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AutoMatters & More Concerts Your FREE NASCAR racing returns to Auto Club Tame Impala, Third Eye Blind, Celine Dion, Speedway - Jimmie Johnson bids farewell. Blake Shelton and the Bellamy Brothers, The weekly paper See page 13 Music of Cream. See page 15 Take one! Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force ARMED FORCES DISPATCHSan Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY NINTH YEAR NO. 45 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 WOMENS HISTORY MONTH 2020 WEST 2020 HONORING THE PAST, SECURING THE FUTURE! SAN DIEGO (March 2, 2020) Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet, speaks during a panel at WEST 2020, a na- val conference and exposition at the San Diego Convention Center. Brown was among several top military leaders in a panel discussion on man- ning, training and equipping during Great Power Competition. Navy photo by MC2 Alex Millar DOD makes plans to combat coronavirus by Jim Garamone, DOD News The Defense Department is making plans to combat the coronavi- rus, DOD leaders said March 2 during a news conference. For the past six weeks, defense leaders have been meeting to plan for any possible scenario with the virus that first surfaced in China. The Department of Defense workforce increased from 27 home and abroad. The Women’s of the lesser-known roles women “We’ve issued a variety of [memoranda] and directives advising the (DoD) is commemorating the percent to nearly 37 percent, and Auxiliary Army Corps (WACs) played in the war was provided force on how to deal with coronavirus,” Defense Secretary Dr. Mark 75th Anniversary of World War by 1945 nearly one out of every worked in more than 200 non- by the Women’s Airforce Service T. Esper said. The DOD civilian and military leadership, including all II by recognizing the contribu- four married women worked combatant jobs stateside and Pilots (WASPs) who were the the service secretaries and combatant command commanders, have tions and sacrifices made by outside the home. in every theater of the war. By first women to fly American worked together to ensure the department is ready for short- and Service members as well as 1945, there were more than military aircraft. More than The aviation industry saw the long-term scenarios, as well as domestic and international situations. those who served on the home 100,000 WACs and 6,000 female 1,000 WASPs served, and 38 greatest increase in female work- Esper stressed that commanders at all levels have the authority and front. officers. of them lost their lives during ers. By 1943, 310,000 women guidance they need to operate. “(U.S. Northern Command) remains the war. We pay tribute to the women worked in the aircraft industry, the global integrator for all DOD efforts and entities,” Esper said. In the Navy, members of who undauntedly and coura- representing 65 percent of the “My number one priority remains to protect our forces and their Women Accepted for Volunteer This month, the DoD pays geously contributed to the de- industry’s total workforce. families; second is to safeguard our mission capabilities and third [is] Emergency Service (WAVES) tribute to the women who not fense of our nation. to support the interagency whole-of-government’s approach. We will In addition to home front jobs, provided support stateside. only forever changed the course continue to take all necessary precautions to ensure that our people Between 1940 and 1945, the some 350,000 women joined The Coast Guard and Marine of history but also redefined the are safe and able to continue their very important mission.” female percentage of the U.S. the Armed Services, serving at Corps soon followed suit.One United States military. see Virus, page 4 What month is it? 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