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Cadets wear masks as they sit under camouflage netting, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in West Point, N.Y.

Pentagon drops new quarantine guidance for COVID-19 exposure, diagnosis

Positive? Close contact? Asymptomatic? These are the new rules.

By Meghann Myers

3 years ago

A drill instructor with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, waits to report to the company commander on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Sept 19, 2020.

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

3 years ago

US locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge

Staffing levels at the Kabul embassy have already been significantly reduced pending the completion of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.

3 years ago

Pre-deployment ROM cut for vaccinated sailors

“With more than a year operating in the COVID environment, we have gained significant expertise in mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19."

By Diana Stancy

3 years ago

Nearly 100 US Naval Academy midshipmen moved off campus after testing positive for COVID-19

The school is also rolling out a raft of measures to help curb the novel coronavirus' spread in the Brigade of Midshipmen.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Big Navy: Sailors will enjoy fewer COVID restrictions if they volunteer to get the vaccine

As the vaccines roll out across the fleet, things will loosen up for immunized sailors and fully immunized crews, according to the Navy's latest COVID guidance.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago