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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
Readying for the worst: Pandemic’s long deployments take a hard toll on crews, families and ships
The pace of operations and Big Navy’s COVID suppression measures are placing added stress and strain upon sailors and raising questions in some circles about retention and the material readiness of Navy ships, compounding issues that existed well before the pandemic.
Report: Skipper tried to quarantine crew for 28 days on their ship before a weeklong underway
Higher ups scuppered the plan after reporters starting asking questions.
By Navy Times staff
NORAD’s Canadian troops plan for a different holiday season at Peterson Air Force Base amid pandemic
Canada's quarantine policy has meant that jetting home for a weekend isn’t an option for the Canadian troops at Peterson Air Force Base.
By Tom Roeder, The Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette via the AP
Joint Chiefs members cleared to return to work at Pentagon after self-quarantine
Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff self-quarantined as a precaution after a senior Coast Guard official tested positive for COVID-19.
Theodore Roosevelt sailors test positive for COVID-19 during at-sea training
Two shipmates had tested positive as of Friday morning and were flown off the ship.
Top military leadership quarantines after Coast Guard vice commandant tests positive for COVID-19
The Pentagon says the other senior military leaders have not tested positive for the coronavirus, but are self-quarantining out of caution.
President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19
Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced that senior aide Hope Hicks had come down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press and Jill Colvin, The Associated Press