Travis AFB
- Vandenberg AFB
- Buckley AFB
- Ft. Carson
- Peterson AFB
- Schriever AFB
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- Dover AFB
- Eglin AFB
- Homestead ARB
- Hurlburt Field
- MacDill AFB
- NAS Jacksonville
- NAS Key West
- Naval Station Mayport
- Patrick AFB
- Tyndall AFB
- Naval Base Atlanta
- Ft. Benning
- Ft. Gordon
- Ft. Stewart
- Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany
- Moody AFB
- Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay
- Robins AFB
- Camp H.M. Smith
- Ft. Shafter
- Marine Corps Base Hawaii
- Naval Base Pearl Harbor (multiple bases)
- Schofield Barracks
- Naval Base Great Lakes
- Rock Island Arsenal
- Scott AFB
- Ft. Riley
- Ft. Leavenworth
- McConnell AFB
- Ft. Campbell
- Ft. Knox
- Barksdale AFB
- Ft. Polk
- Naval Base New Orleans (multiple bases)
- Aberdeen Proving Ground
- Andrews AFB (multiple bases)
- Ft. Meade
- NAS Patuxent River
- Naval Support Activity Bethesda
- U.S. Naval Academy
- Army Corps of Engineers Concord
- Columbus AFB
- Keesler AFB
- Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport
- NAS Meridian
- Naval Base Pascagoula
- Ft. Leonard Wood
- Whiteman AFB
- Offutt AFB
- NAS Fallon
- Nellis AFB
- Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
- Picatinny Arsenal
- Cannon AFB
- Holloman AFB
- Kirtland AFB
- Ft. Drum
- Naval Operational Support Center New York City
- U.S. Military Academy
- Ft. Bragg
- MCB Camp Lejeune
- Seymour Johnson AFB
- Grand Forks AFB
- Minot AFB
- Wright-Patterson AFB
- Altus AFB
- Ft. Sill
- Tinker AFB
- Vance AFB
- Kingsley Field
- Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna
- New Cumberland Army Depot
- Tobyhanna Army Depot
- Newport Naval Base
- Fort Jackson
- Joint Base Charleston (multiple bases)
- MCAS Beaufort
- MCAS Cherry Point
- MCB Parris Island
- Shaw AFB
- Ellsworth AFB
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- Naval Base Memphis
- Navy Personnel Command Millington
- Dyess AFB
- Ft. Bliss
- Ft. Hood
- Goodfellow AFB
- Joint Base San Antonio (multiple bases)
- Sheppard AFB
- Hill AFB
- Tooele Army Depot
- Joint Base Langley-Eustis (multiple bases)
- Ft. Belvoir
- Ft. Lee
- Naval Base Newport News (multiple bases)
- Naval Base Norfolk (multiple bases)
- MCB Quantico
- Pentagon Reservation and Buildings (multiple bases)
- Fairchild AFB
- Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) (multiple bases)
- Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor (multiple bases)
- Naval Station Everett
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
- Camp Dawson
- Ft. McCoy
- Camp Williams
- F.E. Warren