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Goldfein: Extension of COVID-19 Travel Hold Could Go Through July

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, April 6th, 2020

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Goldfein: Extension of COVID-19 Travel Hold Could Go Through July

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.

U.S. military members should expect an updated decision about stop-movement orders related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic from the Pentagon within the next couple of weeks, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said April 6. The Department of Defense in March issued a stop movement order for all non-mission-critical personnel through May 11. However, Goldfein told airmen in a Facebook Live interview Monday that he anticipates the stop movement order will be extended as current models show that…

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