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How US military services are responding to the coronavirus and the pandemic’s impact on military readiness

Michael E. O’Hanlon,
Michael O'Hanlon
Michael E. O’Hanlon Director of Research - Foreign Policy, Director - Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy

Thomas Burke,
TB
Thomas Burke Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Chesley Dycus,
CD
Chesley Dycus Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Eric Reid, and
ER
Eric Reid Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Jessica Worst
JW
Jessica Worst Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution

April 21, 2020

A soldier of the U.S. Army waits for the next cab driver at the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx on April 18, 2020. The armory is used as a temporary food distribution center during the COVID-19 crisis and soldiers of the U.S. Army load meals into the cabs of TLC licensed drivers who deliver them to New Yorkers in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann-Gorden/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.
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On this special edition of the podcast, four U.S. military officers who are participating in the 2019-2020 class of Federal Executive Fellows at Brookings share their expert insights about the effects that the coronavirus pandemic is having on the readiness of their respective services, and how their services are responding to the crisis.

Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon moderated the conversation with:

  • Colonel Thomas Burke, a U.S. Army aviator
  • Lieutenant Colonel Chesley Dycus, a mobility pilot with the U.S. Air Force
  • Colonel Eric Reid, a career infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps, and
  • Commander Jessica Worst, a U.S. Coast Guard officer.

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Michael O'Hanlon
Michael E. O’Hanlon Director of Research - Foreign Policy, Director - Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy

TB
Thomas Burke Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
CD
Chesley Dycus Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
ER
Eric Reid Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
JW
Jessica Worst Federal Executive Fellow - Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
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