WASHINGTON – Some military bases will be able to begin bringing back some personnel and take the first major step toward a return to normal operations this week, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
The announcement came as the Pentagon laid out detailed plans that will govern how the department and its forces around the world will gradually and systematically begin to lift restrictions put in place by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Defense officials did not say how many bases or where they were, but said the locations would be made public. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Matthew Donovan, the department's under secretary for personnel, said that some locations will be able to “go green immediately” based on the conditions in their region and a