“...required to jump through the same hoops that you or I, as civilians, are required to.”
I spent 32 years working for Uncle Sugar, and 21 of it was active duty. In this situation, with what I consider a bio attack by China, the rules are different than when it was just a bunch of GI’s crossing a border. During wartime, which this has to be treated as, certain precautions are considered for the safety of those we go toward and walk away from to another group here at home.
An example is Canada. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has extended the ban on nonessential travel between the United States and Canada through April 21, 2021. Government leaders in both countries first announced the border closure one year ago on March 21, 2020, and have extended the order on a near-monthly basis since. And essential travel has to be proven and safe. Without it, the door is shut. And that’s with a country we haven’t had a military conflict with since the War of 1812. But they’re scared. And with their medical capacity, they should be. The most used hospital by Canadian citizens is in Detroit, Michigan.
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I spent 32 years working for Uncle Sugar, and 21 of it was active duty. In this situation, with what I consider a bio attack by China, the rules are different than when it was just a bunch of GI’s crossing a border. During wartime, which this has to be treated as, certain precautions are considered for the safety of those we go toward and walk away from to another group here at home.
Again, I fear that we are talking at cross-purposes / have differing agendas.
I don't doubt your personal experience with military travel. But I still (even today, with Corona) strongly doubt that friendly but foreign powers have "retired" established practices and protocols which, traditionally, allowed armed and uniformed U.S. military members to cross their borders without going through all the rigamarole (filling out customs forms, tourism questionnaires, presenting vaccine passports, etc.) that mere civilians must endure.
If you are arguing that we should be concerned and wish to protect the populaces of foreign countries, as it appears that you are suggesting - that is an entirely different question.
Regards,