The U.S. military has banned troops and civilian personnel from any nonwork-related travel to Paris, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, after deadly attacks across the French capital last week.
The new policy prohibits unofficial travel to Paris and within a 50-km (31-mile) radius of the city by U.S. military members, Department of Defense civilian employees, and contractors, said Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.
The State Department, meanwhile, has no plans to issue a travel warning to U.S. citizens at this time, according to Niles Cole, a spokesman for the agency's Bureau of Consular Affairs.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday night's coordinated attacks, saying they were in retaliation for France's involvement in U.S.-backed airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.
U.S. troops and civilian personnel can go on vacation at French sites outside Paris and its immediate surrounding areas with permission of a general officer, Davis said.
U.S. troops and civilian personnel can also continue to make commercial airline connections in France as long as they do not leave "secure portions of airport terminals," according to a statement from U.S. European Command announcing the policy on Sunday.
"This is a precautionary measure to keep our personnel and families safe in light of the recent attacks," the statement said. It did not give a time-line on when the policy would be reviewed or lifted.
There are about 1.3 million people on active duty in the U.S. armed services, and an additional 742,000 civilian personnel, according to Department of Defense data.
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