Army personnel are assisting police with transport for testing and vaccination while delivering food packages.
They don't have policing powers themselves.
From earlier on a story about people being told to stay in overcrowded homes with temps around 40 degrees and some with their electricity cut off because they don't have credit on their power cards.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-21/nt-explainer-on-new-cases-in-binjari-and-rockhole/100638192Last night, Mr Gunner put in a phone call to Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ensure more help was on its way if needed.
The federal government has already flown in Australian military trucks and personnel, but Mr Gunner says a further assessment will be made today around whether more resources will be needed.
Residents living in the remote communities of Binjari and nearby Rockhole have been plunged into a hard lockdown after nine new positive COVID-19 cases were recorded late on Saturday.
The measures — the toughest actions deployed against the virus in the Northern Territory to date — will likely stay in place for the next 14 days.
A 78-year-old woman has already been taken to the Royal Darwin Hospital and 38 close contacts have been identified and are being transported to Howard Springs.
The new cases bring the Territory's cluster to 35.
Northern Territory's Deputy Chief Health Officer, Dr Charles Pain, says he is bracing for even more cases as authorities ramp up testing efforts.
And as temperatures soar to 40 degrees, stifling residents in overcrowded homes — some left without power for days now — concerns have been raised over how the next two weeks will play out.