Coronavirus

There is a saying in emergency management that all disasters are local. While the saying is pithy, it embodies the approach used, by emergency management officials in the United States, to manage emergencies and disasters. When an incident takes place, individuals, communities, and local governments respond to the event. When these local entities become overwhelmed, […]

Advisory: intermittent strong language Oh, my God… the Chinese! Muricans have typically made for some crappy tourists in other countries. But sports fans move over and make way for the new Patron Saints of awfully-behaved people visiting other countries — the Chinese! For all of modern history, the Chinese have been hard-driven to be the […]

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, posted on Twitter that the U.S. Army could have brought the COVID-19, or coronavirus, to China and that the virus may not have originated in Wuhan as previously thought.  Zhao, who has over 300,000 followers on Twitter, which is surprising considering China has banned the social network. He has […]

The coronavirus has our country in some serious trouble, folks. The cause isn’t the virus itself, which can be deadly for sure, but the hysteria, which has approached near panic, in too many aspects of our lives.  There is a pandemic of fear permeating the world and it leaves one with the impression that if […]

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, arrive at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, on Feb. 28, 2020. Upon their return from the Republic of Korea, the Marines were screened in accordance with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Japanese government guidelines. III MEF is taking its responsibilities to protect our Marines, Sailors, families, […]

If the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is at all a touchstone for us regarding the gravity of a situation, then it is noteworthy that the Pentagon has imposed DoD-wide travel restrictions for all of the personnel and their families. It was never to say that the military should be exempt from precautions and measures […]

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads and continues to spur panic throughout the world, the U.S. military is implementing more drastic preventative measures to ensure the health and safety of its members. During the last couple of days, the U.S. Navy and Air Force have made the decision that they will conduct boot camp and officer […]

The Governor of New York State has ordered the National Guard to deploy in order to contain the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Specifically, the New York National Guard will be responsible for containing the area around New Rochelle, a small town a few miles north of New York City in Westchester County. The troops […]

At least two U.S. service members have contracted the Coronavirus, according to the Department of Defense (DoD). The first is a U.S. Navy sailor stationed in Italy. The southern European country, where significant U.S. forces are stationed, has been hit particularly hard by the virus. In the last week alone, Coronavirus cases nearly tripled from […]

Man threatens to blow self and car up next to Pentagon This is a non-story. It’s a story that isn’t. It’s jackass journalism. This probably started out as: “Man has barricaded himself in his car next to the Pentagon, but he is not making any demands and nobody is paying any attention to him.” Why […]

Harvard scientist: Coronavirus pandemic likely will infect 40-70% of world this year. Scary headline but a real one. So, what can you do to prepare yourself and your family for something like this? Losing strategy = wait until something like this comes to a theatre near you. Wait too long and you’re screwed. Winning strategy […]

An outbreak of the Coronavirus on the U.S. mainland is imminent, according to officials with the Center for Disease Control (CDC). As of February 25, 53 cases have been diagnosed, 39 of which concern Americans who have been repatriated from abroad. Approximately 2,500 people have died from the virus worldwide, the majority of who are […]