“This is a historic event that will require a historic response,” Lengyel said.
As of Thursday, 280 of the 1.4 million-strong active duty force had been confirmed with the disease, up from 51 a week earlier.The virus has penetrated the Pentagon, but with modest impact thus far as Esper and Milley remain at work in the military headquarters. As a precaution, Esper and the deputy defense secretary, David Norquist, are being kept physically separated.
This sudden shift has echoes of September 2001. One day before the terrorist attacks, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was making a public pitch for combating bureaucratic waste in the Pentagon, a campaign that fell to the wayside as the nation geared up for war against al-Qaida and the Taliban.
In Iraq, commanders have moved U.S.-led coalition troops off smaller bases and sent some out of the country after the Iraqi government suspended all military training.
When you can't shoot the virus
An 'enemy' they can't see or even really account for. Perfect.
You speak as though plagues haven’t affected America before. Utter nonsense. The military is not helpless.
We will be fine . Professional dedicated and driven.
Jesus Christ will protect his beloved chosen American warriors 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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