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By REED ALBERGOTTI AND AARON GREGG | The Washington Post | Published: January 7, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. This spring, amid a panic over a shortage of ventilators to treat the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases, the Pentagon announced the purchase of $84 million worth of breathing machines from four companies. One of the ventilators, the SAVe II+, made by a small Plano, Texas-based compan...

The U.S. paid a Texas company nearly $70 million for ventilators that were unfit for covid-19 patients. Why? Reed Albergotti, Aaron Gregg A Special Forces senior combat medic demonstrates the proper use of the SAVe II respiratory ventilator as part of Special Operations COVID-19 Rapid Assessment, Treatment, and Emergency Services (SOCRATES) training. (Sgt. Angela Walter/10th Special Forces Group Airborne) This spring, amid a panic over a shortage of ventilators to treat the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases, the Pentagon announced the purchase of $84 million worth of b...