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Socially Distanced Reception: MCRD San Diego
Title (Dublin Core)
Socially Distanced Reception: MCRD San Diego
Description (Dublin Core)
This screenshot showcases B Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion's early morning reception at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (MCRD San Diego), the Marine Corps' basic training installation for all recruits enlisted west of the Mississippi River. With social distancing an integral measure to counter the coronavirus's advance, recruits appear to be staggered in formation so as to avoid shoulder-to-shoulder contact, as indicated by the empty yellow footprints that would normally be occupied four to a row. However, it must be noted that at this date, none of the recruits have masks, and neither do the receiving sergeants in the photo's background, therefore underscoring the difficulties of rapidly adapting to a novel infectious disease whose spread could have dire consequences in a military environment.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 30, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Corporal Brooke C. Woods, USMC
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Aaron Peterka
Partner (Dublin Core)
Northeastern University
Type (Dublin Core)
Screenshot
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Marine Corps Times
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government Federal
English
Social Distance
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
military
social distance
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Military
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/01/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/24/2020
11/04/2020
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This item was submitted on July 1, 2020 by Aaron Peterka using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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