Yuma has roughly 104,000 residents with nearly 20 percent of the population over the age of 60 — a sizable population vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.
While Defender Europe was scaled back due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Army has still learned lessons it hoped to take away from the division-sized exercise.
"Battle assemblies across the Army Reserves, the default — that is the standard procedure right now — is no battle assemblies until further notice," said Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, commanding general of U.S. Army Reserve Command.
President Donald Trump said Sunday he is considering a full pardon for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia’s ambassador before Trump took office.