---
title: "The Army wants you to test your might in COVID Kombat"
description: "U.S. Army reserves' recent COVID KOMBAT video takes a humorous look at the unfortunate ways in which people sometimes wear their masks improperly"
date: "2020-11-20"
modified: "2020-11-20"
authors:
  - name: "James Clark"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/james-clark/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-reserves-covid-kombat-video/"
categories:
  - "Army"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "News"
  - "Tactics"
  - "Tech & Tactics"
  - "Training"
tags:
  - "Covid-19"
  - "Reserves"
---

# The Army wants you to test your might in COVID Kombat

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/covid-kombat.png>)

Choose your fighter.

Will you be: The Dangler? The Nose Breather? The Denier?

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/02/MTc2OTUzMDQ2MTIxNTg4MDgw-covid-kombat2.png>)
*Nobody cares that it's easier to breathe with your nose uncovered, Carl, wear your damn mask the right way.*

Your choice might determine whether you make it through COVID Kombat. So pick wisely.

That's the gist of a humorous infomercial about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by Army Reserve Command. The short clip was first published back in October and recently shared on Twitter by [Stars and Stripes reporter Chad Garland](<https://twitter.com/chadgarland/status/1329799253397544966>).

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/02/MTc2OTUyOTYxMjk1OTgzOTg0-covid-kombat.png>)
*Contrary to what every E-6 and above might have you believe, Safety Belts do not protect you from everything.*

The video runs through a string of examples of how *not* to wear your mask and is set up like combatants from the classic console fighting game. The fighters range from those who flat-out refuse to wear a mask to those who'd rather treat them as chin diapers.

Army Reserve Command released another COVID Kombat video last month [tied to Halloween](<https://www.usar.army.mil/News/Videos/videoid/770899/dvpcc/false/#.X7ffD6CL7NY.twitter>).

Both videos end on a more serious tone, with messages stressing that there are right and wrong ways to wear a mask, and imploring viewers to take the proper precautions for their and everyone else's sake.

For God's sake: Wear a f--king mask.

***Related: [The Army is looking into the soldier who vibed with cranberry juice and Fleetwood Mac during an airborne jump](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-paratrooper-tiktok-video/>)***

## Author
James Clark is the editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.

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