This is a criminal misuse of military fighting men. They are trained to kill people and break things. What does a grunt know about fighting germs???
Any bets how long it takes until the first soldier is infected? Or how many will be infected?
After all this time you still think we are sending in 3 or 4 thousand infantry to stand around and watch?
You are taking 'fighting germs' way too literally. It is mostly military engineers constructing hospital facilities.