The coronavirus pandemic is impacting the US military in places like Iraq and Afghanistan as measures to prevent the virus' spread have caused the US to limit its activities, including operations to help counter ISIS
In Iraq, the US-led training effort aimed at combating ISIS has been suspended"for 60 days as a precaution due to the global pandemic," the United Kingdom Defense Ministry announced Thursday."To prevent potential spread of COVID-19, Iraqi Security Forces and coalition forces have stopped all training. That has led to the repositioning some training forces for force protection and operational continuity; some trainers will depart Iraq in the coming days and weeks.
"In some cases these measures will necessitate some service members remaining beyond their scheduled departure dates," said Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan in a statement.US Army Col. Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for US Forces Afghanistan, said in a tweet Wednesday that while the command was instituting screening and testing protocols to reduce the risk to personnel, he added that"we continue to execute the ordered drawdown to 8600.
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