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Marine at Arizona base tested positive for COVID-19 as large-scale ‘mission-essential’ exercise continues

Yuma has roughly 104,000 residents with nearly 20 percent of the population over the age of 60 — a sizable population vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

Thousands of Marines are in Arizona for exercise despite DoD travel ban

Lt. Adara Story, a spokeswoman for Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, told Marine Corps Times in an emailed statement that the training had been deemed “mission essential training” by Gen. David Berger, the commandant of the Marine Corps, “and will continue as planned.”

By Shawn Snow and Leo Shane III

5 years ago