U.S. Army Response to COVID-19 in Europe
In March of 2020, Italy became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic on the European continent.
In the following weeks and months, the United States military supported their NATO ally in the fight against the spread of the virus and adapted the way they operate to account for the restrictive measures placed on European countries.
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 601st Quartermaster Company sews face masks in Aviano, Italy in support of Operation Provide Masks during the Army’s coronavirus response in Europe, April 28, 2020.
U.S. Army medics assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion test members of the force in Vicenza, Italy, July 13, 2020.
U.S. Army medic paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment swab soldiers for COVID-19 during a 100% surveillance testing of the brigade in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Aug. 20, 2020 after nearly seven weeks in the field.