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An audit of the San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot has found that military training leaders largely botched their response to the pandemic.
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A March 31 audit that reviewed San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot as well as facilities of the nation’s other services, has found that military training leaders largely botched their response to the pandemic. “As a result, the potential for positive COVID-19 cases among recruits and training personnel may increase,” says the report by the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General. But the numbers of infections of both staff and recruits have been redacted from the document posted online, preventing the public from viewing possibly embarrassing information.
SAN DIEGO
A massive fire dooms a warship in San Diego’s waterfront. Training accidents kill 11 in San Clemente Island. Some long deployments come to an end as others are just beginning.
These are a few of the stories affecting the San Diego military community in 2020.
Underpinning it all is the coronavirus pandemic, which sickened many and strained local military forces as they tried to maintain regular operations.
The pandemic tested military leaders and changed day-to-day operations. Sailors endured weeks-long quarantines before going to sea. and Marine recruits isolated in hotels before starting boot camp.
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Before the virus reached US shores, the year began with tensions escalating into violence between the United States and Iran, as both countries sought to exert influence in Iraq.