{"id":17165,"date":"2020-03-12T16:06:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/12\/congressman-worried-overseas-military-bases-lack-coronavirus-testing-kits\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:59:39","slug":"congressman-worried-overseas-military-bases-lack-coronavirus-testing-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/03\/12\/congressman-worried-overseas-military-bases-lack-coronavirus-testing-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers worried overseas military bases lack coronavirus testing kits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers are concerned that the military may not have an adequate supply of coronavirus testing kits at military installations deployed overseas, especially in the U.S. Central Command area of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, released a statement following a lack of a response from the Army regarding whether the military had sufficient coronavirus testing kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to defense officials, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, addressed concerns that deployed members of Wisconsin\u2019s Army National Guard to Afghanistan were operating in areas believed to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 and that the unit may not have access to testing kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter, addressed to Thomas McCaffery, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, and Chief of the National Guard Bureau General Joseph L. Lengyel, said \u201cthere is no information regarding the availability of testing kits for personnel based in the United States or overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baldwin requested information on DoD actions to ensure testing kits were available for deployed U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/03\/12\/secdef-issues-global-travel-restrictions-to-help-stop-coronavirus-spread\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Itay-virus.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">SECDEF issues global travel restrictions to help stop coronavirus spread<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Effective Friday, all troops, military civilian employees and family members traveling to or from locations with widespread transmission of the illness, designated \u201cWarning Level 3\u201d (which at the moment include Italy, South Korea and China) will \u201cstop movement\u201d for the next 60 days.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concerns expressed by lawmakers comes as the World Health Organization on Wednesday declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. President Donald Trump announced to the nation Wednesday night that the U.S. was restricting some travel from Europe to prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the statement<b>,<\/b> Pocan said his office was contacted about a military base near the Iranian border where personnel had flu symptoms but did not test positive for the flew. Pocan\u2019s office said the base was about 5 miles from an Afghan town known to have a handful of coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe asked the Department of Defense whether the Army has coronavirus testing kits physically at all bases abroad,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;After following up, they are still unable to tell us yes or no answer\u2014does every military base overseas have current access to coronavirus kits?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe fact that we cannot figure out this basic answer for our troops serving abroad is very concerning. I hope that the military can get us an affirmative answer immediately,&#8221; Pocan\u2019s letter reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon, U.S. Central Command, Army Surgeon General\u2019s Office and U.S. Forces Afghanistan did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the coronavirus testing kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon has made sweeping changes over the last several weeks as COVID-19 continues to spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several U.S. military exercises have been axed or significantly scaled back to prevent the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/03\/11\/major-arctic-exercise-canceled-over-coronavirus-fears\/\" target=_blank>spread of the virus<\/a> and safeguard U.S. personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/03\/12\/centcom-adding-travel-restrictions-amid-covid-19-outbreak-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon <\/a>officials announced significant restrictions on service member and family travel worldwide amid a series of new White House initiatives released Wednesday to try and curb the spread of the coronavirus throughout the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Effective Friday, all troops, military civilian employees and family members traveling to or from locations with widespread transmission of the illness, designated \u201cWarning Level 3\u201d (which at the moment include most of Europe, South Korea and China) will \u201cstop movement\u201d for the next 60 days, per a memo signed by Defense Secretary Mark Esper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Pentagon already greatly restricting travel to fight the spread of the coronavirus,, U.S. Central Command is adding additional caveats for travel among troops within the command\u2019s area of operations amid the COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to CENTCOM commander Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr., there\u2019s concern the virus could spread into countries that share a border with Iran. Iran is neighbors with Iraq, where the U.S. has up to 6,000 troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRight now, we believe we have good precautions in place,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cWe\u2019ve cut back significantly on intra-theater travel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Reporter Patricia Kime contributed to this story.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m concerned about the increasing number of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> cases in countries where American servicemembers are stationed, including WI National Guard members currently deployed to Afghanistan. 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