the JCS reaction from the last time this was an urgent issue: https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/CJCS%20Memo%20to%20the%20Joint%20Force%20(02JUN2020).pdf

the JCS reaction from the last time this was an urgent issue: https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/CJCS%20Memo%20to%20the%20Joint%20Force%20(02JUN2020).pdf https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/CJCS%20Memo%20to%20... (although note that JCS is advisory; it was Esper's call back then — someone should get the incoming SecDef's opinion!)