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Joint Staff Surgeon Praises Americans Stepping Up to Help COVID-19 Victims
April 8, 2020 — Any listing of personnel, equipment and facilities involved — as impressive as it might be — doesn't begin to explain what's at the heart of the Defense Department's effort to combat COVID-19, the Joint Staff surgeon said... MORE

DOD Confronts Coronavirus Head-On
March 10, 2020 — The Defense Department is taking positive action to protect people, safeguard critical national security missions and capabilities and support the whole-of-government approach to confronting the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, DOD spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said today... MORE