Fort Carson COVID Travel and Leave Business Rules Smart Card 4AUG20.pdf

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Requires Quarantine

1. Travel on military-procured transport with pre-screening (e.g., military aircraft, military-contracted flight, or contracted bus)

Examples: Travel to/from NTC/JRTC; military air movement directly from other CONUS installations

2. Movement by POV – not coming from a high-risk area

Example: Driving POV directly from Fort Leavenworth, KS

3. Travel through a High-Risk Cities/Counties or Restricted Installations

Refer to third page for specific restricted locations

4. Travel on civilian rail, or bus (not military-contracted)

Example: Non-military-contracted bus

No Quarantine

1. Contact with a COVID-19 positive or presumed positive person Example: Your spouse tests positive for COVID-19

2. Travel from or stopping overnight in High Risk Cities/Counties or Restricted Installations Refer to third page for specific restricted locations

3. Travel from OCONUS (including Alaska and Hawaii) via commercial or rotator flight; travel via POV from Alaska

Examples: PCS from Japan; TDY trip to Australia

4. Movement from communal living area (such as AIT/IET barracks) if no pre-movement restriction/quarantine coming from a restricted installation Example: Arrival at Fort Carson from a Center of Excellence on a restricted installation without being under a restriction of movement prior to departure from the losing installation

5. Travel on civilian air (not military-contracted)

Example: Non-military-contracted flight from Washington-Dulles to Colorado Springs Metro Airport

Quarantine: 14-day time period that begins upon leaving a high-risk or restricted area or before deployment (when required). Quarantine procedures are for asymptomatic personnel who traveled to a designated high-risk area or restricted within specified timeframes, or who had contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 as verified by Fort Carson Public Health. Individuals must remain in their residence or designated location, and are only able to leave if absolutely necessary (such as for a medical emergency with prior notification to Evans Army Community Hospital).

Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4

Readiness Critical ActivityRestriction of Movement or Quarantine MissionScreening

Previous assignment Restriction of Movement

AIT/IET/communal living with pre-quarantine PCS Travel <= 9 days

FCCO assignmentS

Previous assignment 14-day Quarantine

AIT/IET/communal living without pre-quarantine *ETP authority held at CG Level* PCS Travel <= 9 days

FCCO assignmentS

Previous assignment PCS by POV to FCCO - not coming from and not stopping overnight in high-risk area

PCS Travel <= 9 days

FCCO assignmentS

As of: 8/4/2020

Individually-arriving personnel must coordinate for medical screening through their gaining units prior to reporting for duty

OFFICIAL TRAVEL: PCS, TDY, DEPLOYMENT

Requirements While On Leave Status:

Before returning to Fort Carson, Soldiers should check their leave locations status to determine if they need to go into quarantine and inform their chain of command.

If a Soldier is tested or becomes COVID positive while on leave status, the Soldier needs to report status to the chain of ommand.

Army Travel Authorizations Categories:

Exempt: Exempt travel does not require waiver – Retirements, Separations, Patients/Escorts, GFM, TDY/PCS for PME, IMT, Personal Leave, etc … Unrestricted Travel: Travel from, through, to and staying overnight in any state and/or installation that is designated unrestricted pursuant to SECARMY Memo on travel dated June 9, 2020. See note (5) and (6) below Restricted Travel: Official Travel to, from, and staying overnight in any state and/or installation designated estricted pursuant to SECARMY Memo on travel dated June 9, 2020.

Waivered: A waiver (approved by first General Officer) to a travel restriction may be requested if the travel is necessary because the Soldier has: a) extreme hardship; b) humanitarian reasons; c) mission essential

Additional Leave Guidance

1. CO CDR must review POV travel itinerary and counsel SM traveling by commercial air.

2. No international travel (includes Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Canada and U.S. territories).

3. No attendance of outside public events (>100 people). No attendance of large indoor public events or gatherings (>50 people).

4. Units will verify risk status of designated leave locations no earlier than 10 days before travel and continue to monitor the Soldier’s leave location throughout the leave period.

5. Block 17 on DA31 must include the following:

(a). I will check and adhere to all local and state health directives at my leave destination.

(b). If quarantine is required, I acknowledge it begins upon arrival at FCCO.

(c). I will avoid all high-risk locations, restricted states and cities not included in Block 6.

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If a Soldier is on leave and that location becomes high risk/restricted, the Soldier must quarantine upon return.

ALL Soldiers returning from leave must be screened (temp check, questions) prior to returning to duty followed by continued screening twice daily and self-monitoring

3. Soldiers returning from leave via commercial airline must adhere to a 7-day quarantine. If asymptomatic after 7 days, Soldiers may return to duty.

Leave Authorization Table Type CO BN BDE DCG-M

Local Low-Risk Locations(1) X Local High-Risk Locations(1) (3) X Non-Local Low-Risk Locations(2)(4) X

Non-Local High-Risk City or Locations (2)(3)(4) X DOD Restricted Installations (with or without adjoining leave) (Requires Waiver) (2)(3) X

1. Local Leave – State of Colorado. See business rules for restrictions and risk assessment link.

2. Non-Local Leave – Outside of the state of Colorado. Travel by POV may not stop overnight in high risk cities or counties.

See business rules for restrictions and risk assessment link.

3. Travel High-Risk locations requires 14-day quarantine.

4. During leave period if leave location is added to the high-risk, service member will be quarantined upon return to FCCO.

5. High-risk cities and counties are considered unrestricted travel, but may require quarantine following completion of travel.

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As of: 8/4/2020

LEISURE TRAVEL: PERSONAL LEAVE

O-7 Waiver Request:

Must determine travel to, from, or through restricted location is for:

1. Extreme Hardship (custody case, adoption, divorce, etc.)

2. Humanitarian Reasons (death in the family, terminal illness of

NOK), or

3. Mission Essential

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* Stopping in a high-risk area overnight requires 14-day quarantine. Passing through a high-risk area without stopping does not require quarantine.

As of: 8/ /2020

Quarantine ETP Requests O-6 and higher commanders may request ETPs for early quarantine release of mission-critical individuals from the FCPH Occupational Health Clinic at 719-526-9929 or usarmy.carson.medcom-each.list.occ-health-requests@mail.mil. ETPs must include the background circumstances necessitating quarantine, ETP justification, and contact information for both the requesting commander and quarantined individual(s). Commanders submitting multiple requests must indicate the relative priority of each request to guide processing.

High Risk Cities/Counties for ALL Travel (Requires O-6 Approval)

Based on current, active infections relative to local populations over the past 14 days Source: NY Times interactive data, compiled from state and local health department data https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/upshot/five-ways-to-monitor-coronavirus-outbreak-us.html

AS OF 020

https://www.carson.army.mil/assets/docs/covid/covid-travel.pdf