{"id":36692,"date":"2021-04-20T19:11:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T19:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/04\/20\/navy-ends-fort-mccoy-stop-before-boot-camp-cuts-rom-for-fully-vaccinated-recruits\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:52:21","slug":"navy-ends-fort-mccoy-stop-before-boot-camp-cuts-rom-for-fully-vaccinated-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/04\/20\/navy-ends-fort-mccoy-stop-before-boot-camp-cuts-rom-for-fully-vaccinated-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy ends Fort McCoy stop before boot camp, cuts ROM for fully vaccinated recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy is nixing a 14-day restriction of movement (ROM) for fully vaccinated recruits ahead of boot camp at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/10\/20\/largest-class-of-new-sailors-since-2004-graduates-from-navys-recruit-training-command\/\" target=_blank>Recruit Training Command<\/a> in Great Lakes, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is also ending its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/11\/06\/is-fort-mccoy-the-navys-worst-covid-assignment\/\" target=_blank>use of Fort McCoy<\/a> to isolate newly arriving recruits in western Wisconsin before shipping them to Great Lakes. Since August 2020, brand new recruits have spent two weeks in ROM at the Army Reserve base. Unvaccinated recruits will now complete that phase at RTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf a recruit arrives at RTC fully immunized (greater than 14 days since their final dose) with a copy of their immunization record in hand, they will not be required to ROM,\u201d Lt. Cmdr. Phil Chitty, a spokesman for Naval Service Training Command, told Navy Times in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a NAVADMIN released this month, ROM is not required before accession level courses if \u201cstudents are immunized or arrive via bubble-to-bubble\/protected travel.\u201d Boot camp falls under accession level courses, Chitty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other steps the Navy has recently taken to ease restrictions for those vaccinated include eliminating ROM for completely vaccinated crews.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/04\/07\/about-35-percent-of-the-navy-is-vaccinated-against-covid-19-cno\/\" 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\/uss-san-diego-vaccine.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\">About 35 percent of the Navy is vaccinated against COVID-19: CNO<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">But the Navy is still worried about the reluctance from some to get their shot.<\/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 move out of Fort McCoy provides leadership more options concerning staff schedules, and cuts down on time spent traveling the more than 200 miles between the Army base and Great Lakes, Chitty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe transition of ROM operations from Fort McCoy to RTC is an important first step to normalizing training operations during the pandemic,\u201d said Rear. Adm. Jamie Sands III, commander of Naval Service Training Command, in a Navy news release. \u201cWe could not have successfully trained new recruits during these past eight months without the help and support of Fort McCoy, the Army, the Wisconsin National Guard, and the hard work and flexibility of RTC\u2019s staff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/10\/20\/largest-class-of-new-sailors-since-2004-graduates-from-navys-recruit-training-command\/\" 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=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6231124.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\">Largest class of new sailors since 2004 graduates from Navy\u2019s Recruit Training Command<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">&quot;We\u2019ve graduated more than 20,000 recruits amidst COVID from our Recruit Training Command.&quot;<\/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\">While at Fort McCoy, recruits completed their ROM in open bay barracks in \u201cpods\u201d of no more than eight recruits to mitigate the chances of cross contamination in case a recruit did need to go into isolation, according to Recruit Training Command spokeswoman Lt. Kristina Wiedemann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1193\" height=\"731\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-recruit_Fort-McCoy.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-recruit_Fort-McCoy.jpg.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-recruit_Fort-McCoy.jpg.jpg?resize=300,184 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-recruit_Fort-McCoy.jpg.jpg?resize=768,471 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Navy-recruit_Fort-McCoy.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,627 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1193px) 100vw, 1193px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Navy recruits wash their hands Aug. 27 in preparation for chow on board Fort McCoy, an Army training center in western Wisconsin. RTC is working with the Army at Fort McCoy to establish a restriction of movement (ROM) site for Navy recruits prior to entering boot camp. Additional personnel support from Great Lakes, Ill., Millington, Tenn., and Washington, D.C., have been deployed to assist RTC in conducting the initial 14-day ROM to help reduce the risk of bringing the coronavirus to RTC should any individual be infected. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy\u2019s only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nikita Custer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverybody was taped off \u2026 so they each had their own section of the open bay barracks, and within that section, there were four to six recruits and they would be spaced out,\u201d Wiedemann told Navy Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That \u201cpod\u201d setup is intact at RTC, and the only notable shift is that the galleys are now in the barracks, meaning recruits aren\u2019t leaving the barracks to eat, Wiedemann said. The ROM site change took effect April 19, according to the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy took a brief hiatus from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/05\/18\/navy-cautiously-optimistic-it-will-reach-recruiting-goals-this-year-despite-covid-19-challenges\/\" target=_blank>shipping new recruits to RTC last spring<\/a> after a recruit tested positive for COVID-19, but resumed training three weeks later in April with some changes in place. That included requesting recruits voluntarily undergo a 14-day ROM before departing for Great Lakes, followed by a mandatory 14-day ROM before training got underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before using Fort McCoy, the Navy used approximately 11 different hotels near Great Lakes for recruits to complete their ROM, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell Jr. told reporters in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Switching from the hotels to Fort McCoy ended up saving the Navy roughly $2.8 million per month, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6299\" height=\"4312\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cnp-visit.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cnp-visit.jpg.jpg 6299w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cnp-visit.jpg.jpg?resize=300,205 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cnp-visit.jpg.jpg?resize=768,526 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cnp-visit.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,701 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cnp-visit.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1051 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cnp-visit.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1402 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6299px) 100vw, 6299px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. John Nowell visits last week with sailors assigned to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, an isolated Army base being used to quarantine new Navy recruits before they head to boot camp. (Chief Mass Communication Specialist Dominique M. Lasco\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the pause in training due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Navy exceeded its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/12\/29\/navy-surpasses-its-retention-goals-some-sailors-may-now-be-released-early-to-prevent-overmanning\/\" target=_blank>enlisted accession goal<\/a> for FY20 and welcomed 39,678 new sailors to the fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s active component mission for FY21 is 34,834, and the service is on target to meet its recruiting goals this year, according to Navy Recruiting Command. As of April 1, the Navy has shipped 16,292 active component future sailors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated to reflect there are no more than eight recruits in ROM pods.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recruits who aren&#8217;t vaccinated will now complete their ROM at RTC, not Fort 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