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No more quarantine for Marine recruits about to start boot camp
The Corps had been considering keeping the quarantine long after the COVID-19 pandemic ended to help fight off “recruit crud.”
By Philip Athey
Marines attending a formal school may have to arrive 14 days early due to COVID-19
“Effective immediately, all Marines traveling to attend scheduled formal courses from outside the local area of the course may be required to arrive an additional 14 days prior to the scheduled convening of the course to accommodate local commanders’ restriction of movement (ROM) for COVID-19 related local quarantine."
By Shawn Snow
Marine recruits to undergo a 14-day quarantine upon arrival at boot camp
“As recruits arrive to the depot in the future, they will enter a staging period of 14 days during which they will be medically screened, monitored and provided classes to prepare and orient them to begin recruit training."
By Shawn Snow
Returning troops denied water, bathrooms under quarantine
“This is no way to treat Soldiers returning from war,” one soldier said.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Marines headed to Australia will have to undergo quarantine for two weeks
According to Australia’s Department of Health, there are 565 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of 6:30 am Thursday — that’s an increase of 111 cases over a 24-hour period.
By Shawn Snow
Cruise passengers arrive at Dobbins Air Reserve Base to begin quarantine as Georgia reacts to virus
Some of the passengers from a cruise ship in California that carried people infected by the new coronavirus arrived at an air base in Georgia to begin a two-week quarantine, as more than 100 schools in two districts were closed Wednesday and public events were scrapped.
By Jeff Martin, The Associated Press
New York National Guard activated to combat coronavirus, establish ‘containment area’
The National Guard will establish a containment area to combat the spread of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, within one mile of the suspected center of the outbreak in New Rochelle, New York.
By Dylan Gresik
Cruise ship passengers to be quarantined at military bases in 3 states; US Army stops troops moving to and from South Korea, Italy for new assignments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says American passengers of the Grand Princess cruise ship will be taken to military bases in California, Texas and Georgia to be tested for the COVID-19 virus and for a 14-day quarantine.
Coronavirus is here to ruin all hope for beards in the military
A limited number of styles are permissible as long as the hair does not break the seal of the mask.
By Jon Simkins
First group of US coronavirus evacuees from China leaving quarantine after 2 weeks
What will the first group of Americans in more than 50 years quarantined for a public health concern do when they are released Tuesday?
By Patricia Kime
Pentagon adds to list of bases that can house passengers quarantined for coronavirus
The facilities would be a "tertiary" choice for housing quarantined passengers after Department of Health and Human Services sites fill
By Patricia Kime