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Pre-boot-camp quarantine leads new Marine Corps training rules

By Abraham Mahshie
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Pre-boot-camp quarantine leads new Marine Corps training rules

Olive-green face masks are helping to keep Marine Corps recruits from contracting the coronavirus, but quarantines, social distancing, and limited housing have reduced throughput, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.

“We know we will be short,” Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Bill Mullen, the commanding general of training and education command, said at a Pentagon press briefing.

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