No resistance to mask-wearing at largest Army combat training center

By Abraham Mahshie

Published September 3, 2020 10:57am ET

No resistance to mask-wearing at largest Army combat training center — U.S. Army recruits from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus while practicing rappelling at Victory Tower on the Army's largest basic combat training center at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. | Photo by Abraham Mahshie

FORT JACKSON, South Carolina — By 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the sky was as white as the sand below the fallen pine cones and needles at the Army’s largest combat training center at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

A thick fog shielded some of the oppressive heat but not the humidity. Sweat streamed down the faces of young recruits, wetting their Army-issued face masks.