U.S. Marine Corps to Temporarily Suspend Training New Recruits Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

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Emma Tucker

Published Mar. 30, 2020 1:31PM EDT

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The United States Marine Corps will “temporarily” suspend sending new recruits to a training location in South Carolina as a precautionary measure to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. “Amid the national emergency caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and out of an abundance of caution,” USMC said in a statement, “the Marine Corps is taking steps to protect its recruits...by temporarily suspending the shipping of new recruits to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.”

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U.S. Marine Corps to Temporarily Suspend Training New Recruits Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Emma Tucker

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