last updated May 14, 2021 11:45 AM EDT
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March 8, 2020
March 30, 2020
May 6, 2020
Sept. 14, 2020
Oct. 27, 2020
Nov. 30, 2020
May 7, 2021
March 20, 2020
Jan. 14, 2021
Feb. 23, 2021
superseded by May 19 memo
March 24, 2020
supersedes March 24 memo
May 19, 2020
May 20, 2020
May 21, 2020
Jan. 30, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Returning from China During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
rescinded; see Supplement 14
Feb. 7, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Military Installation Commanders' Risk-Based Measured Responses to the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
rescinded; see April 29, 2021 memo"Guidance for Commanders on Risk-based Responses and Implementation of the Health Protection Condition Framework"
Feb. 25, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for the Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
rescinded; see Supplement 7
March 10, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
rescinded; see Supplement 12
March 11, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Movement and Medical Treatment of COVID-19 Patients, Symptomatic Persons Under Investigation, or Potentially Exposed COVID-19 Persons
rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 21
April 7, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Laboratory Testing Diagnostic Services
rescinded; see Supplement 10
Department of Defense Guidance for Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Personal Protective Equipment, and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
rescinds Supplement 3
rescinded and replaced, see Supplement 17
April 8, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Protecting Personnel in Workplaces During the Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
requirements supplemented in Supplement 14
rescinded; see Supplement 18
April 13, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Deployment and Redeployment of Individuals and Units During the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
rescinded; see Supplement 16
May 26, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Clinical Laboratory Diagnostic Testing Services
rescinds Supplement 6
rescinded; see Supplement 13
June 11, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Surveillance and Screening with Testing
Department of Defense Guidance for Personnel Traveling During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
rescinds Supplement 4
Aug. 6, 2020
rescinds Supplement 10
rescinded; see Supplement 15
Aug. 24, 2020
supplements requirements in Supplement 8
rescinds and replaces Supplement 12
rescinds and replaces Supplement 1
rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 20
Dec. 29, 2020
Department of Defense Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Laboratory Testing Services
rescinded and replaced; see Supplement 15, Revision-1
Jan. 11, 2021
rescinds and replaces Supplement 15
March 15, 2021
Department of Defense Guidance for Deployment and Redeployment of Individuals and Units during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
rescinds Supplement 9
rescinds Supplement 16 - Revision 1
March 16, 2021
Department of Defense Guidance for the Use of Masks, Personal Protective Equipment, and Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
rescinds and replaces Supplement 7
March 17, 2021
Department of Defense Guidance for Protecting All Personnel in Department of Defense Workplaces During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
rescinds Supplement 8
rescinds and replaces Supplement 14
April 12, 2021
Department of Defense Guidance for Movement and Medical Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients, Symptomatic Persons Under Investigation, or Persons Potentially Exposed to the Coronavirus Disease 2019
rescinds and replaces Supplement 5
March 25, 2021
Department of Defense Guidance for Deployment and Redeployment of Individuals and Units During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
rescinds and replaces Supplement 16
May 4, 2021
Jan. 31, 2020
Rescinded; see Feb. 4, 2021 release and memo
April 5, 2020
July 20, 2020
Nov. 19, 2020
Dec. 3, 2020
Rescinds April 5, 2020 memo
Updated, see May 13, 2021 memo
Feb. 4, 2021
May 13, 2021
supplements Secretary's April 1 memo "Guidance for Commanders on the Implementation of the Risk-Based Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic"
rescinded, see April 29, 20201 memo "Guidance for Commanders' Risk-Based Responses and Implementation of the Health Protection Condition Framework"
rescinds Force Health Protection Supplement 2
rescinds Secretary of Defense April 1, 2020 memo "Guidance for Commanders on the Implementation of the Risk-Based Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic"
rescinds Secretary of Defense May 19, 2020 memo "Guidance for Commanders on Risk-Based Changing of Health Protection Condition Levels During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic"
April 29, 2021
March 23, 2020
March 26, 2020
April 9, 2020
April 16, 2020
April 23, 2020
Cancelled; see March 16, 2021 release (Travel Restrictions)
June 29, 2020
June 30, 2020
July 1, 2020
March 13, 2020
March 14, 2020
June 10, 2020
Updated; see June 25 memo
Updated; see June 25 release
Updates June 10 memo
June 25, 2020
Updates June 11 release
Updates June 25 release
Nov. 20, 2020
Nov. 24, 2020
March 27, 2020
supplemented by HPCON memo May 19
rescinded, see April 29, 2021 memo "Guidance for Commanders’ Risk-Based Responses and Implementation of the Health Protection Condition Framework"
April 1, 2020
May 27, 2020
March 4, 2021
Cancelled; see April 20 memo
Cancelled; see May 22 memo
April 20, 2020
Cancelled; see March 16, 2021 release
May 22, 2020
Updated; see May 12, 2021 release
June 8, 2020
June 12, 2020
June 19, 2020
(This format replaces the weekly "Travel Restrictions: Green Locations" releases)
July 2, 2020
July 8, 2020
July 15, 2020
July 23, 2020
July 29, 2020
Aug. 5, 2020
Aug. 12, 2020
Aug. 19, 2020
Aug. 26, 2020
Sept. 2, 2020
Sept. 9, 2020
Sept. 16, 2020
Sept. 23, 2020
Oct. 1, 2020
Oct. 5, 2020
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Oct. 14, 2020
Oct. 21, 2020
Oct. 30, 2020
Nov. 1, 2020
Nov. 4, 2020
Nov. 12, 2020
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Nov. 25, 2020
Dec. 2, 2020
Dec. 9, 2020
Dec. 16, 2020
Dec. 23, 2020
Dec. 30, 2020
Jan. 6, 2021
Jan. 22, 2021
Jan. 27, 2021
Feb. 10, 2021
Feb. 17, 2021
Feb. 24, 2021
March 3, 2021
March 10, 2021
March 24, 2021
March 31, 2021
Updated; see April 28, 2021 release
April 7, 2021
April 14, 2021
April 21, 2021
April 28, 2021
May 5, 2021
May 12, 2021
Dec. 7, 2020
Rescinded Jan. 19, 2021
Dec. 11, 2020
Dec. 31, 2020
Jan. 13, 2021
Updates Dec. 9, 2020 schema
Jan. 19, 2021
Feb. 18, 2021