FORT LEE, Va. (March 31, 2020) -- More than 800 basic combat training troops arrived here March 31 under stringent preventative measures to protect them from the COVID-19 coronavirus. The troops -- who will continue their initial entry training here -- were transported to Fort Lee on sterilized buses, seated in spaced-apart intervals, medically screened before departure and upon arrival, and accompanied by cadre members from Fort Jackson.
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, sent 812 BCT soldiers forward to their Advanced Individual Training courses at Fort Lee, Va. Fort Lee soldiers set up their receiving stations to maximize social distancing and to keep the incoming soldiers and their own safe from COVID-19.
