{"id":14145,"date":"2021-10-08T16:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/08\/marine-corps-boot-leave-is-back\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:09:10","slug":"marine-corps-boot-leave-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/10\/08\/marine-corps-boot-leave-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps boot leave is back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good news for parents and lonely significant others, bad news for Jody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten days of Marine boot leave has finally returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The traditional 10 days of leave granted to newly minted Marines after they graduate the grueling three months of boot camp was canceled as the Corps tried to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/04\/28\/dozens-test-positive-for-covid-19-at-san-diego-boot-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19 during the pandemic.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Marines who graduate from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Oct. 22 will be the first allowed to take the leave since it was suspended in early 2020, said Capt. Sam Stephenson, spokesman for Marine Corps Training and Education Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Marine Corps Recruit Depot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/03\/30\/parris-island-halts-arrival-of-new-recruits-over-covid-19-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parris Island,<\/a> South Carolina, the new policy will take effect on Oct. 29, according to a post on the depot\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/09\/16\/no-more-quarantine-for-marine-recruits-about-to-start-boot-camp\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6356461.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">No more quarantine for Marine recruits about to start boot camp<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Corps had been considering keeping the quarantine long after the COVID-19 pandemic ended to help fight off \u201crecruit crud.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The renewal of boot leave marks a closer return to normalcy as the Corps, and the Department of Defense as whole, increase the vaccination rates within the ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Friday, 76.5 percent of active duty Marines have been fully vaccinated with 90 percent of the active duty force being at least partially vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaccination rates for the reserves are behind the norm with only 46.4 percent of reserve Marines reporting that they are partially or fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the summer both recruit depots ended the pre-boot camp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/04\/15\/marine-recruits-to-undergo-a-14-day-quarantine-upon-arrival-at-boot-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\">two-week quarantine<\/a> period that the Corps had been using throughout the pandemic to keep recruits healthy once training began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the ten days of leave are up the Marines will be expected to report to either the East or West coast Schools of Infantry with a fresh haircut and squared away service alpha uniform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis decision falls in-line with the latest DOD and service-level force protection measures and COVID-19 initiatives,\u201d said Capt. 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