SSG Don Moss 5838333 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-454235"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-has-the-coronavirus-affected-basic-training%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+has+the+Coronavirus+affected+Basic+Training%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-has-the-coronavirus-affected-basic-training&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AHow has the Coronavirus affected Basic Training?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-has-the-coronavirus-affected-basic-training" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="7987374d2e6dc7b2dafec878c9a17ae6" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/454/235/for_gallery_v2/ebbe6279.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/454/235/large_v3/ebbe6279.jpg" alt="Ebbe6279" /></a></div></div>How has the Coronavirus affected Army Basic Training? When I think of everything we did in Basic very little of it would have worked with &quot;social distancing&quot; (Heal-to-toe lines, cattle trucks, DS in your face, etc!) Are there new procedures in place? Are there backlogs of trainees? We are hearing a lot of stories but would really like to get an update from someone with first-hand knowledge. How has the Coronavirus affected Basic Training? 2020-05-01T11:57:57-04:00 SSG Don Moss 5838333 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-454235"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-has-the-coronavirus-affected-basic-training%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=How+has+the+Coronavirus+affected+Basic+Training%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fhow-has-the-coronavirus-affected-basic-training&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AHow has the Coronavirus affected Basic Training?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/how-has-the-coronavirus-affected-basic-training" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="5b23e5e12fde86e50f1220b4b4acbc2a" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/454/235/for_gallery_v2/ebbe6279.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/454/235/large_v3/ebbe6279.jpg" alt="Ebbe6279" /></a></div></div>How has the Coronavirus affected Army Basic Training? When I think of everything we did in Basic very little of it would have worked with &quot;social distancing&quot; (Heal-to-toe lines, cattle trucks, DS in your face, etc!) Are there new procedures in place? Are there backlogs of trainees? We are hearing a lot of stories but would really like to get an update from someone with first-hand knowledge. How has the Coronavirus affected Basic Training? 2020-05-01T11:57:57-04:00 2020-05-01T11:57:57-04:00 PFC Nicholas Efstathiou 5839144 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I&#39;m curious to see how this works out. My daughter&#39;s fiance ships out to Ft. Benning in July. Response by PFC Nicholas Efstathiou made May 1 at 2020 4:17 PM 2020-05-01T16:17:18-04:00 2020-05-01T16:17:18-04:00 SSG Don Moss 5839409 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My son is graduating from HS this year and was ready to go to BCT immediately. He swore in at MEPS yesterday and got a ship date of February 2021! Curious to hear what others are experiencing, not to mention some info on the procedures in place. Response by SSG Don Moss made May 1 at 2020 5:40 PM 2020-05-01T17:40:59-04:00 2020-05-01T17:40:59-04:00 2020-05-01T11:57:57-04:00