Sunday, March 15, 2020

Covid-19 Coronavirus Impacting US Defense Readiness


Zero Hedge: Covid-19 Impacting US Defense Readiness As Pentagon Announces "Minimal Staffing"

The Pentagon on Saturday afternoon said it has moved toward "minimal staffing" over coronavirus fears a day after President Trump formally declared a national emergency. CBS national security correspondent Cami McCormick broke the news, describing:

Defense Dept. officials have raised alert level at the Pentagon to Bravo. There will now be "minimal staffing" at the Pentagon due to coronavirus.

Crucially this alert level refers to staffing levels and virus precautionary measures only and is not a reference to DEFCON, which is the national defense readiness condition used to gauge military threats.

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WNU Editor:  Every military in the world is being impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The U.S. military is not unique in this crisis.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

WNU.. Russian and Chinese military seems fine.
Maybe remind them that we will nuke them all if they caused this as a pretext to invade ;-)

Anonymous said...

The demographics of the military are such that most of them won’t need hospitalization. They are not senior citizens with underlying respiratory problems.

Anonymous said...

"They are not senior citizens with underlying respiratory problems."

Exactly.

Nothing to get worried about.