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US locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge
Staffing levels at the Kabul embassy have already been significantly reduced pending the completion of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.
President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19
Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks had come down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Wearing masks could become part of troops' standard post-COVID operating procedure
The pandemic is giving military medicine a chance to brush up on its infection prevention expertise.
Okinawa urges US to do more to stop virus outbreak at bases while Marines report 36 new cases
The governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa urged the government on Wednesday to pressure the U.S. military to do more to stop an escalating coronavirus outbreak at American bases there that has infected more than 130 Marines.
Coast Guard Academy alters training for incoming class due to COVID-19
COVID-19 has forced big changes to the Coast Guard Academy.
DC Guard members test positive for COVID-19 after protests
Members of the D.C. National Guard have tested positive for COVID-19 in the wake of the mass protests across the nation’s capital last week, according to Lt. Col. Brooke Davis, Guard spokeswoman.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Military members arriving in Hawaii exempt from state quarantine rules
Members of the U.S. military arriving in Hawaii will not be subjected to the state’s quarantine rule resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, but service members will follow a separate order restricting their movements.
Soldiers return to Fort Campbell, undergo quarantine
Dozens of soldiers based at Fort Campbell have returned after being deployed in the Northeast to support coronavirus relief efforts.
Navy’s top officer to quarantine after exposure to coronavirus
"The CNO Admiral Gilday had contact with a COVID positive family member and, although testing negative, will be quarantining this week."
By Diana Stancy
Homecoming for 82nd Airborne soldiers returning from Middle East altered by quarantine
Most of the traditional welcome-back fanfare has been replaced with a mandatory 14 day quarantine.
4th SFAB will be first 'out of the chute’ to JRTC rotation in June ahead of Afghanistan deployment
“The first one out of the chute, as we work to figure out how we maintain readiness as we adjust to the new normal," said Gen. Michael Garrett.
By Kyle Rempfer