NEWS

Everyone has different ways of handling the current pandemic. Residents of Fort Jackson Family Homes have found unique ways of taking it in stride including making art with sidewalk chalk, and banding together as a community to ensure residents have fresh produce.

As South Carolina continues to stay at home to battle the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the local USO office has stepped forward to help by donating more than 1,500 travel kits to Fort Jackson trainees and activated National Guard units.

The amount of misinformation spreading across social media sites has risen exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic. One topic raising concerns is the question of pets and whether they can be infected by the 2019 novel coronavirus.

For some Basic Combat Training Soldiers at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, an early morning formation March 31 to prepare for movement to Advanced Individual Training ended was the beginning of their next step into Initial Entry Training.

Fort Jackson remains at the forefront of the prevention and containment of COVID-19 in order to protect the community while still training a majority of America’s Initial Entry Training Soldiers.

Fort Jackson leaders held a virtual town hall on March 19 to discuss changes and new policies that recently took effect across the installation to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and protect Soldiers, civilians and their Families.

Fort Jackson leadership continues to emphasize to the community to practice social distancing measures to help ensure the safety of the post’s Soldiers, trainees and the civilian workforce after two Soldiers were the post’s first confirmed cases of COVID-19.

“Our job is to do small projects before they become bigger projects,” said Hideki Tsuboi. “We nip it in the bud.” Tsuboi is half of a powerhouse duo who have reduced the wait time for repairs in the Fort Jackson Single Soldier Complex. Jennifer Ray is the other half of the team; both are preventative maintenance team members for the Operations and Maintenance Division of the Directorate of Public Works.