Posted on 03/30/2020 3:52:46 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The Pentagon has ordered military bases and combatant commands to withhold coronavirus case numbers, citing operational security concerns.
“As we continue to grapple with the novel nature of COVID19, we are constantly assessing and adapting not only how we respond to combatting the virus, but also how we share critical public health information with our communities,” Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah said in a statement on Monday.
“We will not report the aggregate number of individual service member cases at individual unit, base or Combatant Commands. We will continue to do our best to balance transparency in this crisis with operational security."
Farah said that the Defense Department and each military service will continue to offer a daily, public update of the full number of cases in all services and of civilians, contractors and dependents.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper last week told Reuters that he wants the Pentagon to withhold “mission-specific information” to protect operational security.
“What we want to do is give you aggregated numbers. But we’re not going to disaggregate numbers because it could reveal information about where we may be affected at a higher rate than maybe some other places,” Esper said.
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Good move.
Yeah.
Agree...We’re not entitled to know everything.
Loose lips sink ships. Good call.
It must SUCK to be in the Chinese military and be found to be CoVid POSITIVE. Such solders are probably just OFFED in order to eliminate the threat!
And as for our submarine crews.. Please don't come ashore for at least 6 months!
Agreed. Foreign adversaries don’t need to know that.
Exactly. ..what took them so long.
When the numbers get high enough, and there are many deaths, the government will have to reinstate the draft.
Can you imagine the outcry among millennials?
Absolutely.
About time
BTW, two Russian subs and one Dutch sub are now back in port because of the corona virus. Our subs are OK.
GOOD! Also stop reporting on our war ship!
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