Army officials are incorporating the coronavirus into the directives for Defender Europe 2020, one of the largest and most sweeping military maneuvers in Europe since the end of the Cold War.About 20,000 troops based in the U.S. Are being sent to the continent to take part in the drills, even as the coronavirus continues to spread.“We are working and war-gaming public health and medical support plans to identify any shortfall we might have and we are addressing those shortfalls and requirements with each individual host nation,” said Maj. Andrew Rohling, deputy commander of U.S. Army Europe, according to Stars and Stripes. TOP STORIESTo date, no U.S. Troops, family members or Department of Defense civilian employees in Europe have been affected by the virus.An Army soldier based in Korea remains the sole military member to test positive.
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His wife and their child are all being treated at a military hospital there, said Brig. Paul Friedrichs, the staff surgeon on the Joint Chiefs.“Those are small numbers. As this evolves, we’ll have to adapt and learn from it.” Brig.
Friedrichs said.Scientists are trying to find out which demographic is the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. For example, officials said, is it a 40-year-old man with pulmonary disease or a 35-year-old with asthma?“What we’re not seeing is people under the age of 20 really getting sick over this regardless of what else they might have,” Brig.
Friedrichs said.
.Defender 2020: Largest mobilisation of NATO troops against Russia in 25 yearsByMarkus Salzmann4 March 2020The largest deployment of troops across the Atlantic in 25 years entered its main phase last weekend within the framework of the Defender Europe 2020 exercise. The scale of NATO's provocative military exercise underscores how far advanced the preparations for war are 75 years after the end of World War II.The United States and 18 other countries are deploying large contingents of troops from America and Western Europe to the Russian border within a short period of time. In total, around 37,000 soldiers are participating in the exercise, which is to continue until June. Their objective is Poland and the Baltic states.The freight ship Endurance docked in Bremerhaven last week together with four other vessels carrying US tanks and other heavy military equipment. The US alone is deploying 20,000 troops and their armaments to Europe.