Latest "Pentagon coronavirus response" stories

Esper: Pentagon ready for any new wave of coronavirus

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has stressed that the military cannot expect to resume business as usual any time soon.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

3 years ago

Pentagon prepared to house nearly 1,000 quarantined people over coronavirus fears

This afternoon, the Pentagon announced that Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper approved a request for assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services to house 1,000 people who may need to be quarantined upon arrival from overseas travel due to the novel coronavirus.

By Howard Altman

3 years ago