Defense
Viewpoint: The Military Must Act Fast on COVID-19
Members of the U.S. military, especially those in the field or on ships, don't have the luxury of social distancing. How will that affect national security?
Workforce
How the Coronavirus Forced the Pentagon to Improve Its IT — and Quickly
New teleworking capabilities — hastily installed to help DoD get work done at home — will stick around after the virus subsides.
Defense
Pentagon Orders 60 Machines that Disinfect Desperately Needed N95 Masks
Each Battelle-made machine can clean up to 80,000 masks per day, allowing healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients to reuse them up to 20 times.
Defense
The Army Wants Your Ventilator Ideas
A new contest seeks new designs to meet a growing need.
Management
Pentagon Delays Budget Deadline to Help Staff Work from Home
Service officials had complained that a June 1 deadline was preventing them from implementing coronavirus-related social-distancing guidelines.
Defense
Acting Navy Secretary Under Fire For Speech Calling Fired Captain ‘Stupid’
Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew Jan. 17, 2020. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
Defense
Lockheed Adds 1,000 Employees Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Wants to Hire 5,000 More
The defense giant also said it would give bonuses to employees who can’t work from home.
Defense
Army Wants To Train Hundreds of Soldiers in Coronavirus ‘Safety Bubbles’
Entire companies and battalions could be isolated in the field for a month, Secretary McCarthy said in an interview.
Defense
How the Marine Corps Plans to Become Lighter, Nimbler, More Unmanned
The Force Design 2030 report discards tanks and doubles UAV squadrons.
Defense
The Army’s Next Attack-Reconnaissance Helicopter Is Coming Into Focus
Bell Textron and Sikorsky will build test models as the service seeks a replacement for the Kiowa and some Apache missions.
Defense
Inside The Pentagon’s Lurching Efforts To Protect Its People from the Coronavirus
As the alarms rose in February and early March, lower-echelon commanders wondered what to do. Some servicemembers blame leaders who took their cues from the White House.
Management
A Marine General’s Next Battle: Grocery-Store Logistics
Larry Nicholson once led 20,000 troops in Afghanistan; now he’s making sure you don’t run out of food during the coronavirus crisis.
Defense
Esper Orders Pentagon into Stricter Health-Related Lockdown
Most of the military installations in the Washington, D.C., area have already been designated HPCON-C, the second-highest level, to protect personnel from the coronavirus.
Defense
Why Trump Isn’t Using The Defense Production Act
He wants to allow corporations to sell vital medical gear to the highest-bidding states. Governors say that’s exactly the problem.
Defense
Viewpoint: The Right Way to Activate the National Guard
There are three methods of mobilizing America’s citizen soldiers. Which one Trump chooses will matter a great deal.
Defense
Coronavirus Halts Military Travel In and Out of Iraq and Afghanistan
No one comes in until they've quarantined for 14 days, CENTCOM says.
Defense
Will an App Tell You Who Will Give You COVID-19?
Researchers say a movement-tracking app, like one China deployed, could help slow the spread of the disease.
Defense
Leave the National Guard to the States, Says Top General
If Trump federalizes the Guard, they can’t help with law enforcement, says Gen. Lengyel.
Defense
Navy Working to Keep Subs and Destroyers From Becoming COVID-19 Hotspots
Meanwhile, the coronavirus is putting the military health-care system under stress.
Defense
GovExec Daily: The Air Force Brings 500,000 Coronavirus Test Swabs Back From Italy
Marcus Weisberger joins the podcast to explain a story of a special delivery aboard a C-17 cargo plane
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