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By: FEDweek StaffThe Pentagon has loosened travel restrictions on DoD civilian personnel and others, in the first major change to pandemic-related policies since it consolidated in early April policies previously scattered across numerous issuances.
The changes: remove pre-travel viral testing requirements for military service members, DoD family members, DoD civilian employees, and DoD contractor personnel; remove additional guidance relating to travel testing requirements, including exceptions from those requirements; and incorporate recommendations regarding pre-travel testing for all travelers arriving in the United States through or from a foreign country.
For example, rather than requiring viral testing between one and three days before international travel and that travelers keep the proof of negative test during travel, that is now only recommended. However, it continues to state that travelers must adhere to any stricter policies in effect at the destination.
The guidance is here: https://media.defense.gov/2022/Jul/07/2003031163/-1/-1/0/CONSOLIDATED-DOD-COVID-19-FHP-GUIDANCE-REVISION-1.PDF
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