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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Marine wearing personal protective equipment takes the temperature of a new recruit who has adjusted his face mask for medical screening while other incoming recruits wearing face masks wait their turn in line.

New Recruits

New recruits assigned to India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, are medically screened after arriving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., July 27, 2020. As future recruits arrive, they will enter a 14-day staging period to be medically screened, monitored and attended classes to prepare them to begin recruit training. All of this will occur before they step onto the iconic yellow footprints and make that memorable move toward earning the title “Marine.”

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