The Pentagon said the military 'is ready and willing to support' US civilian authorities, but it set limits on what it can do after senior politicians, including NY Gov. Cuomo, said the military needs to be more proactively involved in fighting coronavirus
Washington The Pentagon said the military"is ready and willing to support" US civilian authorities but it set limits Monday on what it can do after senior politicians, including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said the military needs to be more proactively involved in the effort to fight the coronavirus.
Decisions will be"informed by the facts of what is possible and what is not and what those trade-offs are," Pentagon spokesman Jonathon Hoffman said Monday.On Sunday Cuomo penned an op-ed in The New York Times asking for the military to have the Army Corps of Engineers build hospitals to alleviate the burden on civilian hospitals.US military curtails another major exercise due to coronavirus pandemic "This is exactly what they do.
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