Navy SEAL recruits resume training while social distancing
Julie Watson, The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Navy SEAL recruits and their instructors are being tested for the coronavirus as the candidates in one of the military’s most grueling programs return to training with new social distancing guidelines, a top official said Tuesday.
Everyone in the first phase of training will be tested to try to detect if anyone is infected but asymptomatic, Capt. Bart Randall said. The rapid tests to be administered this week to 170 recruits and instructors are part of a defense department pilot project.
“Ideally we’ll get any asymptomatic shedders out of the population to help keep the rest of the guys safe,†said Randall, the Naval Special Warfare Center’s commodore.
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