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DoD Travel Restriction to Be Extended, Pentagon to Conduct Post-COVID-19 Review

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

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DoD Travel Restriction to Be Extended, Pentagon to Conduct Post-COVID-19 Review

Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

The Defense Department plans to “modify and extend” the current stop-movement order that restricts U.S. military personnel from traveling, with a new expiration date to be announced in the next couple of days, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said April 14. The current order limits non-mission-critical personnel from traveling outside a 50-mile radius of their home station through May 11, in an effort to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. A new date is still being finalized, Esper said…

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