Open AccessThe Role of the Spanish Armed Forces in the Fight against the Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Veronika Hornyák
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
academic and applied research in military and public management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-0744
pISSN - 2498-5392
DOI - 10.32565/aarms.2021.2.ksz.5
Subject(s) - software deployment , pandemic , covid-19 , government (linguistics) , variety (cybernetics) , political science , military personnel , order (exchange) , public relations , business , law , virology , engineering , medicine , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , software engineering , disease , finance , pathology , artificial intelligence , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Similarly to other European countries, the Spanish Government decided to take extensive measures against the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the country with the announcement of special legal order, curfews and the deployment of the armed forces. The ‘Fuerzas Armadas Españ olas’, the FAS, have had an active role in the fight against the pandemic ever since executing a wide variety of tasks on a daily basis, including disinfecting critical infrastructure, and supporting the detection and the monitoring of infected citizens. Besides summarising the role of the Spanish Armed Forces in the fight against Covid-19 in the first year of the pandemic, the present paper explores other aspects of the deployment, such as civil–military relations and the attitude of the society towards military personnel.