Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 26, 2020

All deployments are on-hand for the next 60 to 90 days, per Pentagon order. (Capt. Ellen C. Brabo/U.S. Army)

ABC News: Pentagon halts overseas travel of US troops for 60 days to mitigate spread of coronavirus

The order applies to all service members, civilians and families, Esper said.

The Pentagon is halting all overseas travel for U.S. troops for 60 days in an effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the order applies to all service members, Defense Department civilian personnel and their families. However, there will be some exceptions, including the partial drawdown of American forces already underway in Afghanistan, as outlined in a deal signed by the U.S. and the Taliban last month.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- March 26, 2020

The military has suspended all travel, deployments, exercises for the entire force -- Military Times

Amid Coronavirus Concerns Pentagon To Send Troops To U.S. Borders With Mexico, Canada -- NPR

U.S. Army Halts Training Over Coronavirus but Then Changes Its Mind -- The New York Times

Military Facing Operational Impacts of Coronavirus -- Air Force Magazine

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, the military could throttle how much information it releases -- Military Times

Navy postpones Large Scale Exercise 2020 in response to COVID-19 -- UPI

Navy Is Hardest-Hit Military Service in Coronavirus Outbreak -- Military.com

Navy docks USS Theodore Roosevelt to test crew for COVID-19 -- UPI

Military suspends recovery of fallen troops from overseas battlefields amid coronavirus concerns -- Military Times

Inside The Pentagon’s Lurching Efforts To Protect Its People from the Coronavirus -- Defense One

More than $10 billion for Pentagon in Senate COVID-19 bill -- Roll Call

Latest emergency coronavirus funding package includes tens of billions for defense, VA -- Military Times

Defense lawmakers shift to ‘paper’ hearings to keep military budget process moving -- Defense One

F-35 testing at Edwards Air Force Base paused, impact to full-rate production decision unknown -- Defense News

Space Force makes its first launch as military satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral -- FOX News

A new training system for the Air Force’s airborne ICBM launch center is coming soon -- Defense News

Lockheed and Bell will compete head-to-head to build US Army’s future attack recon aircraft -- Defense News

US Military commission report recommends including women in draft -- FOX News

Pandemics and the Future of Military Training -- Jennifer McArdle, Thomas Kehr, and Gene Colabatistto, War On The Rocks

South Korea 'communicating' closely with U.S. ahead of furlough, Seoul says -- UPI

How the German military is fighting coronavirus -- DW

US set to upgrade controversial nukes stationed in Germany -- DW

French military to support public services as country’s coronavirus toll rises -- France 24

France Pulls Out Military Forces in Iraq Amid Virus Demands -- Military.com/AP

North Macedonia to officially join NATO on Friday -- Defense News

UK navy shadows Russian warships after 'high levels of activity' -- Reuters

Russia Halts War Games on NATO Borders to Fight Coronavirus -- Bloomberg

Russian pilot missing after military jet crashes into Black Sea -- DW

Intel: Why Moscow is dispatching its military to fight coronavirus in Syria, Italy -- Al-Monitor

Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal to Be 87% Modernized by End of 2020 – Defence Minister -- Sputnik

China Wants to Rule the Waves–How the U.S. Can Stop It. -- J. Stavridis, Bloomberg

South Korea scrambles fighter jets to warn Chinese military plane -- UPI

Taiwan military stages exercise to fight off mock invasion -- SCMP

Sudanese defense minister dies of heart attack, say officials -- Defense News/AP