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Marine Corps nature is healing, the gyms are opening again
Some major Marine installations from Lejeune, Pendleton to Quantico are opening up their gyms.
By Shawn Snow
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Congressman asks commandant to relax grooming standards
“It would only take one infected Marine sitting down in a barber chair, or one infected barber breathing too close to a client, to start a chain reaction that could infect a large population that forms part of our fighting force.”
By Shawn Snow
Is the Corps just running and gunning with its haircut and annual training COVID-19 policy?
There’s a battle raging on social media among Marines and veterans full of snark, discontent and frustration over what many believe is a common sense solution to shutter barbershops, relax grooming standards and scale back training.
By Shawn Snow
Marine Corps readiness takes a hit as two dozen exercises are canceled or scaled back over COVID-19 concerns
“We train so that we can be ready to go,” the commandant said. “We never get the chance to pick the next crisis, where it happens, when it happens.”
By Shawn Snow
Gym aboard D.C. Marine barracks remains open despite COVID-19 pandemic
The Marine barracks gym remains open despite an order from Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to close gyms across the city to help stymie the spread of the virus. The governors of Maryland and Virginia have also ordered the closure of gyms across the two states.
By Shawn Snow
It’s not the Waffle House index, but a Marine barbershop has closed over COVID-19
“As conditions change, installations within the command may consider closing the barbershops based on the recommendations from the Public Health Emergency Officers."
By Shawn Snow