Rachel Nostrant
Breaking News and Features Reporter
Rachel is a Marine Corps veteran and a master's candidate at New York University's Business & Economic Reporting program.
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Adam Driver’s non-profit brings Broadway to vets, service members
Every year, the non-profit organization provides active duty, reserve, veteran and other military-affiliated personnel the chance to experience Broadway.
First service member in Japan tests positive for COVID-19, after returning from US
“Currently, the sailor is in isolation on the installation, and public health professionals have performed contact tracing to identify people who may have been exposed."
France pulls military out of Iraq amid virus concerns
The country is maintaining military operations in Kuwait and Qatar.
The military has suspended all travel, deployments, exercises for the entire force
Deployments and exercises are on hold for up to three months.
A headquarters Marine is the first service member COVID-19 case in the Pentagon
An Marine assigned to the service's Pentagon headquarters is the first COVID-19 case among service members assigned to the building.
Army gauges interest in voluntary recalls of medical soldiers
An email passed to Army Times highlights the efforts military leaders are taking to staff hospitals should the coronavirus pandemic worsen.
Stricter coronavirus restrictions trickle out to the force
“We had a range planned for today — but once they announced base-wide HPCON C, they told us it was all cancelled,” one soldier told Army Times.
Top Pentagon doctor discourages putting a timetable on coronavirus
What we do in the next few weeks matters, Air Force Brig. Gen Paul Friedrichs said, but we won't know if it worked until even later.
Air Force, Guard leaders could stay beyond retirement date under Senate stimulus package
Key defense officials could stay around past their planned retirement under a new plan put forth from the Senate.
COVID-19 among troops jumped almost 60 percent this week, as their rate surpasses the U.S. at large
With numbers rising, troops are reporting a slightly higher rate of infection than U.S. residents in general.
