The Army is conducting a change of mission to focus on combating the COVID-19 pandemic. With this new mission, the Army will protect the force, posture the force to maintain global operational readiness and support the national effort to fight against COVID-19. The Army continually assesses how we will best protect Soldiers, civilians and their families; maintain force readiness to meet global challenges, and provide support to the FEMA-lead national COVID-19 response.