Army to combat COVID-19 by ignoring it, punishing soldiers who follow testing directives
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — In the face of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, with confirmed cases on every military installation, Army leaders have taken decisive action aimed at preserving individual soldier readiness and mission focus by declaring public health emergencies, triggering mandatory health-protection directives which local unit-level senior leaders have implemented by disregarding them entirely.
According to anonymous sources within the command staffs of multiple high-level headquarters elements, unit leaders have adopted the viewpoint that due to the mission-essential status of literally every soldier assigned to every unit everywhere (and the field-grade approval authority level for waiving reporting restrictions imposed by higher-level commands), the across-the-board mandates implemented by top installation and major Army commanders do not, in fact, apply to their units or any soldiers assigned to those units.
“The way we’re meeting the commander’s intent while still maint…
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