7 It has been nearly a month since the last time Brig. Gen. Milford H. “Beags” Beagle Jr., Fort Jackson’s commander, spoke to the extended Fort Jackson Family during a virtual town hall. On Jan. 14, he and Col. Tara Hall, Moncrief Army Health Clinic commander, spoke to the community for the first time since Dec. 17. At that time, trainees were departing for Victory Block Leave, but they have now returned and are ready to begin training. “We had over 4,000 trainees leave to go all over the United States and in some cases (outside the continental United States) … less than 60 came back positive,” Beagle said. “That is kudos to you all. Thank you for keeping your trainees safe and getting them back to us so we can get training.”