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Pentagon: Stop-movement order to remain in effect, unless local conditions at bases meet criteria for travel
Initial Entry Training soldiers wait on board their chartered aircraft to depart Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Columbia, S.C. for Fort Sam Houston, Texas, May 8, 2020.<br>U.S. Army
Initial Entry Training soldiers wait on board their chartered aircraft to depart Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Columbia, S.C. for Fort Sam Houston, Texas, May 8, 2020.<br>U.S. Army

There are still exemptions to the travel restrictions as with the previous travel guidance, including allowing new recruits to attend basic training.

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The Pentagon.<br>Dreamstime/TNS
The Pentagon.<br>Dreamstime/TNS

Army reservist based in Wisconsin is third service member to die from coronavirus, Pentagon says

A third U.S. service member has died from complications after contracting the coronavirus, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as reported cases among military troops surpassed 6,000 during Memorial Day weekend.

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Members of the Aryubi family mourn over the graves of Dr. Yousuf Aryubi, pictured, and two of his siblings who lost their lives to COVID-19, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.<br>Rahmat Gul/AP
Members of the Aryubi family mourn over the graves of Dr. Yousuf Aryubi, pictured, and two of his siblings who lost their lives to COVID-19, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.<br>Rahmat Gul/AP

Without test results, virus raced through an Afghan family

One family's tragedy points to how Afghanistan has been left vulnerable to the global pandemic by a broken-down health system, slow government response and public attitudes.

Information and Resources

Defense Department's coronavirus report for May 26, 2020

The U.S. Department of Defense's May 26, 2020 fact sheet on the coronavirus situation in the military.