Over the past eight months, the Marine Corps, like each military branch, has been forced to adapt to minimize the spread of COVID-19. At its San Diego boot camp, that means quarantines, coronavirus screenings, social distancing and masks.

The San Diego Union-Tribune followed recruits of Alpha Company — from the time they got off the bus at boot camp until they got back on those buses as Marines — to document how training has changed and how it’s stayed the same amidst the greatest public health crisis in a century.