Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby announced on Wednesday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had issued a memorandum making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all service members who have yet to… Continue reading "COVID-19 Vaccinations Now Mandatory For US Service Members"
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Monday that the Pentagon plans to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all military personnel by the middle of September. In a message to… Continue reading "Pentagon: COVID-19 Vaccine Required By Mid-September"
The British Ministry of Defence has confirmed reports of a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group, partway through the group’s maiden operational deployment. In a press… Continue reading "COVID-19 Outbreak Strikes Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group"
The United States Navy is looking into its major shipbuilding programs and reassessing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on schedules and costs as shipyards are being increasingly affected by… Continue reading "USS Kennedy’s Among Other US Navy Project Schedules Reassessed as COVID-19 Cases Spike"
As the global Coronavirus Pandemic continues the Association of the U.S. Army has announced that their 2020 Annual Meeting and Exposition has been physically cancelled but will be held virtually… Continue reading "2020 AUSA Annual Meeting Goes Virtual as COVID-19 Pandemic Continues"
The United States Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) is slated to become the services official test of record starting on 1st October, 2020. The six-event physical fitness test remains roughly… Continue reading "US Army Combat Fitness Test Changes 2.0 Due to COVID-19"
Given my previous article on what the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) could learn from defense, and how it’s not just logistics manpower but logistical skills that can be… Continue reading "What Can Defense and Security Learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic?"
With the rise of COVID-19, it wasn’t long before there were calls for the military to get involved in supporting the health services. The National Health Service, in the United… Continue reading "Defence Provides More Than Just Manpower in the COVID-19 Stuggle"
The US Army has placed testing of its Interim Maneuver Short-Range Air-Defense (IM-SHORAD) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, on hold due to the impact of the CVOID-19 virus. The vehicle… Continue reading "COVID-19 Halts SHORAD"
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), General Tod D. Wolters of the United States Air Force, tried to calm concerns over the COVID-19… Continue reading "NATO to “Modify” Exercise Defender Europe 20 Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak"