The US armed forces are juggling contradictory goals — troop readiness and troop protection. Tensions around these goals are playing out in Guam and elsewhere, as military leaders prepare troops to fight, while trying to shield them from the coronavirus outbreak. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly.
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