{"id":57341,"date":"2020-04-15T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/15\/military-sees-no-quick-exit-from-new-world-of-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:44:55","slug":"military-sees-no-quick-exit-from-new-world-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/04\/15\/military-sees-no-quick-exit-from-new-world-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Military sees no quick exit from \u2018new world\u2019 of coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military is bracing for a months-long struggle against <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/VirusOutbreak\">the coronavirus<\/a>, looking for novel ways to maintain a defensive crouch that sustains troops&#8217; health without breaking their morale \u2014 while still protecting the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike talk in the Trump administration of possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/420a38ec14101eab70e07be367ee6422\">reopening the country<\/a> as early as May, military leaders are suggesting that this summer may be the best-case scenario of tiptoeing toward a return to normal activities. Even that is uncertain, and for now the focus is on adjusting as the pandemic&#8217;s threat evolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are going to need to change and adapt, because even over the coming months the virus isn\u2019t going to go away. We\u2019re going to have to be able to operate in a COVID environment,\u201d Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist said recently, referring to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have frozen most forces in place overseas, stopped troops and their families from moving to new assignments, and cut back access to the Pentagon. The military services have halted or restricted recruit training, canceled major exercises, and isolated troops in the most sensitive units. The new Space Force has delayed a satellite launch, and the Navy this week postponed the return of the USS Harry S. Truman, keeping the aircraft carrier at sea to shield its crew from virus exposure at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These steps to protect the force have parallels in civilian society, but a far-flung military can&#8217;t function by staying at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis will be a new way of doing business that we have to focus in on,\u201d says Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. \u201cWe\u2019re adjusting to that new world as we speak today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The notion of \u201cnormal\u201d in the military may never be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve all deployed and fought enemies abroad, however, today\u2019s enemy is here in our communities,\u201d said Lt. Gen. 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