{"id":41627,"date":"2020-04-10T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/10\/green-beretss-training-pipeline-continues-despite-covid-19-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:27:33","slug":"green-beretss-training-pipeline-continues-despite-covid-19-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/04\/10\/green-beretss-training-pipeline-continues-despite-covid-19-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Berets\u2019 training pipeline continues despite COVID-19 concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Training for roughly 2,500 students in the Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/06\/05\/spec-ops-roles-to-deter-russia-may-shift-more-to-conventional-soldiers\/\" target=_blank>special operations<\/a> pipelines is not stopping for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/23\/soldiers-fears-grow-as-commanders-train-through-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" target=_blank>coronavirus pandemic<\/a>, said JFK Special Warfare Center and School commander Maj. Gen. Patrick B. Roberson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green Beret, civil affairs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/10\/25\/syria-gave-psyops-civil-affairs-sets-and-reps-in-messaging-and-setting-up-local-governance-three-star-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">psychological operations<\/a> training courses have continued, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/27\/ranger-was-killed-by-afghan-friendly-fire-during-night-raid-on-al-qaida-investigation-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army Special Operations Command<\/a> has shut down some advanced training, to include shooting courses and the combat diver course, Roberson said during a livestreamed town hall Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A special forces selection class slated to start in April was cancelled due to the Pentagon\u2019s travel ban, but SWCS is planning to run another selection class in May, Roberson added. The next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/02\/04\/army-spec-ops-training-changes-for-future-fights\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robin Sage exercise<\/a>, the training program\u2019s culminating event, is still scheduled to start in roughly six weeks, with soldiers currently working through the phases leading up to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But not all are happy with the decision to continue. Roberson read a question submitted during the town hall that asked why SWCS is \u201cchoosing to endanger students, cadre and their families\u201d by training in the &#8220;middle of a quarantine period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roberson responded that SWCS\u2019 training programs have been deemed \u201cmission critical,&#8221; pointing to the Army\u2019s need for an uninterrupted stream of new special operations soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t want to start from a cold start, getting our production line back up,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, again, we\u2019re mitigating risk as best we can. As of right now, no one in the SWCS enterprise has tested positive for COVID and we\u2019re testing as often as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army basic training recently entered a two-week pause before shipping any more new recruits, giving hotspots where military entrance processing stations are located a chance to tamp down on the pandemic. However, basic training classes are different in that they\u2019re taking new recruits from the civilian population, according to the SWCS leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re actually working with clean populations for the most part. The people we\u2019re taking have been in the Army,\u201d Roberson said. \u201cAs of right now we haven\u2019t had anybody who has really been off of Fort Bragg since this started, [who] we\u2019re training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers who are training are not being quarantined during training phases out in Camp MacKall, and though it\u2019s possible that could happen, it remains unlikely, Roberson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SWCS also implements \u201csemi-quarantine\u201d phases, Roberson added. He pointed to Green Beret candidates in the Qualification Course who have been in the MOS Phase of training and who are in the process of moving out to Camp Mackall. There, they\u2019ll be briefly quarantined for five days. During that time, they\u2019ll conduct classroom work and be monitored for symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have plenty of doctors, medics and [physician assistants] \u2014 probably the highest density of anybody in the military system \u2014 and we are utilizing them to do these screening programs,\u201d Roberson said, listing temperature checks, symptoms questionnaires and deep-cleaning of facilities as measures being taken to prevent outbreaks at SWCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although widespread testing is not occurring, if a screened soldier is found to have COVID-19 symptoms, they\u2019ll be tested and results will be returned between six hours and three days, a SWCS official said. 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