美国每个月都有数千名新兵加入军队，替换退役军人，但将新兵派到密闭空间进行数月训练的后勤保障问题也引发了白宫官员的担忧。
美国陆军参谋长詹姆斯·麦康维尔上将(James C. McConville)在周五的新闻发布会上重申，五角大楼已表示，军队训练将继续进行，不过军方已经对从家乡前往训练地点的新兵实施了额外的筛查和隔离措施。
麦康维尔说，很多招兵都是通过社交媒体进行的，在招收新兵遭遇持续问题后，美军近年来开始在网上招兵，例如创建自己的电子竞技联盟，吸引更多年轻人加入军队。
美国陆军部长莱恩·麦卡锡(Ryan McCarthy)表示，美军目前有20多名军人和8名军人家属的新型冠状病毒检测呈阳性。麦卡锡说，他预计今年招兵数量可能会受到疫情影响。
美国空军周五表示，一名在五角大楼工作的美国空军承包商，和另一名本月访问过该大楼的现役军人确诊感染新冠病毒，这是已知的第一例曾经到过五角大楼的病例。空军在一份声明中说，一名为国防卫生局工作的军人在新型冠状病毒检测中呈阳性。该军人最后一次出现在五角大楼是3月16日，停留了不到一小时。
The US army has closed all recruiting stations and turned them into online conscripts, with recruits continuing their training
U.S. officials said Friday that the military will close all recruitment centers and move to online recruitment. At the same time, the Pentagon is trying to keep recruiting during the 2019-ncov pandemic to keep up the numbers.
Thousands of new Americans are joining the military each month to replace veterans, but the logistics of sending recruits into confined spaces for months of training has also raised concerns among White House officials.
Chief of Staff of the United States Army General James McConville reiterated at a news conference on Friday, the Pentagon has said military training will continue, but the military has imposed additional screening and segregation measures on recruits traveling from home to training sites.
Much of the recruiting is done through social media, McConville said, and the U.S. military has been recruiting online in recent years after continuing problems with recruiting, such as creating its own e sports league to attract more young people to the military.
U.S. Army Secretary of War Lyne Joseph McCarthy said more than 20 military personnel and eight family members of military personnel have tested positive for 2019-ncov. Joseph McCarthy said he expected this year's troop levels to be affected by the outbreak.
A U.S. air force contractor working at the Pentagon and another active-duty soldier who visited the building this month have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, the first known case of a visit to the Pentagon, the air force said on Friday. The Air Force said in a statement that a soldier working for the 2019-ncov tested positive. The soldier was last seen at the Pentagon on March 16, staying for less than an hour.
