on the lasting impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. military. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the military realized that it had no choice but to keep mobility operations running. Installations around the world needed fresh supplies and to move people in and out. But the military's options for moving personnel and supplies were quickly dwindling, Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, deputy commander of Air Mobility Command, or AMC, told Military.com this month. As host nations imposed travel restrictions to slow the pandemic's spread, commercial air travel -- which the military sometimes uses on a contract basis -- began to disappear, he said.