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There are fewer recruits due to COVID-19, but they have the same hard training Navy, Marine commanders say

from Marine Corps Times

There are fewer recruits due to COVID-19, but they have the same hard training Navy, Marine commanders say Marine Corps Times The global pandemic caused by the rapid spread of COVID-19 has caused both the Navy and Marine Corps to take precautionary measures to protect new recruits at boot camp and schoolhouses. Company sizes have shrunk, recruits have to spend 14 days in quarantine prior to entering training and recruits don face masks as they stand on the infamous Marine Corps yellow footprints or have their gear issued. But despite these steps, and the chaos caused by the potentially deadly virus, recruits in both the Navy and Marine Corps are still receiving the same training recruits would under normal circumstances, officials said. READ MORE

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