Colleagues,
We’ve been informed by the German authorities that you will only be permitted to bring a total of 12 personnel into Germany. We also received permission from the local State of Rheinland Pfalz that your ROM requirements will be waived
as long as you strictly adhere to the local COVID-mitigation guidance (I’ve attached an excerpt of the key info).
A few notes about the COVID mitigation measures/restrictions (please also read the attachment)
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Please create official written documentation of the COVID-mitigation measures that you are taking prior to arriving (100% Vaccinated, 5-day Working ROM, etc.)
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We will need to actively track our interactions to ensure effective contact tracing during the entire exercise
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You must work exclusively on US Military facilities use US Military lodging facilities
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Avoid contact with personnel not associated with the exercise
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Travel separately (do not use public transportation once in Germany)
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Wear a mask ; Note: Surgical, FFP2 or N95 masks are required to be worn in the BX, Shopette, Commissary, and other public areas on base; also, I am pretty sure that all exercise participants at the Warfare Center,
JMSC-K, and ROB will all be wearing FFP2/N95-style masks
Regarding the max of 12 visitors:
Please understand that we engaged with the German authorities to allow for all 23 proposed travelers to enter, but they are remaining firm with
12 Israeli visitors max. Because this is a sensitive issue and to ensure it does not impact our enduring relationship with our German hosts, we ask that you
please only bring a total of 12 personnel. It’s possible that if you show up with more personnel, you could all be sent home, and we do not want to cause any incidents. It’s important to understand that the Germans are making a significant exception
to their policies to enable your participation in the exercise. So, we need to accept their restrictions or risk losing all participation. We can still make this an effective exercise with 12 Israeli personnel here in Germany. Based on this info, we’d
be interested in which 12 personnel you will bring, so we can inform your counterparts.
Thank you for your understanding and patience with this. Stay Well!
Respectfully,
Col LeClair
JOHN W. LECLAIR, JR., Colonel, USAF
DSN 314-478-1730 / Commercial +49 6371-405-1730
VOSIP: 304-478-5243
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John.leclair@us.af.mil