DOD makes mask wear mandatory indoors Published July 29, 2021 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs Per DOD guidance issued yesterday, "In areas of substantial or high community transmission, DOD requires all service members, federal employees, onsite contractor employees and visitors, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask in an indoor setting in installations and other facilities owned, leased or otherwise controlled by DOD." Wichita County is currently in the “High” transmission category according to the Centers of Disease Control 9 https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view), so this guidance applies to Sheppard AFB effective immediately. Read the full story here: https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2711489/dod-directs-employees-to-start-wearing-face-masks-again/.