ALARACT 038/2020 DTG: R 281302Z APR 20 SUBJ/URGENT ALARACT ...

ALARACT 038/2020 DTG: R 281302Z APR 20

UNCLAS/FOUO SUBJ/URGENT ALARACT 038/2020 ? UPDATE TO PERSONNEL POLICY GUIDANCE IN SUPPORT OF ARMY WIDE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) OUTBREAK THIS URGENT ALARACT MESSAGE HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED BY JSP ON BEHALF OF HQDA DCS, G-1. 1. REFERENCES. 1.A. 10 UNITED STATES CODE (USC) 12301, RESERVE COMPONENTS GENERALLY. 1.B. MEMORANDUM, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SUBJECT: MODIFICATION AND REISSUANCE OF DOD RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - 2019 TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, 20 APRIL 2020. 1.C. MEMORANDUM, UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SUBJECT: SPECIAL LEAVE ACCRUAL, 16 APRIL 2020. 1.D. THE JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS (JTR) UNIFORMED SERVICE MEMBERS AND DOD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, 1 APRIL 2020. 1.E. DODI 1315.18, PROCEDURES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS, 28 OCTOBER 2015, INCORPORATING CHANGE 3, EFFECTIVE 24 JUNE 2019. 1.F. DODI 1400.25, DOD CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VOLUME 1230, EMPLOYMENT IN FOREIGN AREAS AND EMPLOYEE RETURN RIGHTS, 26 JULY 2012. 1.G. AR 55-46, TRAVEL OVERSEAS, 14 JUNE 2017. 1.H. AR 135-200, ACTIVE DUTY FOR MISSIONS, PROJECTS, AND TRAINING FOR RESERVE COMPONENT SOLDIERS, 26 SEPTEMBER 2017. 1.I. AR 600-77, ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WOUNDED, ILL, OR INJURED SOLDIERS, 05 MARCH 2019. 1.J. AR 614-30, OVERSEAS SERVICE, 22 DECEMBER 2016. 1.K. AR 600-8-11, REASSIGNMENT, 1 MAY 2007, RAPID ACTION REVISION (RAR) ISSUE DATE 18 OCTOBER 2012.

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1.L. AR 600-8-10, LEAVES AND PASSES, 15 FEBRUARY 2006, RAPID ACTION REVISION (RAR) ISSUE DATE 4 AUGUST 2011.

1.M. AR 614-100, OFFICER ASSIGNMENT POLICIES, DETAILS, AND TRANSFERS, 3 DECEMBER 2019.

1.N. AR 614-200, ENLISTED ASSIGNMENTS AND UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT, 25 JANUARY 2019.

1.O. AR 690-300, EMPLOYMENT, 3 APRIL 2019.

1.P. FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION GUIDANCE (SUPPLEMENT 4).

1.Q. HQDA EXORD 144-20, ARMY WIDE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO COVID-19 OUTBREAK (AND SUBSEQUENT FRAGOS).

1.R. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS (DSSR).

1.S. ASA (M&RA) DELEGATION OF CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES (CHR) AUTHORITY MATRIX, VERSION 02-2017, 23 OCTOBER 2017.

1.T. DODI 6200.03, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (PHEM) WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, 28 MARCH 2019.

1.U. AR 690-11 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY EXPEDITIONARY CIVILIAN WORKFORCE AND CIVILIAN DEPLOYMENTS, IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, 8 NOVEMBER 2019.

1.V. MEMORANDUM, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, SUBJECT: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OFFICIAL TRAVEL OF ARMY PERSONNEL, 23 APRIL 2020.

1.W. ALARACT 029/2020, ARMY GUIDANCE FOR FILING PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) AND TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL CLAIM FOR SOLDIERS IMPACTED BY CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) AND MILITARY PAY AND ALLOWANCES FLOWCHART, 31 MARCH 2020.

1.X. ALARACT 031/2020, PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE IN SUPPORT OF REQUESTS FOR ON-STATION EXTENSION AND ASSIGNMENT DEFERMENT/DELETION IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 HARDSHIPS, 30 MARCH 2020.

1.Y. ALARACT 028/2020, PERSONNEL POLICY GUIDANCE IN SUPPORT OF ARMY WIDE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID) 19 OUTBREAK, 18 MARCH 2020. (HEREBY RESCINDED).

2. PURPOSE: PROVIDE PERSONNEL GUIDANCE TO ARMY COMMANDS (ACOMS), ARMY SERVICE COMPONENT COMMANDS (ASCCS), AND DIRECT REPORTING UNITS (DRUS) IN SUPPORT OF ARMY WIDE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK.

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3. SITUATION.

3.A. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN FOR COVID-19 ON 30 JANUARY 2020. DUE TO THE INCREASED COVID-19 CONCERNS, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) HAS TEMPORARILY INCREASED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHICH MAY RESULT IN TRAVEL DELAYS AND DEFERMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PERSONNEL.

3.B. APPLICABILITY. THIS ALARACT APPLIES TO REGULAR ARMY (RA), UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE ? ACTIVE GUARD RESERVE (USAR-AGR), SOLDIERS SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT (ADOS), NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS ON TITLE 10 ORDERS, AND DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CIVILIANS (DACS).

3.C. TRAVEL EXCEPTION AUTHORITIES. APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR EXCEPTIONS TO POLICY (ETPS) BELONGS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR PERSONNEL UNDER HIS JURISDICTION; THE COMBATANT COMMANDER IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS ASSIGNED OR ALLOCATED TO A COMBATANT COMMAND (CCMD); THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS ASSIGNED TO THE JOINT STAFF; OR THE CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL UNDER DEFENSE FIELD ACTIVITIES AND AGENCIES.

3.D. EXEMPTIONS TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.

3.D.1 TRAVEL FOR INDIVIDUALS PENDING RETIREMENTS OR SEPARATIONS DURING THE STOP MOVE WINDOW ARE EXEMPT FROM DOD TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS. THIS INCLUDES RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (REFRAD) FOR RESERVE COMPONENT (RC) SOLDIERS. TRANSITION LEAVE (FORMERLY CALLED TERMINAL LEAVE) OR TRANSITION LEAVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH PERMISSIVE TDY FOR ELIGIBLE SOLDIERS WHO ARE RETIRING OR SEPARATING FROM THE ARMY IS AUTHORIZED. UNITS WILL FOLLOW THE POLICY ESTABLISHED IN REFERENCE 1.L.

3.D.2. TRAVEL BY PATIENTS, AUTHORIZED ESCORTS, AND ATTENDANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR DOD PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS IS AUTHORIZED. TRAVEL BY MEDICAL PROVIDERS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR DOD PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES IS ALSO AUTHORIZED.

3.D.3. SEE REFERENCE 1.V. PARA 4 FOR COMPLETE LIST OF EXEMPTIONS FROM TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.

3.E. ALL SOLDIERS TRAVELING UNDER EXCEPTION TO POLICY MUST TRAVEL WITH COPIES OF APPROVED EXCEPTIONS TO FACILITATE TRAVEL.

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4. EXECUTION.

4.A. TDY TRAVEL GUIDANCE

4.A.1. NEW TDY TRAVEL REQUESTS.

4.A.1.A. SOLDIERS AND DACS, UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, REQUESTING NEW TDY TRAVEL (OPERATIONAL, TRAINING, MODERNIZATION, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION) WILL SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR ETP TO THE AUTHORITIES LISTED IN REF 1.V.

4.A.1.B. SOLDIERS AND DACS, NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, SUCH AS THOSE ASSIGNED OR ALLOCATED TO A CCMD, REQUESTING NEW TDY TRAVEL (OPERATIONAL, TRAINING, MODERNIZATION, PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION) WILL SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR ETP USING THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE SUPPORTING CCMD, JOINT STAFF, OR DEFENSE ACTIVITY.

4.A.2. TDY RETURN TO HOME STATION.

4.A.2.A. SOLDIERS AND DACS, UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AT HOME STATION, CURRENTLY TDY MAY RETURN TO HOME STATION WITHOUT AN ETP IAW WITH REF 1.V.

4.A.2.B. SOLDIERS AND DACS, NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AT THEIR HOME STATION WHO ARE CURRENTLY TDY MAY RETURN TO HOME STATION CONSISTENT WITH THE TRAVEL GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE CCMD, JOINT STAFF, OR DEFENSE ACTIVITY AS APPLICABLE.

4.A.2.C. IF A PCSING SOLDIER WHO IS TDY ELECTED TO LEAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN GOVERNMENT QUARTERS OR NON-GOVERNMENT QUARTERS AT THEIR PDS IAW AR 600-8-11, PARA 4-2A OR 4-2C, THEN THE SOLDIER WILL RETURN TO THEIR PDS UPON COMPLETION OF TDY. AN ETP REQUEST FOR SOLDIER AND FAMILY PCS TRAVEL PRIOR TO STOP MOVEMENT ENDING IS REQUIRED IAW PARA 4.B.3. SINCE THE SOLDIER HAS NOT CLEARED THEIR LOSING PDS.

4.A.3. TDY FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR SOLDIERS AND DACS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, THE FIRST GENERAL OFFICER (GO) OR MEMBER OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE (SES) MAY APPROVE TDY TRAVEL FOR THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES IAW REF 1.V.:

4.A.3.A CASUALTY ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.

4.A.3.B. PRISONER MOVEMENT WITH ESCORTS, INCLUDING PRETRIAL CONFINEMENT, INITIATION OF ADJUDGED CONFINEMENT, RELEASE FROM

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CONFINEMENT, AND APPELLATE LEAVE DUE TO PUNITIVE DISCHARGE, AND TRIAL JUDICIARY MOVEMENTS.

4.A.3.C. SEXUAL HARASSMENT ASSAULT RESPONSE PREVENTION (SHARP) PERSONNEL WHO MUST TRAVEL TO SUPPORT A VICTIM.

4.A.3.D. EMERGENCY LEAVE.

4.A.4. TDY IN CONJUNCTION WITH PCS

4.A.4.A. SOLDIERS ON PCS ORDERS WITH TDY EN ROUTE, WHO HAVE NOT YET DEPARTED THEIR LOSING PERMANENT DUTY STATION (PDS), WHO DESIRE AN ETP TO CONTINUE PCS DURING THE STOP MOVEMENT WINDOW, MUST INCLUDE IN THEIR REQUEST FOR PCS ETP THE IMPACT OF CANCELLED TRAINING (IE, LACK OF QUALIFICATION) ON THE ASSIGNMENT. SOLDIERS APPROVED TO CONTINUE MOVEMENT WILL PROCEED DIRECTLY FROM THE LOSING PDS TO THE NEW PDS; NON-MISSION ESSENTIAL TRAVEL IS NOT AUTHORIZED. THE NEW PDS WILL COORDINATE RESCHEDULED TRAINING, AS REQUIRED.

4.A.4.B. SOLDIERS CURRENTLY TDY EN ROUTE AS PART OF A PCS MOVE MAY CONTINUE TO THE NEW PERMANENT DUTY STATION (PDS) IF THEY HAVE SIGNED OUT OF THE LOSING PDS. UPON COMPLETION OF TDY, SOLDIERS WILL PROCEED DIRECTLY FROM THE TDY LOCATION TO THE NEW PDS; NONMISSION ESSENTIAL TRAVEL IS NOT AUTHORIZED. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FAMILY MEMBER TRAVEL ARE LISTED BELOW:

4.A.4.B.1. IF A PCSING SOLDIER, WHO INITIATED TRAVEL PRIOR TO STOP MOVEMENT, IS TDY EN ROUTE AND ELECTED TO MOVE FAMILY MEMBERS TO THEIR NEW PDS PRIOR TO TDY IAW AR 600-8-11, PARA 4-2B, THEN THE SOLDIER WILL RETURN DIRECTLY TO THE NEW PDS UPON COMPLETION OF TDY. SOLDIERS WHO ELECTED TO MOVE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO THE NEW PDS IAW THIS OPTION AND HAVE NOT YET DEPARTED THE NEW PDS FOR THEIR TDY WILL NOT PROCEED ON TDY WITHOUT AN APPROVED ETP FOR TDY TRAVEL (REF 1.V.).

4.A.4.B.2. IF A PCSING SOLDIER, WHO INITIATED TRAVEL PRIOR TO STOP MOVEMENT, IS TDY EN ROUTE AND ELECTED TO MOVE FAMILY MEMBERS TO THE TDY STATION AT PERSONAL EXPENSE IAW AR 600-8-11, PARA 4-2D, THEN THE SOLDIER AND FAMILY WILL PROCEED DIRECTLY FROM THE TDY LOCATION TO THE NEW PDS UPON COMPLETION OF TDY.

4.A.5. TDY TRAVEL INTERRUPTION ENTITLEMENT CONSIDERATIONS

4.A.5.A. SOLDIERS ORDERED INTO RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT FOR SELFMONITORING AT THE TDY LOCATION MAY BE AUTHORIZED TDY TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES. THE SOLDIER'S TDY ORDERS MAY BE

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