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Back in business Roosevelt back at sea after 2 months battling COVID-19

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Stars and Stripes The aircraft carrier YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The aircraft carrier USS USS Theodore Roosevelt Another 2.4 million apply for US jobless aid; Theodore Roosevelt has returned to sea after spending nearly departs Apra Harbor at two months sidelined at Guam to battle a coronavirus outbreak Naval Base Guam on total rises to nearly 39 million since virus hit on board, the Navy announced Thursday. Thursday following an The carrier left Naval Base Guam and entered the Philippine extended visit amid the BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER shrink their workforces, the Labor Sea on Thursday to conduct carrier qualification flights for Car- COVID-19 pandemic. Associated Press Department said Thursday. rier Air Wing 11, a statement said. The ship went out to sea Another 2.2 million people sought “It feels great to be back at sea,” Rear Adm. Stu Baker, com- for training after nearly WASHINGTON — More than 2.4 aid under a new federal program million people applied for U.S. un- mander of Carrier Strike Group 9, said in the statement. “Getting two months sidelined at for self-employed, contractor and employment benefits last week in Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing 11 one step closer to the pier with a coronavirus gig workers, who are now eligible outbreak onboard. the latest wave of layoffs from the returning to their mission in the Indo-Pacific is a great achieve- for jobless aid for the first time, up ment for the crew.” viral outbreak that triggered wide- from 850,000 in the previous week. JORDAN E. GILBERT, spread business shutdowns two SEE BACK ON PAGE 6 U.S. MARINE CORPS/AP months ago and sent the economy These figures aren’t adjusted for into a deep recession. seasonal variations, so the govern-  Online: Get the latest  Coronavirus restrictions are eased for Roughly 38.6 million people ment doesn’t include them in the on the virus outbreak personnel in Germany, Benelux countries have now filed for jobless aid since overall number of applications. the coronavirus forced millions of stripes.com/coronavirus Page 9 businesses to close their doors and SEE JOBLESS ON PAGE 9 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Apple, Google release technology for virus apps Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9679 Euro costs (May 22)...... $1.07 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.82 Dollar buys (May 22) ...... €0.8891 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8006 Associated Press other app user who later tests because of privacy and accuracy British pound (May 22) ...... $1.20 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (May 22) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking concerns. South Korean won (May 22) ...... 1,200.00 facilities in the country of issuance positive for the virus. Commercial rates Apple and Google on Wednes- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Public health agencies from Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3776 Many governments have al- Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For day released long-awaited smart- British pound ...... $1.2237 Germany to the states of Alabama nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., ready tried, mostly unsuccess- Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3909 phone technology to automatically purchasing British pounds in Germany), and South Carolina have been China (Yuan) ...... 7.1072 fully, to roll out their own phone check with your local military banking notify people if they might have Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7875 waiting to use the Apple-Google facility. Commercial rates are interbank apps to fight the spread of the Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8593 been exposed to the coronavirus. rates provided for reference when buying model, while other governments Euro ...... $1.0986/0.9103 COVID-19 pandemic. Many of currency. All figures are foreign currencies The companies said 22 coun- have said the tech giants’ privacy Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7544 to one dollar, except for the British pound, those apps have encountered Hungary (Forint) ...... 316.81 tries and several U.S. states are restrictions will be a hindrance which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5143 technical problems on Apple and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) already planning to build vol- because public health workers Japan (Yen) ...... 107.72 untary phone apps using their and Android phones and haven’t will have no access to the data. Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3088 INTEREST RATES software. It relies on Bluetooth been widely adopted. They often Norway (Krone) ...... 9.8868 The identity of app users will Philippines (Peso)...... 50.62 Prime rate ...... 3.25 wireless technology to detect use GPS to track people’s loca- be protected by encryption and Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.11 Discount rate ...... 0.25 tion, which Apple and Google Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7563 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 when someone who downloaded anonymous identifier beacons Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4143 3-month bill ...... 0.12 the app has spent time near an- are banning from their new tool that change frequently. South Korea (Won) ...... 1231.31 30-year bond ...... 1.40 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

Misawa 60/48 Kabul 79/55 Seoul 73/57 Baghdad 108/73 Kandahar 90/62 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 74/56 65/56 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 67/60 60/43 66/54 Iwakuni 66/60 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 86/82 Brussels 64/43 Guam 99/81 70/64 Ramstein 72/60 84/79 Lajes, 72/51 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 103/76 101/77 60/56 75/53 64/43 Aviano/ Vicenza 67/57

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 13 Comics ...... 17 Crossword ...... 17 Faces ...... 16 Opinion ...... 18-19 Sports ...... 20-24 Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Percentage of women up slightly since ’04 GAO study also finds that female troops are more likely to leave service early

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Women make up a higher percentage of U.S. armed forces, but female troops are 28% more likely than men to leave the military early, the Gov- ernment Accountability Office found in a study released Tuesday. The percentage of women serving in the military services rose slightly from 15.1% of the active-duty force in 2004 to 16.5% in 2018, the GAO found. The Congress-man- dated study looked at personnel data from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps for the 15-year period that ended in 2018, the most recent year for which they had complete data. The report’s authors found a variety of reasons that women are significantly more likely to leave the military earlier than their male counterparts, largely based on family-related and cultural issues, which the authors encouraged the Pentagon to address. Defense Department officials have for years indicated publicly that increasing female recruitment and retention rates are important to ensure diversity within KARRA BROWN/U.S. Navy the ranks, especially since the Pentagon Recruits march in formation at Recruit Training Command. More than 35,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp. opened all jobs and units, including front- line combat positions, to women in 2015. cording to the authors. the GAO reported. The authors noted fe- However, more women were actually serv- But the GAO found service leaders had The report’s authors noted the lower re- male veterans expressed discouragement ing in 2004, when a much larger military not implemented plans with “goals, per- tention rates among female troops has led based on the occurrences of sexual assault was conducting major combat operations formance measures and timeframes” that to an even smaller percentage of women and the military’s handling of sexual as- in Iraq and Afghanistan. DOD reported would aid in assessing female recruiting serving within the highest ranks of the sault investigations. 236,342 female service members in 2004 and retention. military. They also found women reported “For example, two females stated that and 232,063 in 2018. “DOD officials stated that retention six primary factors for their decision to the perpetrator was not punished, and an- During the 15 years that the GAO stud- goals have, in the past, been misconstrued leave the service before retirement eligi- other woman cited the lack of support from ied, the agency found the Air Force con- as quotas and, as such, the department sistently reported the highest percentage does not set goals or targets for gender,” bility, which included problems they per- other service members as contributing to ceived within the military’s organizational their decisions to separate from the mili- of female troops ranging from 14.4% of its the GAO report states. “However, goals force in 2009, its lowest percentage dur- are not quotas and can help guide contin- culture such a lack of female mentors. tary,” the authors wrote. “Study participants also noted that they Military officials have said for years ing the period analyzed, to a 2018 high ued improvement. Without DOD guidance of 16.5%. The Marine Corps consistently often faced sexism and the existence of an that they take allegations of sexual assault and service plans with goals, performance reported the lowest percentage of women ‘old boys’ network,’ especially in career seriously and are taking steps to address measures, and timeframes to monitor fe- among its ranks, ranging from a low of the problem within its ranks. A Pentagon male recruitment and retention efforts, fields dominated by males,” the GAO au- 6.1% in 2004 to a high in 2018 of 8.6%. DOD may continue to miss opportunities thors wrote. “As such, these female service report on sexual assault and harassment The Navy saw the largest jump in the to recruit and retain a valuable segment members felt they had to work harder to in the military released in April stated the percent of women within its ranks. It re- for its active-duty force.” prove themselves and also felt they were DOD had made some cultural improve- ported women made up 14.7% of its force As a result of its analysis, the GAO rec- sometimes not treated equally because ments to its handling of sexual assault and in 2004, 2005 and 2006 before consistently ommended the four military services im- they were female.” harassment. increasing its percentage of female sailors plement such plans with “clearly defined Other factors that the GAO concluded Nonetheless, the Pentagon reported the to a high of 19.6% in 2018. goals” to monitor and improve female largely led women to leave the military in- military saw 7,825 sexual assault reports The Army, meanwhile, reported a reduc- retention and recruiting. It also recom- cluded uncertain work schedules, impacts among its ranks in 2019, a 3% increase tion in the percentage of women in its ser- mended the secretary of defense and his of deployments on their family lives, fam- from those reported during 2018. vice during the same time. In 2018, 15.1% personnel chief provide the services clear ily planning issues such as pregnancy, and Overall, the GAO’s data showed the of the active-duty Army were female sol- guidance on the issue in the Pentagon’s issues with dependent care such as limited percentage of women among U.S. troops diers, down from 15.3% in 2004. The Army forthcoming diversity and inclusion strate- day care hours and long waitlists for child dropped consistently in the early years that reported its lowest percentages of female gic plan due in the fall. care services. the agency studied, from 15.1% in 2004 to soldiers at 13.6% in 2012. Pentagon officials told the GAO that they Women also listed sexual assault as a de- 14.4% in 2009 before increasing slightly [email protected] agreed with those recommendations, ac- ciding factor for them to leave the military, every year to reach 16.5 percent in 2018. Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Fort Hood soldier found shot dead, vehicle found burning

BY ROSE L. THAYER and service officials. rence Stewart, a police spokes- he died from a gunshot wound. investigating. Stars and Stripes Pfc. Brandon Scott Rosecrans, man. The area is about 12 miles The burning vehicle, an orange Rosecrans, who is from Kim- 27, was identified Tuesday as the southeast of Fort Hood. 2016 Jeep Renegade, belonged to berling City, Mo., entered the AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Hood victim by the Harker Heights Po- At 10:30 a.m. Monday, the Rosecrans, according to the news Army in May 2018 as a quarter- soldier was found shot dead Mon- lice Department, which is now in- Harker Heights Fire Department release from police that indicated master and chemical equipment day morning on a residential vestigating his death as a murder, responded to a call about a burn- Rosecrans was found inside his repairer and has been assigned to street in the small town of Hark- according to a news release from ing vehicle in the 2500 block of vehicle. the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat er Heights minutes before police Police Chief Phillip Gadd. Jubilation Drive, Stewart said. No arrests have been made Team, 1st Cavalry Division since received a call about his vehicle Police received a call at 10:17 It is a residential street about 4 as of Thursday. The town’s fire November 2018, according to a burning miles away just outside a.m. Monday about a body lying miles from Fuller Lane. marshal is conducting an arson news release from Fort Hood. the central Texas Army base, ac- on the side of the road in the 2100 Police said they were able to investigation and Army Crimi- [email protected] cording to local law enforcement block of Fuller Lane, said Law- identify Rosecrans and determine nal Investigation Command is Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM US envoy working to revive US-Taliban deal

Associated Press said too much time has been wasted get- U.S. Department of Defense officials fense officials said they want the Taliban in ting to the second and critical phase of the have told The Associated Press their big- the battle to rout ISIS from Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan — The first visit peace deal, which calls for talks between gest worry in Afghanistan is an increas- Without intra-Afghan negotiations, the to Kabul by Washington’s peace envoy since Afghanistan’s squabbling politi- the Taliban and Afghanistan’s political ingly active ISIS affiliate headquartered in cease-fire Washington wants between cal leadership reached a power-sharing leadership. the east. The group has ties to Middle East- the Taliban and the government won’t agreement comes amid increased violence Abdullah will head those efforts as part ern affiliates as well as militant groups like happen. blamed mostly on an Islamic State affiliate of the deal he signed with Ghani to end the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Taliban representatives say a cease-fire that has been targeted in stepped-up U.S. their monthslong dispute over who won Af- the Chinese Uighur group, East Turkestan will be on the agenda in any intra-Afghan bombing. ghanistan’s presidential election last Sep- Islamic Movement. talks, which were to start by mid-March. Zalmay Khalilzad, in a flurry of tweets tember. He conceded the win to Ghani but The officials, who spoke on condition of The delay has been blamed on Afghani- Thursday, told of his meetings in Doha as part of a power-sharing agreement. anonymity because of the sensitivity of the stan’s squabbling leadership in Kabul and earlier in the week with Taliban repre- President Donald Trump said again last subject, say the ISIS affiliate in Afghani- disruptions in prisoner releases, which sentatives and on Wednesday with Afghan week that American soldiers have wrongly stan has been linked to foiled plots to at- were promised as part of the peace deal President Ashraf Ghani and fellow leader been tasked with policing the country and tack America in recent years. The U.S. ahead of intra-Afghan negotiations. Abdullah Abdullah. All were aimed at called on Afghanistan to step up. also blamed ISIS for a brutal attack on a In his tweets, Khalilzad called for the resuscitating a U.S.-Taliban peace deal The U.S. has about 12,000 soldiers de- maternity hospital earlier this month in prisoner release to be completed. He also signed in February. ployed to Afghanistan, split between coun- Kabul that left 24 people dead, including reiterated he is seeking Taliban assistance Khalilzad returned to Washington late terterrorism and the NATO-led Resolute two infants and several mothers. with U.S. citizens missing in Afghanistan, Wednesday. Support’s 16,500 troop mission, which The increased ISIS activity in Afghani- including U.S. contractor Mark Frerichs Khalilzad called for a reduction in vio- trains and aids Afghanistan’s National Se- stan has added urgency to U.S. efforts to who disappeared in January. Several Tal- lence by all sides in Afghanistan’s pro- curity Forces. Washington currently pays resuscitate the peace deal, which commits iban leaders contacted by The AP said tracted conflict that has kept America about $4 billion annually to keep Afghani- the Taliban to fight terrorist groups in Af- they are not holding Frerichs and have told militarily engaged for 19 years. He also stan’s military in fighting form. ghanistan. The same Department of De- Khalilzad repeated ly. Advocates building case for ISIS crimes against Yazidis

BY SARAH EL DEEB ruled slave sales must be regis- Associated Press tered by an Islamic court. One directive set punishments QASR AL-MIHRAB, Iraq — It for selling Yazidis to “common- was clear he was in charge when ers” — anyone not a fighter or he entered the wedding hall- senior ISIS official — and for ran- turned-slave pen in the Iraqi city soming them to their families. of Mosul, where dozens of Yazidi A February 2016 edict required women and girls huddled on the the approval of the ISIS cabinet floor, newly abducted by Islamic — for any senior figure to own State militants. slaves, a sign even top officials He beat them at the slightest were abusing the process. sign of resistance. At one point, Laila Taloo’s 2½-year ordeal in he dragged a girl away, picking captivity underscores how ISIS her for himself, a Yazidi woman members continually ignored the — who was 14 when the incident rules. occurred in 2014 — recounted to “They explained everything as The Associated Press. permissible. They called it Islam- This was Hajji Abdullah, a re- ic law. They raped women, even ligious judge and a key architect young girls,” said Taloo, who was of the ISIS slave system. He later owned by eight men. became deputy to ISIS leader Abu After Taloo, her husband, Bakr al-Baghdadi. Many believe young son and newborn daughter he is the late al-Baghdadi’s suc- were abducted in 2014, she and cessor, identified by the pseud- her husband were forced to con- onym Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi vert to Islam, which should have al-Qurayshi. The U.S. has a $5 spared them from being enslaved million bounty on his head. or killed. Investigators with the Commis- But conversion meant nothing. sion for International Justice and MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP Eventually the men who convert- Accountability are amassing evi- ed were massacred, and Taloo dence, hoping to prosecute ISIS Layla Taloo visits the grave of a Yazidi woman who took her own life after she was captured by Islamic and the other women enslaved. figures for crimes against hu- State militants in Mosul, buried on a hill overlooking the Lalish shrine in northern Iraq, in September. “What is this all for? They manity, war crimes and genocide never had a second thought about — including Hajji Abdullah. militants to build a picture of how ed evidence from Iraq, including ated centralized slave markets in killing or slaughtering or taking Bill Wiley, executive director slavery became central to ISIS 2 million call records, that can Mosul, Raqqa and other cities. At women,” she said. and founder of CIJA, said fighters structure. The group’s “cabinet” strengthen cases against per- the market in the Syrian city of Despite rules mandating sales didn’t just decide to enslave and constructed the slave system, se- petrators of crimes against the Palmyra, women walked a run- through courts, Taloo was thrown rape Yazidi women; it was a care- curity agencies enforced it, and Yazidis. way for ISIS members to bid on. into a world of informal slave fully executed plan by the group’s Islamic courts supervised it. Still, ISIS launched its attack on the Others distributed the women by markets run out of homes. leadership. it devolved into a free-for-all with heartland of the Yazidi communi- lottery. One of her owners, an Iraqi sur- “They put all of the apparatus fighters enriching themselves ty at the foot of Sinjar Mountain in The Soldiers’ Department, or geon, had her dress up and put on of their so-called state behind — selling women amongst them- August 2014. The fighters killed Diwan al-Jund, recorded fight- makeup so four Saudi men could carrying it out in practice,” he selves and back to their families. hundreds and abducted 6,417, ers who owned slaves. For a time, inspect her. A member of the ISIS said. “And in doing so, they were CIJA aims to build cases so more than half of them women ISIS paid a stipend of about $50 religious police bought her for going to eradicate the Yazidi ISIS suspects can be prosecuted and girls. Most of the captured per slave and $35 per child. nearly $6,000. group by ensuring there were no for crimes against humanity or adult men were likely killed. Managing the robust system Taloo finally escaped along more Yazidi children born.” genocide, not only charges of ma- Initially, the women and chil- turned out to be difficult, how- with her children and sister-in- The investigators, who shared terial support or membership in a dren were handed out as gifts to ever. Chaos abounded. law by paying a smuggler. some of their findings with AP, terrorist group. fighters who took part in the of- Slaves were resold for personal Some 3,500 slaves have been say that through ISIS documents In the first prosecution on fensive. Many fighters showed profit. Some ISIS members made freed from ISIS’ clutches in recent and interviews with survivors and charges of genocide against the a receipt from Hajji Abdullah tens of thousands of dollars ran- years, most ransomed by their insiders, they have identified 49 Yazidis last month, a German confirming their participation so soming captives back to their families. But more than 2,900 ISIS figures who built and man- court brought an Iraqi to trial for they could claim their slave, for- families. Yazidis remain unaccounted for, aged the slave trade, and nearly enslaving a Yazidi woman and mer captives and CIJA said. ISIS officials tried banning sep- including some 1,300 women and 170 slave owners. her 5-year-old, who was chained The remaining women were arating women from their chil- children, according to the Yazidi The AP interviewed former and left to die of thirst. U.N. in- distributed across ISIS-con- dren and the posting of women’s abductees office in Iraq’s Kurd- slaves, rescuers and imprisoned vestigators say they have collect- trolled areas. The group oper- pictures on social media. They ish autonomous region. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Impossible Burger coming to Marine menus on Okinawa

BY JAMES BOLINGER Stars and Stripes Marine dining facilities across Okinawa are adding the Impossi- ble Burger, a plant-based alterna- tive to ground beef, to their food lines. Marines and sailors taste-test- ed the burger May 13 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Gun- nery Sgt. Maurice Toole, the sub- after the vendor offered the Im- sistence chief for Marine Corps possible Burger, which had a sat- PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER MADERO/U.S. Marine Corps Installations Pacific, told Stars isfying texture and appearance. and Stripes on Thursday. He said “It was a great burger,” said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Obaid Halim, an aviation ordnance system technician for the 1st Marine Aircraft the Impossible Burger will be Lance Cpl. Alexander Skelton, Wing, tries an Impossible Burger at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, on May 13. . just one of the plant-based items an air support operations officer the Marine Corps plans to roll out with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, actions. Even some of the people part of the Marine Corps Fuel- choose, Toole said. in its dining facilities on Okinawa in a Marine Corps press release who were not interested initially to-Fight initiative. The service Most base residents overseas this fall. May 13. “It’s nice to see the [mess tried it and liked it.” wants Marines to see a trip to the who don’t eat at dining facilities “We like to get as much input hall] committed to giving more A menu review board last year mess hall as a way to refuel their will have to wait a while longer as we can from Marines: What choices to Marines with different identified Marines’ desire for bodies and get healthier. for meatless options on restau- new things do they want to see, diets and beliefs.” meatless protein options. The Impossible Burger and rant menus. and what things they want to get The taste test was sprung on Impossible Burger, made of soy other plant-based meat alterna- Burger King’s popular Impos- rid of?” Toole said. “Lots of Ma- patrons out of the blue to avoid and potato protein, was approved tives are popular at stateside res- sible Whopper, Qdoba’s meatless rines are asking to eat healthier. preconceived notions about plant- by the Corps’ lead dietician, who taurants and have slowly made burritos and Dunkin’s meat-free And we are looking to have plant- based meat, Toole said. It was must review all new menu items their way to troops overseas. The breakfast sausage are sold on based items represented in every added to the mainline, where tra- before they are pushed out to dining facilities on Okinawa are many Army, Air Force and Navy area we serve — the mainline, ditional entrees are offered, and troops, Toole said. The dietician the first in Japan to offer the item bases in the United States, AAFES specialty items and the snack or servers asked the Marines to try will also review all the plant- to troops on base. officials have said. Wahlburgers ‘fast-food’ line.” it. based options that will be made For now, it will only be avail- on Ramstein Air Base in Germa- Toole said his team initially “We wanted to shock the audi- available to Okinawa Marines in able at Marine Corps facilities on ny offers the Beyond plant-based wanted to add a black-bean or ence,” he said. “We knew if we the future. Okinawa, but other Marine facili- burger as well. other vegetarian burger to the caught everyone off guard, that Toole’s team will introduce the ties on Hawaii and elsewhere in [email protected] snack line but changed its mind we would get better real-time re- burger to the snack line first as Japan can offer the item if they Twitter: @bolingerj2004 VA pushes back on reported Agent Orange use on Guam

BY SETH ROBSON other tactical herbicides, such as Stars and Stripes Agents White or Blue, on Guam,” she said. The Department of Veterans Investigators found extensive Affairs is pushing back against a use of approved commercial her- recent report that says veterans bicides on Guam but no evidence who served on Guam between of Agent Orange or other tactical 1962 and 1975 were likely ex- herbicides, Noel said. posed to the toxic herbicide Agent The VA believes Agent Orange Orange. causes several cancers, includ- The report — released May 11, ing leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, by the National Veterans Legal multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s Services Program and the Veter- lymphoma and others, according ans Legal Services Clinic at Yale to its website. The department Law School — says those veterans also recognizes the herbicide as meet the legal standard for expo- a cause in some cases of diabetes sure and may have valid claims to and diseases of the nervous sys- service-related disabilities. The VA disputed the report’s tem, skin and heart. findings in an email to Stars and The report by the veterans’ Stripes on Tuesday. legal program and Yale Law “There is no evidence agent School clinic was based on a re- orange was ever used on Guam,” view of government, private, ar- wrote VA press secretary Chris- chival and oral history evidence tina Noel. of herbicide use on Guam during She said the report’s authors the Vietnam era. failed to consider a 2018 Govern- Guam served as a major base ment Accountability Office re- for U.S. air power during the Viet- port and a recent Department of nam War. At the height of bomb- Defense review on the subject. ing operations during Vietnam, “GAO reviewed DoD docu- three-quarters of all U.S. B-52 ments, other government re- aircraft available for operations cords, and interviewed Veterans in Southeast Asia were based on alleging Agent Orange exposure the island. and concluded that there was [email protected] no evidence of Agent Orange or Twitter: @SethRobson1 PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 PACIFIC USS Blue Ridge breaks its days-at-sea record

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS fleet. It visited 11 ports in nine Stars and Stripes Indo-Pacific nations during its 114-day deployment last spring. YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, During that deployment, the Japan — Typically known for Blue Ridge hosted more than frequent port visits, the 7th Fleet 30 foreign leaders and brought flagship USS Blue Ridge broke foreign navy representatives on its 48-year-old record of consecu- board for professional exchanges, tive days underway by remaining the Navy said when the ship re- at sea to avoid the coronavirus, turned to Yokosuka last May. the Navy said in a statement This year, however, the crew Thursday. had to tweak its plans as the The amphibious command coronavirus — first reported in ship had been at sea for 69 days Wuhan, China, on Dec. 31 — grew as of Thursday, passing its previ- from a regional outbreak into a ous record of 64 days, which was global pandemic as the ship was set during the Vietnam War. The out to sea. Blue Ridge is the Navy’s oldest The Blue Ridge’s deployment operational warship and has been this year began normally enough. in service for nearly 50 years. After leaving Yokosuka in Janu- “These times are uniquely challenging for the entire world, ary, the crew made stops in Japan, but it takes an extremely dedi- South Korea and Thailand in its cated crew to maintain this old of first month underway before port a ship at sea for this long,” Blue visits were canceled in response Ridge commander Capt. Craig Si- to the virus’s spread. cola said in the statement. Sicola said that while the pan- The 223-year-old USS Consti- demic cast a shadow on the patrol, tution is the Navy’s oldest ship, the crew “has been amazing.” but it does not deploy. “I realize every day how tough AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes Meanwhile, the Yokosuka- it has been, especially for some based aircraft carrier USS Ron- The USS Blue Ridge steams near Zushi Beach, Japan, on April 23. who have lost loved ones or who ald Reagan officially began its have families that have endured Indo-Pacific deployment this the ability to monitor the health aboard the carrier for the deploy- An outbreak among a few Roos- challenging events during this week. Its crew completed phased of the force in a controlled facil- ment, the Navy said. evelt sailors in March led to over pandemic,” he said in the state- sequestrations before embarking ity and build a safe environment Like the Blue Ridge, the Rea- 1,150 of their shipmates testing ment. “Even through all that, the ship to mitigate the chance for sailors to accomplish assigned gan is unlikely to make port visits positive for the coronavirus. their heads are high and they of bringing coronavirus-positive missions at sea,” the statement so soon after the virus sidelined The Roosevelt returned to sea have taken great pride in Blue sailors on board, the Navy said in said. the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Thursday with a reduced crew. Ridge’s historic underway during a separate statement Thursday. More than 1,000 tons of ord- Roosevelt for nearly two months As the 7th Fleet’s flagship, the her 50th year of service.” “The [restriction-of-movement] nance, 5,000 crewmembers and this spring, according to an April Blue Ridge typically makes more [email protected] period allowed fleet leadership more than 60 aircraft were moved 22 report in The New York Times. port visits than other ships in the Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Back: Roosevelt crew continues to take precautions upon returning to sea

FROM FRONT PAGE for his crew was leaked to the San To maintain social distancing Francisco Chronicle and picked on board, only crewmembers es- up by worldwide media. sential to the carrier flight quali- “The spread of the disease is fications set sail with the ship. The ongoing and accelerating,” Cro- Navy in a statement Monday said zier wrote March 30. “We are that the remaining sailors would not at war. Sailors do not need to stay on Guam to support crew- die.” members still in quarantine. A report on the handling of “We are scaling our manning the outbreak is due to Chief of on board based on our mission re- Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gil- quirement,” Roosevelt command- day next week. Crozier’s removal er Capt. Carlos Sardiello said in prompted an inquiry into the situ- the Thursday statement. “Carrier ation, which led Gilday to order qualification requires fewer per- the follow-on investigation. sonnel than other missions, and Modly received backlash from bringing fewer sailors on board sailors and lawmakers for remov- will enable enhanced social dis- ing Crozier. Video of thousands of tancing while underway.” Roosevelt sailors chanting Cro- After qualification flights end, zier’s name as he walked off the the remainder of the crew will re- carrier for the last time flooded JORDAN E. GILBERT, U.S. MARINE CORPS/AP embark, according to the Monday social media, and members of statement. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt departs Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam on Thursday Congress released messages of The Roosevelt had been de- following an extended visit to Guam in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. support for Crozier. ployed to the Western Pacific Modly resigned about a week when it diverted to Guam on others who had contact with them ly one of the final steps before of 100% of the crew,” according to after removing Crozier when a March 26 after several of its sail- were removed from the ship. a Navy vessel sets sail, crews the Thursday statement. recording of his speech to the ors tested positive for the coro- Most of the 4,800-person crew “simulate normal underway con- Sardiello told CBS News on Roosevelt’s crew criticizing the navirus. Since then, more than disembarked and were isolated ditions while testing the critical May 5 that crewmembers still in former skipper and calling him 1,150 Roosevelt sailors have test- last month as the carrier was san- systems required to sustain the quarantine would be left behind “stupid” was leaked to the public. ed positive, one of whom died, ac- itized. The Navy began moving ship during its upcoming under- when the ship steamed back to The investigation, due to Gil- cording to the Navy. sailors back aboard the Roosevelt way operations,” the Navy said in sea. day by Wednesday, will “provide The carrier has been away from on April 29 after all crew mem- the Monday statement. Sardiello took over for Capt. a more robust documentation its San Diego homeport since it bers were tested for the virus. During the fast cruise, the Brett Crozier, the carrier’s former of events and give a fuller con- left for patrol on Jan. 17. The carrier took its first steps crew also practiced new mea- commander, when then-acting sideration of the circumstances As many as 13 sailors from the toward redeploying Sunday when sures aimed at curbing a viral Navy Secretary Thomas Modly surrounding the matter,” Gilday Roosevelt have tested positive sailors began a simulation called spread. They included adjusted removed Crozier from command spokesman Cmdr. Nate Chris- for the virus a second time, ac- a “fast cruise” while moored at meal hours, minimizing in-per- in April. tensen said last month. cording to The Associated Press. Naval Base Guam. son meetings, sanitizing, wearing A letter Crozier had written [email protected] Those sailors and a number of During a fast cruise, typical- masks and “medical surveillance Navy higher-ups pleading for help Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 PACIFIC Air Force planes fly over Tokyo during Samurai Surge drill

BY SETH ROBSON the two aircraft types since the Stars and Stripes Osprey arrived at Yokota in Oc- tober 2018, Mills said. The Super YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan Hercules debuted at the base in — C-130J Super Hercules tactical March 2017. airlifters and CV-22 Osprey tilt- The plan was for the aircraft to rotors were part of a rapid mass fly in formation over Tokyo Bay, launch of aircraft Thursday from but clouds and rain meant that the home of U.S. Forces Japan in they stayed closer to home and western Tokyo. plans for tactical air-drop train- The Samurai Surge drill, which ing over the base were canceled, last took place in 2018, involved according to officials. nine of the 374th Airlift Wing’s The surge focused on the 14 Super Hercules and two of five wing’s operations and mainte- Ospreys stationed at Yokota, as nance groups with support from well four UH-1 Huey helicopters and three C-12 transports. the combat mobility flight and “It’s a demonstration to the Jap- the logistics readiness squadron anese government and the Indo- refueling aircraft and transport- Pacific Command that we are ing crews. Medical and wing still ready to do a full contingency staff were also involved, making or humanitarian response despite sure 60 or so fliers and hundreds THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes COVID-19 and poor weather,” of maintainers were medically the wing’s vice commander, Col. ready to do their jobs, Mills said. A CV-22 Osprey taxis during an elephant walk at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Thursday . Jason Mills, said shortly before “To see everything up in the air the aircraft launched under gr ay at the same time was a big deal,” plane’s de-icing system before it probably wouldn’t happen even “In that situation, they would skies with light rain falling. said Master Sgt. David Arnold, could take off, he said. during a war or disaster, Mills all fly off in rapid succession,” Flying so many Super Hercu- 31, a C-130 production superin- The only time that Arnold had said. Mills said of the wing’s aircraft. tendent with the 374th Aircraft les at one time required coordi- seen so many aircraft take off “It would be rare to launch all “We would send them to locations Maintenance Squadron. nation between the 353rd Special was during a typhoon evacuation, the aircraft at once,” he said. in the Pacific and reestablish a Operations Group out of Kadena The maintainers were respon- which was staggered rather than A mass launch would, however, capability to support the contin- Air Base, Okinawa, and Yokota’s sible for making sure that the all at once, he said. happen if Yokota was attacked 374th Operations Group, he said. aircraft were ready to fly and re- Rapidly launching so many by enemy missiles, he said. It’s gency mission and our allies in The surge was supposed to sponding to last-minute mechani- aircraft required planning and something that defense experts the Pacific.” involve the first formation or cal issues. A crew spent about coordination that started a week- have warned of, citing Chinese [email protected] “inter-fly” operation between 30 minutes fixing a glitch in one and-a-half ago. Such an operation and North Korean threats. Twitter: @SethRobson1 DOD schools in S. Korea can plan farewell activities

BY DAVE ORNAUER ings, bidding farewell to teachers Arrington’s letter came a day Attendance at any activity is not emonies are planned as virtual Stars and Stripes and class parties, spokesman Mi- after U.S. Forces Korea eased mandatory, he wrote. events as well. The school year is randa Ferguson of Department of some restrictions on troops aimed “These optional activities will scheduled to end June 9. Students at Defense Depart- Defense Education Activity-Pa- at curbing the virus’ spread. vary by school and meet the guid- “It is our hope that these activi- ment schools in South Korea may cific said Thursday. USFK also lowered its health ance of installation commanders ties will provide some closure for salvage some memories of the school year hijacked by the coro- If plans materialize, events condition level for all bases ex- and USFK measures for health students and parents who have navirus, after all. could begin as soon as Thursday, cept those in and around Seoul. and safety,” Arrington wrote. requested opportunities to return The school district there is according to a May 21 letter from Arrington in his letter asked DODEA schools in South Korea to the school before the end of the working on optional, end-of- DODEA Korea District Superin- for “patience and flexibility” closed Feb. 23 due to the pandem- year,” Arrington wrote. year activities such as returning tendent Jeff Arrington to parents, among students and parents as ic and started online instruction [email protected] school property, yearbook sign- sponsors and students. schools complete their planning. three days later. Graduation cer- Twitter @DaveOrnauer Security airmen help battle blaze outside Osan Air Base in S. Korea

BY MATTHEW KEELER with extinguishers and kept on- preted as a call for help. The team broke through a door as a prime example of the im- Stars and Stripes lookers at a safe distance until “Luckily, our two KATUSAs in the building, called but heard portance of having South Korea city firefighters arrived. noticed local nationals yelling no response and searched inside soldiers serving alongside U.S. OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea The fire caused no injuries and about a fire going on,” Borges told for about 20 seconds before dense troops. — A team of airmen and South left $8,000 in damages, according Stars and Stripes on Wednesday. smoke forced their retreat, he “They are essentially my left Korean soldiers on a routine to Pyeongtaek city officials. “We went down an alley, and at said. hand, and I’m a right-handed patrol outside Osan became im- Around 10 p.m., the routine pa- this point it was just smoke.” “At that moment, we decided man,” Borges said. “Without KA- promptu firefighters when they trol in the Songtan entertainment A local woman approached all we could do now is pick up fire TUSA, essentially our communi- arrived first at a burning blanket district to ensure U.S. Forces the team, “screaming about how extinguishers,” Borges said. “I’ve cation with any Korean, unless shop on May 15. they speak English, is zero. When Three airmen from 51st Fight- Korea personnel were comply- there were people inside the never responded to something ing with coronavirus regulations building, and she wasn’t sure where I have seen a fire ignite there is a fire going on and there er Wing security forces and two is potentially someone in there soldiers of the Korean Augmen- quickly turned into a search-and- where they were at,” Borges said. this quick.” rescue scenario, said Borges, 24, “At this time, we all looked at The store owner, who was pre- and we need to find out an answer tation to the U.S. Army, or KA- in a matter of two seconds, these of Vallejo, Calif. each other, we don’t know how or sumed to be on the second floor, TUSA, searched the burning, guys have that answer.” three-story shop for anyone still South Korean civilians waved essentially what is going to hap- eventually appeared from around inside, said Staff Sgt. Sebastian and shouted to the team, which pen. It’s a cheap fabric shop and a corner yelling and in tears, Stars and Stripes reporter Yoo Kyong Chang contributed to this report. Borges. Finding the place empty, the KATUSAs of the 35th Air everything in there is extremely Borges described. [email protected] he and his team attacked the fire Defense Artillery Brigade inter- flammable.” He said that the incident served Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 MILITARY Suspected US pulling out of vandalism to gravestone surveillance pact

Associated Press Trump accusing the president of “ramming” a withdrawal from investigated WASHINGTON — The Trump the treaty as the entire world administration notified inter- grapples with COVID-19. They national partners on Thursday BY CHAD GARLAND said it would undermine U.S. al- that it is pulling out of a treaty Stars and Stripes liances with European allies who that permits 30-plus nations to rely on the treaty to keep Russia Police in Maine are seeking assistance in identi- conduct unarmed, observation accountable for its military ac- fying suspected vandalism to Delta Force Master flights over each other’s terri- tivities in the region. Sgt. Gary Gordon’s headstone, which appears to tory — overflights set up decades “The administration’s effort to have been done sometime in the last two weeks. ago to promote trust and avert make a major change to our na- Gordon was posthumously awarded the Medal conflict. tional security policy in the midst of Honor for his bravery in 1993’s First Battle of The administration says it of a global health crisis is not only Mogadishu, during Somalia’s civil war, giving his wants out of the Open Skies Trea- shortsighted, but also unconscio- life to protect a downed helicopter pilot during the ty because Russia is violating the nable,” wrote Rep. Adam Smith, incident at the center of the book and movie “Black pact, and imagery collected dur- D-Wash., Rep. Eliot Engel, D- Hawk Down.” ing the flights can be obtained N.Y., and Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., The Lincoln Police Department, “with an ex- quickly at less cost from U.S. or and Bob Menendez, D-N.J. tremely heavy heart,” posted photos of the dam- commercial satellites. Exiting “This effort appears intended age to Gordon’s headstone in the treaty, however, is expected to to limit appropriate congressio- a Facebook post requesting strain relations with Moscow and nal consultation on, and scrutiny the public’s help Wednesday. upset European allies and some of, the decision,” they wrote. It called Gordon a hometown members of Congress. They said they weren’t moved hero for the small town about President Dwight Eisenhower by the defense secretary’s argu- 50 miles north of Bangor. LINCOLN POLICE DEPARTMENT/Facebook first proposed that the United ment that $125 million to replace The images showed gold paint States and the former Soviet aging aircraft used for treaty sprayed over the stone’s in- Police in Maine are seeking assistance regarding Union allow aerial reconnais- verification, which was already scriptions, including the Delta vandalism to Delta Force Master Sgt. Gary sance flights over each other’s appropriated by Congress, is too Force insignia, a beret symbol Gordon’s gravestone. territory in July 1955. At first, costly. “The total cost of replac- and the Medal of Honor. Moscow rejected the idea, but ing the aircraft is a tiny portion of “There has been talk that the Pentagon said in a statement last July honoring President George H.W. Bush re- the overall defense budget,” they Gordon this may have been done as an Gordon. vived it in May 1989, and the trea- said. additional honor, where Medal The pair were inserted about 100 meters from the ty entered into force in January Earlier this month, 16 former of Honor recipients have gold inlaid to the engrav- crash site and fought their way through gunfire and 2002. Currently, 34 nations have senior European military and de- ings and that this is still a work in progress,” the po- “a dense maze of shanties and shacks,” it said. At signed it; Kyrgyzstan has signed fense officials signed a statement lice department’s post said. “If that is the case, the the crash site, the co-pilot and two crew chiefs were but not ratified it yet. supporting the treaty, saying family was never notified that this was happening.” already dead, but Gordon pulled Chief Warrant Of- More than 1,500 flights have that a U.S. withdrawal from the The town has hired a company to try to clean it ficer 3 Michael Durant, the badly injured pilot, from been conducted under the treaty, treaty would be a blow to global up before ordering a replacement, Jeremy Weath- the wreck. aimed at fostering transparency security and further undermine erbee, Lincoln’s director of cemeteries, parks and He and Shughart then fought to protect the site’s about military activity and help- the international arms control recreation told Bangor television station WABI. perimeter until Shughart was fatally wounded and ing monitor arms control and agreements. “Not only was [Gordon] a local hero, he was a real Gordon was running low on rifle ammunition. other agreements. Each nation The officials asked the U.S. to American hero,” Weatherbee said Wednesday. “Good luck,” he said, handing a rifle with the last in the treaty agrees to make all reconsider its exit. But if the U.S. A member of 1st Special Forces Operational De- five rounds to the pilot. He returned to fighting with its territory available for surveil- leaves, they called for European tachment-Delta, Gordon was a sniper team leader just his pistol. He was quickly shot and killed, and lance flights, yet Russia has re- states to stay in the treaty, ful- on the lead Black Hawk helicopter providing aerial Durant was taken hostage for about two weeks. stricted flights over areas. fill obligations under the treaty support during the Oct. 3, 1993 raid of the Somali Based on the photos, it didn’t look to local head- Last month, top Democrats on and refrain from restricting capital, which was designed to capture “high-value stone maker Rustie Dolley like someone had tried to the Foreign Affairs and Armed the length of observation flights targets” affiliated with warlord Mohamed Farrah ruin the stone. But even if done with good intentions, Services committees in both the or banning flights over certain Aidid. it wasn’t appropriate. House and the Senate wrote to territories When two other helicopters were shot down, Gor- “If a professional would have done it, it wouldn’t don and Sgt. 1st Class Randall Shughart repeatedly have looked like that,” said Dolley, who runs The asked to be inserted to protect survivors at the sec- Pines Monument Services in Lincoln. ond crash site, despite knowing that militants were [email protected] National Guardsman from closing in and that they likely didn’t stand a chance, Twitter: @chadgarland SC dies in Afghanistan Stars and Stripes brings to eight the total number of Sailor injured in base shooting incident American troops who have died A National Guardsman from in the country this year. South Carolina died in a non- Bowman was with Company B, BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY An early post on the base’s len firearm. combat incident in Afghanistan Stars and Stripes Facebook page about the incident This is the third active-shooter 198th Signal Battalion, 261st Sig- this week, the Pentagon said nal Brigade out of Newberry, S.C. stated the active shooter was in incident at a naval base in five Thursday. WASHINGTON — A sailor was the vicinity of the North Gate. months. On Dec. 4, a junior enlist- The unit is attached to the South First Lt. Trevarius Ravon Bow- Carolina National Guard’s 228th injured Thursday in a shooting at The gates at the installations ed sailor, Gabriel Antonio Rome- man, 25, from Spartanburg, S.C., Theater Tactical Signal Brigade. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, remained closed Thursday. Naval ro, 22, shot three civilians at Joint died at Bagram Airfield on Tues- Bowman’s sister Kierra Bow- Texas, Navy officials said. Criminal Investigative Service Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Ha- Navy officials said the shooter day, the Defense Department said man said on Facebook that the and local law enforcement were waii, killing two of them before was “neutralized,” in an incident in a statement. death had taken the family by at the scene, according to the killing himself. that shut down the base at about The Pentagon did not give a surprise. statement. However, the FBI is Just days later on Dec. 6, a 6:15 a.m. after a report of an ac- now the lead agency in the inves- cause of death, but a spokeswom- A fellow soldier with the Face- Saudi Air Force officer, Moham- tive shooter. tigation, according to Strickland. an for the South Carolina Nation- book name Stubaby Rogers posted med Saeed Alshamrani, shot and Naval Security Forces respond- Naval Air Station Corpus Chris- al Guard, Capt. Jessica Donnelly that he and Bowman had talked killed three sailors and injured ed, and one security force mem- ti conducts pilot training, accord- told Stars and Stripes by phone about the future when they saw ber, a female sailor, was injured. ing to the base website. eight others at Naval Air Station that it was not related to the coro- each other recently in Kuwait. She was taken to a local hospital, The base had a similar lock- Pensacola, Fla. On Monday, the navirus, which has been spread- “You inspired me to continue to according to Steve Strickland, down in December when a man FBI announced Alshamrani was ing rapidly in Afghanistan. reach for new heights in the mili- a spokesman with Navy Region rammed his truck into a barri- in communication with al-Qaida She confirmed that an inves- tary,” Rogers’ post said. “Your Southeast. The sailor is in good cade, according to The Associ- prior to the attack based on data tigation has been launched into life was cut short but your mark condition and was expected to be ated Press. He has pleaded guilty found on his cellphone. the death, which is the fourth on the world was definitely felt by many.” released Thursday, according to to destruction of U.S. government [email protected] noncombat fatality of a U.S. ser- the Navy. property and possession of a sto- Twitter: @caitlinmkenney vice member in Afghanistan and [email protected] Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK 21st TSC in Europe eases restrictions for its troops

Stars and Stripes about to get trapped on the other command said. side of the border,” Mohan said in They can now travel up to 100 KAISERSLAUTERN, Ger- a video posted on the 21st TSC’s kilometers from their homes, in- many — Thousands of person- Facebook page. stead of 30 kilometers or around nel in Germany and the Benelux The order also allows two fami- 19 miles — farther if they’re on countries can now dine indoors lies to meet socially, except in Bel- orders or have an emergency, a at restaurants and have a barbe- gium and the Netherlands, which separate order said Wednesday. cue with another family over the have not yet relaxed coronavirus A mandatory curfew remains in Memorial Day weekend after one restrictions on gatherings. place but will start at midnight of Europe’s largest commands “Acknowledging the fact that instead of 10 p.m., and run until 5 eased coronavirus restrictions we’re coming up on Memorial a.m., it said. Thursday. Day weekend, we’re going to Meanwhile, airmen based at Service members, civilians and allow family-to-family cookouts,” Ramstein Air Base near Kai- J.P. LAWRENCE/Stars and Stripes family members affiliated with Mohan said. “If you want to host serslautern were urged to re- An Afghan soldier scratches his face after putting down his face the Army’s 21st Transportation another family — one family — strict their Memorial Day mask on a roadway in eastern Afghanistan on May 10. Afghan health Command may also travel any- over at your house for a cookout travels to within the state of officials are concerned about mounting coronavirus infections as where in their host country and or vice versa that’s also allowed stay overnight in a hotel, said an Rheinland-Pfalz. fighting continues between national forces and the Taliban. and appropriate.” “Travel can be a high risk ac- order signed by the command’s A midnight to 5 a.m. curfew has top officer, Maj. Gen. Chris tivity right now, as some areas been lifted, but barracks or block within Germany and throughout Mohan. parties are still prohibited, and a Europe have higher infection But overnight stays more than number of off-post facilities — in- Afghan official: ‘Big rates than Rheinland-Pfalz,” a 100 kilometers, or 62 miles, from cluding bars, night clubs, hookah post on the base’s Facebook page a service member’s home require lounges, pools, saunas, massage said. a pass approved by an O-5 equiv- parlors and movie theaters — re- tragedy’ should cases Anyone wanting to travel out- alent or higher, and cross-border main off-limits to service mem- travel is still prohibited, the order bers, the order said. side the state would need approval said. Restrictions on troops in Roma- from their chain of command and mount amid fighting “Borders … are controlled by nia, Greece and Kosovo, who also could be screened on their return host nations and what we don’t fall under the 21st TSC, were also to the base, the post said. BY J.P. LAWRENCE isolating anyone who appears want is people who are out and relaxed, but to a lesser extent, the [email protected] Stars and Stripes sick, said Fawad Aman, depu- ty spokesman for the Defense KABUL, Afghanistan — The Ministry. Afghan government has issued a “Those who participate in the Jobless: dire warning about a coronavi- operations, they will get tested Analyst says recent layoffs a concern rus outbreak that has coincided before going out if they have any with increased fighting between signs of the virus,” Aman said, security forces and Taliban adding that no cases have been since they come as reopening has begun in US insurgents. found in the military so far. Confirmed coronavirus cases The Afghan military devised have spiked in recent days, with FROM FRONT PAGE pont, said the most recent layoffs COVID-19 prevention plans with ‘ almost half of a 1,000-person The continuing stream of heavy There’s a high could be particularly worrisome help from the U.S. and NATO ad- survey in Kabul testing positive because they’re happening even visers, who also have distributed job cuts reflects an economy that probability that those recently, Ferozudin Feroz, the is sinking into the worst recession as states are gradually reopening masks, gloves and medical sup- layoffs could persist their economies. This could mean country’s health minister, said since the Great Depression. The Wednesday. plies worth $18 million, the Lead that many companies foresee nonpartisan Congressional Bud- for longer than those “If things keep going like this, Inspector General for Operation scant likelihood of a substantial get Office estimated this week that were a function we will have a big tragedy in Af- Freedom’s Sentinel said in a re- that the economy is shrinking at a economic recovery anytime soon ghanistan in the months of June, port to Congress this week. 38% annual rate in the April-June of (businesses) just and so still feel a need to cut jobs. July and August,” said Feroz, who An outbreak would strain Af- quarter. That would be by far the being closed. “There’s a high probability that is recovering from his own bout ghanistan’s economy, overburden worst quarterly contraction on ’ those layoffs could persist for lon- with the virus. an already weak health care sys- record. Stephen Stanley ger than those that were a func- The health minister’s com- tem and potentially force millions chief economist, Amherst Pierpont Nearly half of Americans say tion of (businesses) just being ments come a week after Presi- of people deeper into poverty, the that their incomes have declined closed,” Stanley said. dent Ashraf Ghani ordered the report said. or they live with another adult At the same time, some com- country’s military to conduct Some Afghan troops were less who has lost pay through a job loss panies have begun to rehire a offensive operations against the concerned about COVID-19 and cuts. Uber said this week that it or reduced hours, the Census Bu- limited number of their laid-off Taliban. more about continuing attacks by will lay off 3,000 employees, on reau said in survey data released employees as states have eased Over the last week, more than the Taliban, who have rejected top of 3,700 it has already cut, be- Wednesday. More than one-fifth restrictions on movement and 3,000 of the country’s roughly calls for a humanitarian cease- cause demand for its ride-hailing of Americans said they had little commerce. 8,000 cases have been confirmed, fire from Kabul and the interna- services has plummeted. Vice, a or no confidence in their ability to One rehired worker, Norman the World Health Organization tional community. TV and digital news organization pay the next month’s rent or mort- Boughman, received an email said on its website. Five soldiers in Ghazni prov- tailored for younger people, an- gage on time, the survey found. last week from his boss at a sec- If an outbreak emerges in the ince, currently fighting to take During April, U.S. employers nounced 155 layoffs globally last ondhand clothing store in Rich- Afghan military, it could cripple back a key road from the Taliban, shed 20 million jobs, eliminating week. mond where he’d worked part its fight against the insurgents, have died during four weeks of a decade’s worth of job growth in Digital publishers Quartz and time, asking him to return, one said Jonathan Schroden, director fighting, officials there said. a month. The unemployment rate BuzzFeed, magazine giant Conde day before Virginia allowed most of the special operations program “There is a virus more danger- reached 14.7%, the highest since Nast and the company that owns retailers to reopen. at CNA, a nonpartisan research ous than coronavirus: the Tal- the Depression. Millions of other the business-focused The Econo- organization based in Virginia. Boughman, who had applied iban,” said one of the soldiers, people who were out of work mist magazine also announced “Coronavirus has the potential for unemployment benefits to no who asked not to be named be- weren’t counted as unemployed job cuts last week. to cause significant problems for cause he was not authorized to because they didn’t look for a new The total number of people avail, was happy to be paid again. the [Afghan army],” Schroden So far, the job seems secure to speak to reporters. job. receiving benefits rose 2.5 mil- said. “The force is already chron- “I am not afraid of the corona, him, because the store has been Since then, 10 million more lion to 25 million in the week that ically undermanned by 10-15%, I am young and strong,” said the busy, and the owner hasn’t ex- laid-off workers have applied for ended May 9, the latest period for so it really can’t afford any more soldier, before he was seriously pressed any concerns about busi- jobless benefits. Federal Reserve which data is available. loss of manpower.” injured in late April after his ve- ness. But even while wearing a Chairman Jerome Powell said in Although the flood of layoffs has The Afghan military said it has hicle hit a roadside bomb. He re- mask, Boughman worries about an interview Sunday that the un- slowed, last week’s claims filings developed plans so that its opera- mained hospitalized Thursday. employment rate could peak in are still roughly 10 times the typi- the potential threat to his health. tions do not lead to an outbreak. “We’re having to sort through Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this May or June at 20% to 25%. cal number that prevailed before They include spraying bases with report. Across industries, major em- the virus struck. Stephen Stanley, people’s things, and I feel like that disinfectant, banning mass gath- [email protected] ployers continue to announce job chief economist at Amherst Pier- puts us at a higher risk,” he said. erings, cutting duty hours and Twitter: @jplawrence3 PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Europe’s app tracking plan faces setbacks

Associated Press LONDON — Doubts were growing on Thursday over wheth- er ambitious plans by European governments to use contact-trac- ing apps to fight the spread of the coronavirus will be able to be implemented with any real effec- tiveness soon. In contrast, there appeared to be some movement forward in the sprint to find a vaccine against COVID-19, bolstered by a $1 billion investment from the U.S. vaccine agency. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Wednesday to have a “test, track and trace” pro- gram for COVID-19 in place by June 1 as part of a strategy to per- suade the country that it’s safe to move on to the next stage of eas- ing the lockdown and restarting the economy. But the government also ap- peared to backtrack on an earlier pledge to make a smart phone app a pillar of that program. Around the world, the effort Security minister James Bro- to get back to business is rais- kenshire told the BBC on Thurs- ing worries over risks of new day that he remains “confident” infections. that the tracing system will be in In Italy, one of Europe’s worst- place by June 1, but acknowledged hit countries, authorities warned that an app intended to help track that people are violating social the virus was not ready. He sug- gested “technical issues” were distancing guidelines after a the reason for its failure to be in- strict lockdown was lifted threat- troduced as planned by mid-May. ened the country’s recovery. MATT DUNHAM/AP Experts say that being able to “Now is not the time for par- quickly identify people exposed to Men wearing face masks walk past a coronavirus-related artwork displayed on screens in the window of ties, nightlife and getting togeth- the virus can help stop the spread the Flannels clothing store on Oxford Street in central London on Thursday. er in crowds,” Conte warned in of the contagious respiratory ill- parliament. “Be careful. Because ness, but efforts to put apps in contact-tracing app would begin But the adoption of the app the most advanced projects in the exposing yourselves to contagion place have come up across tech- tests “in the coming days.” But he has taken a back seat to the hir- search for a vaccine. means exposing your loved ones nical problems and fears of pri- made no mention of whether Italy ing of old-school human tracers The Anglo-Swedish company to contagion.” vacy intrusions. had hired teams of contact-trac- in Spain. The government has reported it had received more Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala The French government has ers to actually conduct interviews said that the technology will be than $1 billion from the U.S. Bio- said he was asking local police to also been forced to delay deploy- and get in touch with people who adopted only if it adds value to medical Advanced Research and increase patrols of night spots, be ment of its planned contact-trac- had been in contact with COVID- the tracing efforts that are being Development Authority for the more severe in handing out fines ing app. Initially expected last 19 patients, as other European deployed by the country’s 17 re- development, production and de- and close any bars or restaurants week as the country started lift- countries have done. gional administrations. livery of the vaccine, starting this in flagrant violation of the rules. ing confinement measures, it Spain’s Economy Minister, Meanwhile, drug maker As- fall. Cases in Milan, the seat of the won’t be ready before next month Nadia Calvino, said Wednesday in traZeneca said Thursday it has AstraZeneca CEO Pascal So- hard-hit region of Lombardy, are due to technical issues and con- parliament that Spain is making secured the first agreements for riot said the company “will do rising as Italy continues to relax cerns over privacy. preparations to test a European 400 million doses of a COVID-19 everything in our power to make its long lockdown. Since Sunday, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte Bluetooth-based app at the end of vaccine that is now being tested this vaccine quickly and widely there have been 137 new cases in said Thursday that the country’s June in the Canary Islands. at the University of Oxford, one of available.” the city of 1.4 million residents.

49er and Air Force guardsman aids digital Memorial Day tribute

BY J.P. LAWRENCE installed for the last two years Falcons and one with the 49ers. Stars and Stripes by USAA on the National Mall in Garland received the NFL’s Washington. Salute to Service award follow- USAA drafted an NFL offen- USAA, which has a large mili- ing the 2018 season after going sive lineman to help honor fallen tary clientele, moved the memo- on USO tours, working with heroes on Memorial Day. rial online this year in response ROTC students and veterans with Ben Garland, a player for the to coronavirus pandemic con- PTSD. San Francisco 49ers and a cap- cerns and prohibitions against Garland said he has become tain in the Air National Guard, large gatherings. more creative in his outreach will help the financial services The poppy has come to sym- efforts in response to social dis- and insurance company promote tancing guidelines. their digital wall of honor. bolize war sacrifices since World Visitors to PoppyInMemory. War I. The digital Poppy Wall of Honor com will be able to dedicate a vir- Garland was drawn to the proj- is one way to overcome those lim- tual poppy to a hero or loved one ect because of three friends from itations, and Garland said he has who gave their life in battle, Gar- his days at the Air Force Acade- also set up Zoom meetings be- land said in a phone interview. my who lost their lives in Afghan- tween veterans and NFL players. “There’s a pandemic going on, istan, he said. The lessons he learned from so it’s really important to have Following graduation, Garland both the NFL and military have this digital outlet, to pay tribute served two years on active duty shaped him, he said, adding, “I’m JAMES HODGMAN/U.S. Air Force to the men and women who have after being drafted by the Denver just blessed to wear the best two fallen,” Garland said. Broncos. During his seven years uniforms in the world.” Ben Garland, a San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman and captain The Poppy Wall of Honor is in the NFL, he’s played in two [email protected] in the Air National Guard, meets with airmen from Travis Air Force the online version of memorials Super Bowls, one with the Atlanta Twitter: @jplawrence3 Base, Calif., in August during an event in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Mississippi church suing on restraints destroyed by fire

Associated Press for more activity over the Memo- rial Day weekend, the governor HOLLY SPRINGS — A church said Wednesday. in Mississippi was destroyed by A new state order will allow so- a suspected arson fire about a cial gatherings of up to 100 people month after its pastor filed a law- and retail stores and malls to op- suit challenging the city of Holly erate at 75% capacity, Gov. Eric Springs on gathering restrictions Holcomb said. Gatherings have amid the coronavirus outbreak. been limited to 25 people and First Pentecostal Church in stores to 50% capacity under the Holly Springs, Miss., burned state’s first easing of restrictions down Wednesday morning, news that took effect May 4. outlets reported. When investiga- Gyms, fitness centers, com- tors from the Marshall County munity pools and campgrounds Sheriff’s Office got to the scene, will also be allowed to open they found graffiti in the church under rules limiting the number parking lot that read: “Bet you of people and for distancing and stay home now you hypokrites.” cleaning. Jerry Waldrop, pastor of Holcomb pointed to a decline in the church, had filed a lawsuit the number of COVID-19 infected against the city of Holly Springs people hospitalized and the con- last month, alleging that police tinued availability of intensive officers had disrupted a church care unit beds to treat those most Bible study and Easter service. seriously ill. Holly Springs City Attorney Shirley Byers said that nearly 40 Kentucky parishioners inside the church building were not practicing so- FRANKFORT — Looking to cial distancing April 10 when a deflate resistance to wearing JOE SONGER, THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS/AP violation citation was issued for masks, Gov. Andy Beshear on Spain Park High School graduates attend their graduation ceremony while maintaining social distancing the church. Wednesday called it “basic public guidelines at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Ala. Churchgoers practiced social health guidance” to combat the distancing while indoors and only coronavirus that shouldn’t spark of state. “We agree small events where then go to these sporting events held indoor services when bad political divisions. Nine more people were tested people observe social distancing and feel safe, that they’re not tak- weather would not allow them to Kentucky’s governor continued because of contact with the man, should be permitted, but that has ing their lives or health into their gather outside, the lawsuit said. to stress mask wearing with more and seven of them have tested to apply to all First Amendment hands.” Waldrop’s complaint also asked people venturing out as the state’s positive for COVID-19. All are events, regardless of message and for a temporary restraining order economy gradually gets rebooted. male and are isolated at home. regardless of whether religious or South Carolina to keep city officials from pre- Nonessential retail businesses re- Two are in their 60 s, two are in political,” Christopher Dunn, the venting church services. opened Wednesday, and restau- their 20s and three are between group’s legal director, wrote in an COLUMBIA — Clemson Uni- rants can reopen dining rooms the ages of 10 and 19, the state email. versity plans to hold in-person Arizona Friday. health department reported. classes in the fall but synchronize Other states are encouraging Three nurses doing contact Pennsylvania them with online instruction so PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey people to wear masks as their tracing have located more than that if a student is infected with said Wednesday that people in economies get restarted to help 30 contacts with those who are HARRISBURG — Pennsyl- COVID-19 — or a second wave of Arizona are acting responsibly guard against new spikes in virus infected, and the investigation vania is working on guidelines infections closes campus — learn- since he loosened restrictions cases, Beshear said at his daily continues. The identified contacts to allow sporting events, exhibi- ing won’t be disrupted. on businesses, but he’s not yet briefing. have been placed in quarantine, tions and leagues, both profes- Clemson leaders didn’t provide ready to open new sectors of the At a gas station and conve- but they won’t be tested unless sional and amateur, to get back to specifics on their plans in an on- economy. nience store in Manchester, a “no they develop symptoms or have “some semblance of normalcy” line presentation to university Ducey said that he has an “as- face masks allowed” sign was underlying health conditions, after practically everything shut trustees Wednesday. But every- pirational” goal for schools to re- posted at the front of the store, Johnston said Wednesday. down to help stem the spread of one who spoke — from Clemson open on schedule in August, and the Lexington Herald-Leader re- the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf University President Jim Clem- he’s hopeful that summer camps ported, citing social media posts New York said Wednesday. ents to campus safety, academic and youth activities will be open this week. After the sign drew In a conference call with re- and financial leaders — all gave soon. complaints, the eastern Kentucky NEW YORK — New York will porters, Wolf said that he has a rosy outlook. Schools have been closed since store responded that it was a allow small religious gatherings been in touch with major profes- “Clemson was ahead of the March, when Ducey and schools joke. “We wear face mask, but we starting Thursday as the state sional organizations including curve and will stay ahead of the chief Kathy Hoffman shut them don’t require our customers to, its gradually loosens pandemic re- NASCAR, the NFL, NHL, Major curve. There are a lot of chal- due to staffing concerns stem- their choice,” the store said in a strictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo League Baseball and others to lenges ahead of us, but we will ming from the coronavirus out- comment. said. figure out how they can resume. stay Clemson,” said Executive break. Hoffman has formed a Religious gatherings of up to He said he expected that his Vice President for Finance and task force of education leaders to Montana 10 people will be allowed state- administration will, in the com- Operations Tony Wagner, who write plans for the safe reopening wide as long as participants wear ing days, produce guidelines for told trustees that Clemson was in of schools. HAMILTON — Health officers masks and practice social dis- the various venues, sports and good shape financially. The Republican governor said in a western Montana county are tancing. The state is also allowing activities to resume. But, he said, One thing that wasn’t men- he sees “zero evidence” that Ari- investigating a cluster of COVID- drive-in and parking lot services. the ultimate success of the events tioned at all Wednesday was ath- zona will have a surge in coronavi- 19 cases as the state prepares to The state will work with an and leagues will rest on whether letics. Clemson football coach rus infections as social distancing lift more restrictions meant to Interfaith Advisory Council to people feel safe to attend and Dabo Swinney has said that he is measures relax. But he suggested help prevent the spread of the discuss proposals to safely bring participate. confident the Tigers will play this that he’s willing to re-impose re- coronavirus. back religious services. The “In the end, the ultimate arbi- fall. strictions if necessary. The initial Ravalli County case council consists of dozens of reli- ter of our fate here when it comes The school is still working on involved a man in his 50 s who gious leaders, including Cardinal to sporting events are going to be plans to change campus dining, Indiana was believed to have caught the Timothy Dolan and the Rev. Dr. individuals who want to partici- recreation and the set up of class- virus while traveling outside the Calvin Butts. pate, individuals who want to be rooms. But ultimately, whether INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s county. He was hospitalized Sun- The New York Civil Liber- part of sports, whether its ama- the campus stays safe from the coronavirus restrictions will ease day, said Karyn Johnston, direc- ties Union said that both an- teur or professional,“ Wolf said. virus is up to workers and stu- in parts of the state Friday, two tor of public health. She declined nouncements raise constitutional “And we’ve got to make sure that dents, Clemson University Police days ahead of schedule, to allow to say if the man had traveled out concerns. we give them the confidence to Chief Greg Mullen said. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 NATION Officials assess damages from Michigan floods

Associated Press Morning.” “There’s no lake there anymore MIDLAND, Mich. — Au- because it’s all at the lower end of thorities were assessing damage the river now. The water should Thursday as floodwaters from start to recede now. But there’s heavy rains that overtook two no question that this is a devastat- dams retreated in some mid- ing event.” Michigan communities and con- The National Weather Service tinued to threaten others further said communities farther down- downriver. stream were bracing for flooding The flooding forced the evacu- in the coming days. A flood warn- ation of about 11,000 people in the ing was in effect Thursday along Midland area, about 140 miles the Tittabawassee River from KATY KILDEE, MIDLAND DAILY NEWS/AP north of Detroit. The floodwaters Midland downstream into Sagi- mixed Wednesday with contain- Ryan Stadelmaier, 16, gives a piggyback ride to his sister Rachel Stadelmaier, 27, as they cross Walden naw, and flooding in that area was Woods Drive while helping residents tend to their flooded homes, Wednesday, in Midland, Mich. ment ponds at a Dow Chemical possible through the weekend. Co. plant and could displace sedi- Residents near the Tittabawas- Michigan has been a nation- ment from a downstream Super- see River were urged this week al hot spot for COVID-19, with fund site, though the company to seek higher ground following said there was no risk to people or more than 52,000 cases and 5,000 what the National Weather Ser- deaths, but Midland County has the environment. vice described as “catastrophic Officials warned that the scope had fewer than 80 cases and under dam failures” at the Edenville 10 deaths. Still, residents were of the damage could take days to Dam, about 20 miles northwest of advised to take precautions and fully see. The nearly century-old Midland, and the Sanford Dam. schools set up as shelters spaced Edenville Dam, which failed to Officials have said the Sanford cots to adhere to social distancing hold back floodwaters, was the Dam was overflowing but that the target of lengthy investigations extent of structural damage isn’t guidelines. by federal regulators, who re- yet known. The flooding washed away voked the facility’s license over No injuries have been some roadways and left others im- safety violations two years before reported. passable. Selina Tisdale, spokes- the flooding. Wixom Lake, which Dow said the containment woman for the city of Midland, had been held back by the dam, ponds held only water, and it has said roads must be inspected for was left nearly empty. detected no chemical releases damage that could make travel- KAYTIE BOOMER, THE BAY CITY TIMES/AP “You can see houses with from the plant in Midland where ing along them hazardous. water up to the roof line, you can the company was founded, though Debris collects at the Sanford Dam in Michigan on Wednesday . “We’re working to get infor- see a lakebed that was drained the U.S. Environmental Protec- mation to folks on when they can out,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tion Agency said state officials recedes, Dow will be required to pany dumped in the last century return to their houses, but stress said Thursday morning during would evaluate the plant when assess the Superfund site — con- — to determine if any contamina- that a lot of infrastructure gets an appearance on “CBS This they’re able. Once the flooding taminated with dioxins the com- tion was released, the EPA said. compromised,” Tisdale said. Man’s head run over, more Former Trump lawyer released than 100 arrested at event from NY prison BY JESSICA SCHLADEBECK able to scribble down his thoughts. New York Daily News “My head hurts,” the shaky note reads. Associated Press Francis was one of at least six people A Texas beach party for Jeep enthusiasts hospitalized during the Crystal Beach WASHINGTON — President Donald over the weekend prompted nonstop calls party on the Bolivar Peninsula — which is Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and to law enforcement, more than 100 arrests billed as an annual gathering of Jeep, ATV fixer Michael Cohen was released from and has left several revelers hospitalized and big truck lovers. federal prison Thursday to serve the re- — including a 21-year-old who is fighting The Gavelston County Sheriff’s Office MARIE D. DE JESUS, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP for his life after a truck ran over his head. confirmed to KTRK they made 126 arrests mainder of his sentence at home, a person Tanner Francis was partying at the “Go Wednesday through Sunday in the area, A Galveston County Sheriff’s Office familiar with the matter told The Associ- Topless Jeep Weekend” at Crystal Beach dozens of them for public intoxication. The deputy stops a group riding in a Jeep ated Press. on Sunday when he fell out of the back of charges range from a minor consuming during the Go Topless Jeep Weekend Cohen had been serving a federal prison a truck and into its path. He was airlifted alcohol and public intoxication to trespass- event get at Crystal Beach on Bolivar sentence at FCI Otisville in New York after to the University of Texas Medical Branch, ing and drug possession. Peninsula, Texas, on Sunday. pleading guilty to numerous charges, in- where his mother, Julie Busby, said he Videos shared to social media of the event cluding campaign finance fraud and lying was receiving treatment for multiple skull sees the beach consumed in chaos and 911 calls that it required additional help to Congress. fractures. countless fights breaking out. The rowdy from Galveston County and Jefferson Coun- “As my son was laying there in a pool behavior and huge crowds have spawned a ty police, EMS and Fire Department.” The person was not authorized to discuss of blood, the people were trying to video petition to end the “Go Topless Gavelston” The petition additionally blasts “the bla- the matter publicly and spoke to The Asso- him,” she told ABC 13. “And his friends event, which boasted nearly 19,000 signa- tant irresponsibility and gross negligence ciated Press on condition of anonymity. were just not having it.” tures by Wednesday afternoon. of the party goers” for pushing “This event Cohen was released on furlough as part First responders warned Francis may “Go Topless weekend in Crystal Beach over the edge.” of an attempt to slow the spread of the not survive his injuries, but the young fa- has become more and more dangerous Its creator, Daniel Wilson, shared an up- coronavirus in federal prisons. Cohen, 53, ther has made strides toward recovery over the years. It has become a danger for date on the website Wednesday “We will be since the weekend incident — his mother the people attending and a danger for the working with County and State agencies to began serving his sentence last May and on Monday revealed that he was attempt- residents of Crystal Beach,” it reads. see what can be done by law to help allevi- originally was scheduled to be released ing to communicate and, in the end, was “This year, in 2019, there were so many ate issues of this nature,” officials said. from prison in November 2021. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Stolen baby goat reunited with owners

BALTIMORE — A MD stolen baby goat was returned home to its community garden in Baltimore late Tuesday night, police said. Baltimore police were noti- fied just before 10 p.m. that the young Nigerian Dwarf goat named Ed had been “anony- mously returned” to his owners, according to a statement from the department. Ed was reported missing from the Filbert Street Garden on Mon- day night. His caretakers alleged in a Facebook post that two teen- agers tore through a fence, cut off a lock and broke into a barn to steal the animal, which weighs just 20 pounds and depends on its mother’s milk to survive. In an update , the garden cel- ebrated Ed’s safe return and thanked police for their help. Au- thorities did not say whether they were continuing to investigate. Police: Body found after man jumps in river

LEHIGHTON — Au- PA thorities said the body of a man has been recovered from an eastern Pennsylvania river in the area searchers were looking for a man who went into the river while fleeing from po- lice the night before. The (Allentown) Morning Call reported that the Carbon WILFREDO LEE/AP County coroner pronounced a 32-year-old man dead Wednes- day afternoon along the Lehigh River near a railroad trestle that Rolling again straddles Franklin Township and Lehighton. A Rollerblader skates on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk on Tuesday in Hollywood, Fla. Broward County started a phased reopening Monday. Police haven’t said whether they believe the man is the same three weeks prior. THE CENSUS the twin-engine Bonanza landed person who went into the river Civilian boaters rescued a on eastbound Interstate 470 in shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tues- group of people Monday night off The approximate amount of money in two bags that Lee’s Summit, police said. The day after fleeing from Franklin Wallacks Point in Stamford after a Virginia family out for a drive for a change of scen- plane hit a few signs but no other Township police. hearing a radio distress call, the ery during the coronavirus lockdown found lying in the serious damage was reported. Stamford Advocate reported $1M road. David and Emily Schantz left their Caroline County The Missouri State Highway Robbery suspect hit by Tuesday. home with their children Saturday and drove their pickup Patrol said on Twitter that the car, yet still escapes A resident on the point, between truck over what they thought was a bag of trash, then stopped and picked it up as pilot was making his final ap- Cummings Beach and Cove Is- well as another bag nearby, news sources reported Tuesday. When the Schantzes proach to the Lee’s Summit air- land Park, called 911 after seeing returned home, they discovered the bags contained money, Emily Schantz said. port when the engine failed. AKRON — A robbery people in the water next to their suspect who jumped Caroline Sheriff’s Maj. Scott Moser would not say where the money was going. But OH capsized kayaks, Deputy Fire he said he hopes the recipients offer the Schantzes a nice reward. Trooper brings moose from a moving car was run over Chief Tom Gloersen said. by the vehicle but still managed Joe Hoyt, 27, was on his way calves, mom together to flee from police, authorities out of the channel when the dis- said. tress call was picked up by one of er responded and found the bull ments, including when they were HEBER CITY — A Akron police saw the man jump his passengers, Joey Romaniello, still standing near the woman. nude or partially dressed. UT Utah state trooper has from the rear of the car around 30, a volunteer firefighter. Hoyt The bison was showing increas- The breach was discovered in helped a pair of newborn moose 9:15 p.m. Monday, authorities found the four people, including ing signs of aggression, so the March after an ADT customer in calves reunite safely with their said. He was then struck when a 9-year-old girl and 6-year-old ranger shot the animal. DeSoto, Texas, reported an unau- mother after spotting them on a the car spun around, but he ran boy, with life preservers on the The woman was flown to Minot thorized email address on her ac- mountain road. off . Authorities said the man has east side of Wallacks Point . and treated for broken vertebrae count. An internal investigation The trooper noticed the hours- been identified, but they did not and facial fractures. discovered the employee’s per- old calves without their mother on release his name. Bison put down after sonal email address was added on the road as he drove home from Two other men who were in the Suits: Security employee 220 ADT customers’ accounts in work, about 45 miles east of Salt vehicle were arrested on weapons injuring park visitor the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Lake City on Monday, said Utah charges. Authorities said three spied on customers ADT has fired the employee Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Street. loaded handguns were found in MEDORA — A bison since discovering the breach. It It’s not clear how they became DALLAS — Two feder- the car . The driver told police ND had to be put down was not immediately clear wheth- separated. Worried they could be al class-action lawsuits that the man who jumped from after injuring a woman visiting TX er he faces criminal charges . hit by a car, trooper Alexander have been filed against ADT, one the vehicle had been trying to rob the North Unit of Theodore Roos- Agin stopped and put up a traf- of the largest security companies him and the other passenger. The evelt National Park in North Da- fic barrier. Once he was out of his in the country, alleging that an Small plane lands on matter remains under investiga- kota, the National Park Service car and walking, the baby moose employee spied on customers and tion, authorities said. said. road after engine fails began to follow him. So Agin de- children over a seven-year pe- Officials said the 55-year-old cided to guide them away from riod through their home security woman from Watford City was LEE’S SUMMIT the traffic danger. Boaters rescue 4 after cameras. hiking around a bend on the MO — A small plane was Just as he led them off the road, The lawsuits, filed Monday, al- kayaks capsize Buckhorn Trail on Monday af- forced to land on an interstate the calves’ mother arrived — and lege ADT showed negligence and ternoon when she encountered a highway in suburban Kansas City began to charge him. Agin re- STAMFORD — Two bull bison on the trail. The bull breached contracts by failing to Tuesday afternoon when one of treated to his car and recorded a adults and two children charged, striking the woman in provide security, among other CT the aircraft’s two engines appar- quick video of the moose family were rescued from their capsized the face and knocking her down. concerns. Both lawsuits say the ently failed, authorities said. reuniting and entering the trees. kayaks off the Connecticut coast The woman called 911 while on employee was able to view cus- The pilot was the only one in a spot where a man drowned the ground, and a U.S. park rang- tomers’ intimate and private mo- aboard and was not injured when From wire reports PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 NATION White House report blasts China’s ‘communist regime’

Associated Press “The media’s focus on the cur- Later in the day, the State De- rent pandemic risks missing the partment announced that it had WASHINGTON — Beyond bigger picture of the challenge approved the sale of advanced its hard-hitting rhetoric against China over its handling of the that’s presented by the Chinese torpedoes to the Taiwanese mili- coronavirus, the White House Communist Party,” Secretary of tary, a move sure to draw a re- has issued a broad-scale attack State Mike Pompeo said Wednes- buke from Beijing, which regards on Beijing’s predatory economic day before the White House re- the island as a renegade prov- leased its report. ince. The department said it had policies, military buildup, disin- /AP formation campaigns and human “China’s been ruled by a bru- informed Congress of the $180 EVAN VUCCI rights violations. tal, authoritarian regime, a com- million sale of heavy-weight tor- President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting Wednesday with The 20-page report does not munist regime since 1949. For pedoes, spare parts, support and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, in the signal a shift in U.S. policy, ac- several decades, we thought the testing equipment, which “will Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. cording to a senior administration regime would become more like help improve the security of (Tai- official, who was not authorized us — through trade, scientific wan) and assist in maintaining peatedly denounced China for disinformation campaign” is in- to publicly discuss the report exchanges, diplomatic outreach, political stability, military bal- not doing more to stop the virus tended to help Joe Biden win the and spoke only on the condition letting them in the World Trade ance, and economic progress in from spreading across the world. 2020 presidential election. of anonymity, but it expands on Organization as a developing na- the region.” He’ll criticize China, then say he According to the report, the President Donald Trump’s get- tion. That didn’t happen,” he said. While pushing back on China, wants Beijing to sign Phase II of Trump administration sees “no tough rhetoric that he hopes will “We greatly underestimated the Trump has sometimes uttered a trade deal and join the United value” in engaging with Beijing resonate with voters angry about degree to which Beijing is ideo- contradictory statements. He has States and Russia in a three-way for symbolism and pageantry. China’s handling of the disease logically and politically hostile to talked about having a great per- nuclear arms control treaty. “When quiet diplomacy proves outbreak, which left tens of mil- free nations. The whole world is sonal relationship with Chinese Late Wednesday, Trump wrote futile, the United States will in- lions of Americans out of work. waking up to that fact.” President Xi Jinping yet has re- on Twitter that China’s “massive crease public pressure.” Supreme Court blocks House from secret testimony in Mueller’s report

Associated Press jected to the high court’s decision its Supreme Court filings that the in a statement Wednesday eve- court’s action was needed in part WASHINGTON — The Su- ning. “The House’s long-standing because the House hasn’t given preme Court on Wednesday tem- right to obtain grand jury infor- any indication it “urgently needs porarily prevented the House of mation pursuant to the House’s these materials for any ongoing Representatives from obtaining impeachment power has now impeachment investigation.” secret grand jury testimony from been upheld by the lower courts The House had opposed the special counsel Robert Mueller’s twice,” Pelosi said. “These rul- delay on the grounds that its in- Russia investigation. ings are supported by decades of vestigation of Trump was con- The court’s unsigned order precedent and should be permit- tinuing, and that time is of the granted the Trump administra- ted to proceed.” essence because of the approach- tion’s request to keep previously The Justice Department said in ing election. undisclosed details from the in- vestigation of Russian interfer- ence in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers, at least until early summer. The court will decide then whether to extend its hold and schedule the case for arguments in the fall. If it does, it’s likely the administration will be able to put off the release of any materials until after Election Day. Argu- ments themselves might not even take place before Americans de- cide whether to give President Donald Trump a second term. For justices eager to avoid a definitive ruling, the delay could mean never having to decide the case, if either Trump loses or Re- publicans regain control of the House next year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ob- Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 WORLD China kicks Powerful cyclone off political event pushed ravages coasts in back by virus Associated Press BEIJING — China began its most important political event of Bangladesh, India the year Thursday after a two- month delay because of the coro- Associated Press have flown away and the streets navirus pandemic. are waterlogged.” The opening of the annual ses- NEW DELHI — Wide swathes When the storm made landfall sion of the Chinese People’s Po- of the coasts of India and Ban- on Wednesday it lashed coastal litical Consultative Conference is gladesh were flooded and mil- areas in both India and Bangla- a further sign of what the govern- lions of people remained without desh with heavy rain, a batter- ment said is its victory over the power Thursday, after the most ing storm surge and sustained outbreak that began in the central powerful cyclone to hit the region winds of 105 miles per hour and city of Wuhan late last year. in more than decade left dozens gusts up to 118 mph. It devastated That will be followed Friday dead and a trail of destruction. coastal villages in both countries, by the opening of the National In the Indian city of Kolkata, knocking down mud houses, rip- People’s Congress, the ceremo- home to more than 14 million ping out electricity poles and up- nial parliament, highlighted by a people, large portions of the me- rooting trees. speech from Premier Li Keqiang tropolis and its suburbs were In Bangladesh, television sta- outlining economic and social underwater, including the city’s tions reported 13 deaths, while 72 goals for the year. main airport. Roads were littered deaths were reported in India’s This year’s meeting of the two with uprooted trees and lamp West Bengal state. Officials said bodies is being shortened to one INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY/AP posts and electricity and commu- two people were killed in India’s week from the usual two as part nication lines were down. Odisha state. Volunteers of the Indian Red Cross Society fix villagers’ homes of virus control measures. Media Cyclone Amphan also badly Hundreds of villages in Bangla- Thursday after Cyclone Amphan hit the Orissa state, India. access has also been largely re- damaged many centuries-old desh were flooded by tidal surges duced and only a limited number buildings when it tore through and more than a million people The ongoing coronavirus pan- and the recovery. of reporters, diplomats and ob- the city on Wednesday. were without electricity. demic and social-distancing mea- The damage caused by the servers were permitted into the “It feels like a dystopian Ju- Officials in both countries said sures had made mass evacuations storm is likely to have lasting re- vast auditorium inside the Great rassic Park of sorts,” said Shuli the full extent of the damage re- ahead of the storm difficult. percussions for poor families al- Hall of the People in the heart of Ghosh, who runs a cafe in Kol- mained to be seen as communica- Likewise the pandemic will ready stretched to the limit by the Beijing. The more than 2,000 del- kata. “The roofs of many homes tion lines are down. have an impact on relief efforts pandemic. egates in attendance wore masks. PAGE 16 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 FACES Daytime Emmys return to TV, but skipping the theater The Daytime Emmy Awards are skipping a theater ceremony because of the coronavirus, but the honors will be presented on a TV broadcast. CBS’ decision to air the awards on June 26 is a bright spot for the daytime honors, which had been consigned to an online presentation in recent years as viewer interest dwindled. Nominations for the 47th annual Day- time Emmys were to be announced Thursday on CBS’ “The Talk,” with categories including best drama series, talk show and game show. The New York-based National Acade- my of Television Arts & Sciences, which organizes the daytime awards, had pre- viously announced it wouldn’t hold the traditional theater ceremony out of pan- demic safety concerns. Awards will be presented on the CBS broadcast in leading categories, with winners and “other special guests appearing from home in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the network and academy said in a joint announcement. Winners in other categories were to be announced on Twitter during the two-hour telecast, with more awards to be presented in a July ceremony, the academy said. Warner Bros. Loughlin, Giannulli to serve The “Snyder Cut” of “Justice League” will be released on HBO Max sometime next year. prison time for college scam Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case Seeing the light of day and serve prison time, according to court papers filed Thursday. The couple agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail ‘Snyder Cut’ of ‘Justice League’ to be released on HBO Max next year fraud in a plea agreement filed in Bos- ton’s federal court. The charge carries BY MICHAEL CAVNA film, which was believed to be consider- The Hollywood Reporter said that Sny- up to 20 years in prison and a fine of The Washington Post ably longer than the two-hour theatrical der would reunite “with the original post- $250,000. release. production crew to score, cut and finish Under the plea agreement, Loughlin “This is real,” filmmaker Zack Snyder Last fall, around the second anniversary visual effects” to create “an entirely new has agreed to serve two months in pris- trumpeted Wednesday afternoon on Twit- of “Justice League’s” thing,” with his “Justice League” make- on and Giannulli has agreed to serve ter, with “this” referring to his storied release, two of its stars, over possibly cut into “chapters” for its five months. The plea deal must be ap- version of the critically maligned “Justice Gal Gadot (who plays streaming release. proved by the judge. League” film that will now see the light of Wonder Woman) and In May 2017, with the film set for release day. Ben Affleck (Batman), that November, Snyder announced that he Body of WWE pro found The so-called “Snyder Cut” of the 2017 tweeted the hashtag in would turn “Justice League” over to Joss after suspected drowning superhero team-up movie will be released support. Whedon for completion. Snyder had lost sometime next year on HBO Max, War- On Wednesday, his 20-year-old daughter to suicide about The body of former World Wrestling ner Bros. and the streaming service an- Ray Fisher, who plays two months earlier. Entertainment pro Shad Gaspard was nounced Wednesday. Cyborg in “Justice Upon release, the film — which felt like found early Wednesday on Los Angeles’ League,” tweeted: a patchwork of styles — was widely con- “I want to thank HBO Max and Warner Venice Beach, after he was caught in a “For those who fought. sidered a critical misfire and commercial Brothers for this brave gesture of support- Snyder rip current last weekend, police said. For those who believed. underperformer. Debate raged on social ing artists and allowing their true visions Patrol officers were flagged down Thank you.” media about whether Whedon and the stu- around 1:25 a.m. by a person reporting to be realized,” said Snyder, who broke the And Pride of Gypsies, the Instagram dio had stayed true to Snyder’s creative news to fans Wednesday during an online that a body had washed ashore, a Police account of Jason Momoa (the film’s Aqua- vision, and some diehard fans began de- Department statement said. “Man of Steel” commentary with its star, man), said, “Finally it’s happened” and manding to see a fabled raw and incom- He was about 50 yards from shore Henry Cavill. “Also a special thank you “Justice served” in a post Wednesday. plete version of the film, as guided solely when he was last spotted by a lifeguard, to all of those involved in the SnyderCut “The chant to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut by Snyder. police said. A wave crashed over him movement for making this a reality.” has been a daily drumbeat in our offices The budding “Snyder Cut” movement and he was swept out to sea. The announcement can be viewed as and inboxes,” Robert Greenblatt, chair- spawned various social-media accounts a victory for Snyder fans who had ral- man of Warner Media Entertainment and and a GoFundMe campaign. lied around the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut its direct-to-consumer business, said in a “At the end of the day,” Greenblatt said , Beyonce joins Obamas in hashtag and clamored for his vision of the statement. “it really is all about” the fans. honoring 2020 graduates Beyonce has been added to the list of guest speakers for YouTube’s virtual commencement ceremony that will also Joe Rogan’s podcast headed to new home on Spotify feature the Obamas. YouTube announced Tuesday that Los Angeles Times tagram post. “It’s just a licensing deal, so gan’s team also produces, will be available Beyonce will deliver an inspirational message to the 2020 class for its “Dear “The Joe Rogan Experience” is headed Spotify won’t have any creative control to view within the Spotify app. Class of 2020” event, which will take to Spotify. over the show. We will still have clips up Rogan launched his podcast in 2009 and place June 6 at 3 p.m. EDT and will The podcast’s host and comedian an- on YouTube but full versions of the show has boasted an intellectually diverse array nounced Tuesday that the popular show will only be on Spotify after the end of the of guests from Tesla Chief Executive Elon stream on YouTube. will be available on Spotify starting Sept. year.” Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). De- “Dear Class of 2020” will include 1. Then “somewhere around the end of the According to Spotify’s press announce- spite Rogan’s controversial opinions and music performances from BTS, Lizzo, year,” the streaming service will become ment, “The Joe Rogan Experience” has comments, notable figures from the enter- Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Chloe the podcast’s exclusive home. long been one of the most searched-for tainment industry, politics and other news- x Halle, Maluma, CNCO and Camila “It will remain free, and it will be the podcasts on the streaming service. The makers have appeared on “The Joe Rogan Cabello. exact same show,” Rogan said in an Ins- video episodes of the podcast, which Ro- Experience.” Compiled from wire services Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 OMBUDSMAN/OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander With no Stripes, these stories won’t be told Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY ERNIE GATES Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff biweekly community publication a shout- on the larger story. Stripes in Europe first Stars and Stripes ombudsman out for publishing middle-high school stu- reported DOD’s decision to stop report- dents’ poems about life in lockdown. ing cases base by base and release only an EDITORIAL he coronavirus outbreak on the In Japan, a 7th Fleet homecoming at aggregate number worldwide. As debate USS Theodore Roosevelt is freshly Yokosuka went socially distanced and hug- raged over the source of the outbreak on Terry Leonard, Editor in the news again, rightly grabbing less as returning crew members went into the carrier Roosevelt and the captain’s [email protected] Tthe attention of news organizations quarantine. Child care centers serving judgment in making a port call in Vietnam, Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor everywhere, including Stars and Stripes. Yokota, Camp Zama and Yokosuka were Stripes reporting disclosed broad prior [email protected] But this column is not about the CVN-71 closed because of suspected coronavirus agreement along the chain of command for story that everybody is covering. This col- exposure. Early on, U.S. Forces Japan rec- that port call. Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content umn is about all the stories that wouldn’t [email protected] ognized Stripes as an important conduit of Of course, unrelated to the pandemic, be told, if not for Stars and Stripes. COVID-19 policies and advisories. Stripes Stripes reporters continued to produce Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation These stories, from U.S. bases around gave voice to families’ concerns that De- stories of special local relevance, such as [email protected] the world, are a rebuttal to the misleading partment of Defense Education Activity the threat of double taxation on troops in claim that Stripes is obsolete or redundant schools in Japan were not planning to close Germany. With reporters still based in Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital — a claim behind the Pentagon’s proposal [email protected] — which they soon did. Marines on Oki- Afghanistan, unlike most news sources, to zero out Stripes’ $15.5 million slice of nawa converted their 3D printer training Stripes was in a unique position to add the $705 billion defense budget and shut into a mini-factory to produce thousands of praise to the obituary of Medal of Honor it down. To keep these stories coming, and BUREAU STAFF facemask and face shield frames for medi- recipient Ronald Shurer from some of the keep Stars and Stripes serving deployed cal workers and gate guards. Afghan special forces leaders he trained Europe/Mideast troops, families and DOD civilians around Stripes reporters covered the local con- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief and fought beside. the world, it’s up to Congress to reverse the [email protected] sequences around the world as corona- There are plenty more where these sto- Pentagon’s proposal and make Stripes’ ap- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 virus concerns spread. DODEA schools ries came from, and more being reported, propriation ironclad. closed from the Pacific to the Middle East written, edited and published every day. Pacific Here’s a little sample of Stripes’ unique to Europe. High school sports tourna- Far from being obsolete, Stars and Stripes’ Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief coverage. COVID-19 is obviously a global ments and spring seasons were called off. [email protected] independent news report delivers unique story, but outbreaks, shutdowns, tests and Base recreational activities went dark, +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 content to deployed troops and families, quarantines happen locally. That’s where gyms locked their doors, off-base became Washington Stripes reporters deliver exclusive local off-limits. Food courts were roped off, ex- helps them exercise their rights of citizen- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief content through news accounts and per- changes kept customers apart. In Italy, ship, and links them to home as nothing [email protected] sonal stories, while wire service reports carabinieri visited Aviano and Vicenza to else can. Whether during a once-in-a-life- (+1)(202)886-0033 provide the global picture, the national re- check if social distancing rules were being time pandemic or in “normal” times, Stars Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News and Stripes’ reporting supports morale by [email protected] sponse and the politics. enforced. In Germany, a quarantined Ma- In South Korea, Stripes was on the rine spouse sang a parody aria from her building community and shared experi- CIRCULATION scene in Daegu immediately at the first big balcony to entertain her Patch Barracks ence among those who serve overseas. outbreak in the country, pinpointing the neighbors. When DOD announced a world- The FY21 Defense bills are under con- Mideast gathering that started the spread and fol- wide stop-movement order, Stripes report- sideration in Congress now. It’s a good time Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager lowing up repeatedly as U.S. Forces Korea ers on bases around the world highlighted to tell your senators and House member to [email protected] responded with lockdowns, quarantines, the impact on troops (and families) whose reverse the Pentagon’s shutdown plan, re- [email protected] store Stars and Stripes’ appropriation and DSN (314)583-9111 collaborative testing with our allies, and PCS plans were thrown into limbo. more. Stories covered the threat to readi- None of those stories were going to be rescue its important mission. Europe ness, but also the human side, as when an noticed by other news organizations, but Ernie Gates is the independent ombudsman for Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager Army couple’s premature twins were born Stripes reporters are part of those commu- Stars and Stripes, a congressionally mandated [email protected] position in which his charge is to hold the news- [email protected] in a coronavirus-stricken Daegu hospital nities. That remains true as coronavirus and medevaced from Osan Air Base to restrictions begin to be relaxed. room accountable to journalism values and to de- +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 fend it from command interference or censorship. neonatal care in the U.S. During a video Plenty of Stripes’ “local” coverage of the He worked as a reporter and editor for more than Pacific town hall, one base command gave Stripes’ pandemic also cast an enterprising light 30 years in Virginia, where he lives today. Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Washington Telecommuting isn’t the future work model tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY HELAINE OLEN reports, for the most part it’s going well. So permission to bring a dog to the office — in Reader letters Special to The Washington Post why not continue the practice, the think- an effort to up employee face time. [email protected] ing goes. A company could even save a few And from the workers’ side, we might hanks to the new coronavirus, bucks on office space! want to be careful what we wish for. The Additional contacts telecommuting is having a mo- In behavioral psychology, there’s a con- workplace can be a time and emotion suc- stripes.com/contactus ment. Very suddenly, millions of cept called the recency bias — we recall cubus but, as sociologist Arlie Hochschild TAmerican workers are rolling out with most immediacy the recent past. observed decades ago, it can also serve as a OMBUDSMAN of bed and into makeshift offices in their Right now, keeping workers safe from the valuable buffer and escape from household Ernie Gates living rooms. Sometimes they aren’t get- coronavirus and other illnesses is a prima- tensions. A study by economists Youngh- ting out of bed at all. ry consideration for employers. And if you wan Song and Jia Gao published last year As a result, many observers believe huge The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow read articles predicting the future of tele- in the Journal of Happiness Studies made of news and information, reporting any attempts by the numbers of us will continue telecommuting work, you’ll see that people are assuming it the counterintuitive discovery that employ- military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s long after the pandemic passes. A number will be the same going forward. ees who telecommuted were more stressed independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns of companies are already taking action: and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- But mercifully, this is unlikely to be true. out than those who left their work at the of- Both Twitter and Nationwide Insurance ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman And this is when the employer will likely fice. That’s likely because telecommuting, welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted are telling many workers they can remain remember that money spent on real estate which would seem to reduce work-family by email at [email protected], or by phone at at home permanently. In a recent poll of 202.886.0003. is often money well spent. conflicts, often does no such thing. more than 500 start-up founders backed by Online communications can lead to mis- There are other downsides, too. Employ- venture money, 70% said that their employ- ees who work remotely can feel left isolated ees would be allowed to continue working understandings and bad feelings — anyone Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- who has spent much time on social media from the workplace power centers — you days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday at home if they wish, even after their of- didn’t really think the chief executive was through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and fices are allowed to reopen. “Return to the knows that humor and tone are easy things Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals to misinterpret. There are serendipitous going to telecommute long-term, did you? postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send office now? That’s crazy talk,” the Atlantic There is also the out-of-sight, out-of-mind address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, proclaimed earlier this week. benefits to in-person collaboration that no number of Zoom meetings or Slack chan- issue, something that is almost certainly APO AP 96301-5002. Permit me a moment of skepticism. I more of an issue for women and minorities, This newspaper is authorized by the Department of nels can replicate. A number of companies Defense for members of the military services overseas. know it seems hard to believe right now, not to mention younger workers. — Yahoo and Bank of America come to However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, but I predict that the vast majority of cu- None of this is to say telecommuting will and are not to be considered as the official views of, or mind — rescinded telecommuting privileg- bicle slaves will return to the office when fully vanish when the pandemic passes. It endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, es in the recent past, claiming the practice Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- this is over. was perceived as a valuable perk before nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote Teleworking has been on the bubble for was detrimental to corporate teamwork. most of us ever heard of COVID-19 and will locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. years. I first wrote about it for the now- There is also the psychological pull of remain so — I suspect that many workers The appearance of advertising in this publication does keeping workers in the same places as the not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense defunct Working Woman magazine in the will resist giving up in full. or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. mid-1990s, when a mere 1% of workers boss. Employers frequently see themselves As a compromise, I expect to see people Products or services advertised shall be made available for were offered the option. The practice has as better able to monitor and control their purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, work from home at least one day a week religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical expanded from that low base. According employees when they are actually on the — but that’s a far cry from saying goodbye handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor to the Pew Research Center, 7% of workers premises. In fact, even as mass telecom- to the office altogether. of the purchaser, user or patron. had access to flexible work scheduling in muting seemed just about to take off, Sili- 2019 — mostly an upper-income group. con Valley companies competed to offer Helaine Olen is a contributor to The Washington © Stars and Stripes 2020 Post’s Plum Line blog and the author of “Pound But now an estimated half of all work- up ever more lavish on-premises perks Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal stripes.com ers are telecommuting, and according to — gourmet breakfast, lunch and dinner, Finance Industry.” Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 OPINION

it hurts Republicans, and suggested with- What newspapers out offering proof that expanding the prac- tice could lead to massive fraud. (Never mind that Trump voted by absentee ballot are saying at home in Florida’s primary.) Alarmism about a “federal takeover” The following editorial excerpts are se- of elections ignores the Constitution’s in- lected from a cross section of newspapers struction that, while states are responsible throughout the United States. The editori- for the “time, places and manner” of con- als are provided by The Associated Press gressional elections, Congress may “at any and other stateside syndicates. time make or alter such regulations.” Con- gress also has legislated regulations for Red flags in DeVos’ plan on presidential elections. It would be shame- ful if Republicans refused to exercise that sexual harassment on campus authority to make it easier for Americans The Washington Post to vote during a public-health crisis. But Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ long- then, the GOP in recent years has been planned overhaul of regulations governing the party trying to make it harder to cast how schools and colleges handle allega- a ballot. tions of sexual harassment and assault has If Republicans in the Senate erect too been released in final form. As expected, RON HARRIS/AP many obstacles to an expansion of voting they came under almost immediate court by mail and other measures to safeguard challenge from advocates for sexual abuse A voter wearing a protective mask is seen at the Dunwoody Library on Monday in voting in this extraordinary emergency, victims who claim they will lead to a re- Dunwoody, Ga. Georgians were greeted with new anti-coronavirus procedures as they they will face the judgment of history turn to the bad old days when campus rape participated in the first day of in-person early voting for the state’s June 9 primaries . — and of the voters they disenfranchised and sexual misconduct were swept under the rug. or endangered. They will play politics with to investigate Michael Flynn.” George The 2016 and 2017 spying on Trump of- this issue at their peril. It is fair to question why the Trump ad- Stephanopoulos reminded Biden that he ficials and then leaking to promote a false ministration chose to release the final rules attended a Jan. 5, 2017, Oval Office meet- narrative of collusion is one of the dirtiest during a global pandemic when schools ing when the FBI’s Flynn investigation tricks in the history of American politics. It Policing social distancing has across the country are scrambling to deal was discussed. Biden replied that he’d mis- is not “perfectly legitimate,” and the public with chaos and uncertainty. It is also un- appearance of racial inequality heard the question and admitted he was needs to know the full story behind it. The New York Times derstandable to wish that the department “aware that there was, that they’d asked Of the 125 people arrested in New York had taken more to heart some suggested for, an investigation. But that’s all I know Congress must require states over offenses that law enforcement offi- changes, including how sexual harassment about it.” is defined, how victims are cross-exam- This was more straightforward than to expand 2020 mail-in voting cials described as related to the coronavi- ined and the scope of a school’s responsi- what Biden told MSNBC when he was Los Angles Times rus pandemic, 113 were black or Hispanic. bility. But the old guidance was in need of asked about his “involvement in the inves- Even as some states and localities are Of the 374 summonses from March 16 to improvement, and the new Title IX rules tigation of Michael Flynn.” Biden replied: “reopening” businesses and public spaces, May 5, a vast majority — 300 — were given do not provide license for schools to ignore “I was never a part or had any knowledge it is likely that the COVID-19 pandemic will to black and Hispanic New Yorkers. sexual assault and harassment. The revi- of any criminal investigation into Flynn still be with us in November when Ameri- Videos of some of the arrests are hard sions, as we observed when the proposal while I was in office.” cans will elect a president, the entire mem- to watch. In one posted to Facebook last was put out for public comment in 2018, in- Except at the time there was no criminal bership of the U.S. House and more than a week, a group of some six police officers clude some changes that would bring need- investigation into Flynn — as Biden knows. third of the U.S. Senate. are seen tackling a black woman in a sub- ed balance to disciplinary proceedings. In 2016, the FBI opened a counterintelli- It is past time for Congress to require way station as her young child looks on. Four advocacy groups for people who gence investigation into Flynn, and it was states to expand opportunities for voting “She’s got a baby with her!” a bystander have been sexually assaulted filed a fed- under that pretense that it conducted the by mail and early voting — and to help pay shouts. Police officials told the Daily News eral lawsuit last week seeking to block the interview in which it later claimed that for those changes — so that Americans on the woman had refused to comply when of- provisions from going into effect Aug. 14. Flynn lied. The lack of a criminal inves- Nov. 3 aren’t faced with a choice between ficers directed her to put the mask she was The regulations, released May 6, replace tigation is the primary reason the Justice protecting their health and exercising wearing over her nose and mouth. the now-rescinded guidance of the Obama Department moved this month to drop its the most important right of citizens in a Contrast that with photographs across administration on how to enforce the 48- prosecution. Biden still hasn’t explained democracy. social media showing crowds of sun-seek- year-old federal law banning sex-based why he personally unmasked Flynn. That was the grim dilemma encoun- ers packed into parks in wealthy, whiter discrimination in federally funded educa- James Clapper, the former director of na- tered by voters in Wisconsin’s April 7 elec- areas of the city, lounging undisturbed as tion programs. The Education Department tional intelligence, defended his unmasking tion, when — despite social distancing and police officers hand out masks. was right to tell schools, in a 2011 “Dear of Flynn as “perfectly legitimate.” Clapper other precautions — dozens of voters and So it is obvious that the city needs a dif- Colleague” letter, that they needed to deal told CNN that he had a professional duty poll workers may have been infected at ferent approach to enforcing public health with long-neglected problems of sexual to investigate the “numerous engagements polling places. It’s vital that Congress act measures during the pandemic. Mayor Bill abuse or risk the loss of federal funding. by representatives of the Trump camp with now to prevent voters across the country de Blasio seems to understand this, and he But that led to a different set of problems. Russians.” As he told Sirius XM’s “The Joe from encountering a similar situation in has promised to hire 2,300 people to serve Law professors at leading universities said Madison Show”: “People would be derelict November, which could lower turnout as as social distancing “ambassadors.” overcorrection in countering the culture of if they didn’t have enough curiosity to in- well as spread disease. Hopefully, the mayor will think bigger. denial resulted in an assumption of guilt quire what was going on.” Congress included $400 million for state One promising idea, promoted by City that denied the accused any semblance of In other words, it’s OK to eavesdrop on election systems in a coronavirus stimulus Councilman Brad Lander and others, is due process, including access to evidence your political opponents if you’re curious package approved in March. But that sum to build quickly a kind of “public health from investigative reports and the right to about their conversations with foreign- falls far short of what is required to make it corps” to enforce social-distancing mea- a fair hearing. ers. We doubt that justification would possible for states — especially those that sures. In this approach, specially trained The basic issue surrounding the new have played well had the George W. Bush lack experience with extensive voting by civilians could fan out across the neighbor- rules is whether bolstering the rights of administration spied on Barack Obama’s mail — to prepare for an election in which hoods and parks, helping with pedestrian those accused will have a chilling effect on incoming team. Officials of incoming ad- most votes might have to be cast by that traffic control and politely encouraging the willingness of students to come forward ministrations routinely talk with officials method. New Yorkers entering parks to protect one with allegations of sexual misconduct. It is of foreign governments. The House passed a new coronavirus re- another by wearing masks and keeping concerning that schools that are now try- Such exchanges don’t justify the wide- lief bill Friday that would give state election their distance. Police Department school ing to deal with the dilemmas caused by spread scale of Obama administration un- systems $3.6 billion to respond to the pan- safety agents, who are not armed, could the coronavirus will also, barring court masking of Flynn. And they certainly don’t demic — a sum much closer to estimates help. action, have to put in place new (and likely justify the leaking of the conversations that by outside election experts of what will be Another method to help social-distanc- costlier) procedures to deal with sexual Flynn and Attorney General Jeff Sessions required to conduct elections during this ing efforts may be the community-based abuse and harassment cases. Equally con- had with the Russian ambassador. Leaking crisis. But Congress must act quickly; ac- cerning, though, is that overheated rheto- those classified conversations is a felony. cording to an analysis by the Brennan groups that have been effective in reducing ric about the bad old days could become a Then there’s John Brennan, the Obama Center for Justice, states will have to start gun violence in some of the city’s toughest self-fulfilling prophecy. CIA director, who claimed that the real preparing this month if they’re going to be neighborhoods. scandal is releasing the names of the un- ready for voting by mail in the fall. The Police Department would play only The Flynn ‘unmasking’ involved maskers. Brennan told MSNBC that Presi- It’s also important that states take pre- a minimal role in this approach, stepping dent Donald Trump is guilty of “egregious cautions to protect the health of voters who in to help with crowd control, for example, brazen acts by Obama officials abuse” and “manipulation” of “the instru- will cast their ballots in person, an option something it does extremely well. The Wall Street Journal ments of our intelligence and national se- that must remain for disabled voters and Without a significant course correction, The media are mostly ignoring the news curity organizations.” those with unreliable mail delivery. the department’s role in the pandemic may that 39 Obama administration officials This is the same John Brennan who in Shoring up election systems to respond to look more and more like stop-and-frisk, the sought to read the transcripts of Michael August 2016 was frustrated that the Trump- the pandemic should be a bipartisan cause. policing tactic that led to the harassment of Flynn’s conversations with foreigners, but Russia collusion narrative he’d been But while some Republican governors rec- hundreds of thousands of innocent people, here and there they’ve asked a question. pushing inside the administration hadn’t ognize the importance of expanding vot- most of them black and Hispanic . The unpersuasive answers suggest there’s become public. He briefed then-Senate ing by mail, Republicans in Washington New York is facing a public health crisis, more to learn. Minority Leader Harry Reid, who wrote a haven’t risen to the occasion. Some GOP not a spike in crime. Black and Hispanic Take Joe Biden, who “unmasked” Flynn letter to FBI Director James Comey, laying senators have expressed concern about a New Yorkers are already suffering dispro- only a few days before leaving office as out the “connection” between Trump and “federal takeover of the election process.” portionately from the coronavirus. They vice president. Last week Biden told ABC Russia and demanding an investigation. President Donald Trump has called voting don’t need more policing. They need more that he knew “nothing about those moves The letter leaked to the press. by mail a “terrible thing,” complained that help. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 SCOREBOARD/SOCCER/NBA Sports Recession on AFN could hurt Go to the American Forces Network website for the most gate for up-to-date TV schedules. myafn.net World Cup Deals BY ROB HARRIS Wednesday’s transactions Associated Press FOOTBALL National Football League Organizers of the World Cup in CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed 2020 draft picks TE Harrison Bryant and WR Qatar are concerned that many Donovan Peoples-Jones. fans won’t be able to afford trav- LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed G Ryan Groy. eling to the tournament in 2022 if NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed the coronavirus pandemic causes S Patrick Chung to a two-year con- tract extension through 2023. Signed a global recession. 2020 second-round draft pick DB Kyle Dugger. Many countries around the COLLEGE world are expected to suffer his- NCAA — Named Denee Barracato to NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball torically deep recessions as a Committee. result of the virus and the associ- ated lockdown restrictions. Pro basketball “It’s all right now unclear — we are entering into a recession,” NBA World Cup organizing committee WINSLOW TOWNSON/AP secretary general Hassan Al Tha- EASTERN CONFERENCE Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley, right, drives past the Boston Celtics’ Robert Williams III during a game on Atlantic Division wadi said Wednesday. “There’s al- March 6 in Boston. Conley is at home in Ohio, waiting to find out how hard he should be training. W L Pct GB ways the concern about the global Toronto 46 18 .719 — Boston 43 21 .672 3 economy Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ and the abil- Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 New York 21 45 .318 26 ity of fans Southeast Division to be able to Miami 41 24 .631 — Orlando 30 35 .462 11 afford trav- Washington 24 40 .375 16½ NBA’s hesitation move Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 eling and af- Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 ford coming Central Division Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — and partici- Indiana 39 26 .600 14 pating and Utah’s Conley waits on the league’s decision, like rest of the players Chicago 22 43 .338 31 Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ celebrating Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 the World BY TIM REYNOLDS WESTERN CONFERENCE Cup.” Southwest Division Al-Thawadi Associated Press ‘ I think it just is going to be a wait-and- W L Pct GB Sporting Houston 40 24 .625 — Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ events have Mike Conley is waiting for fur- see kind of game. I’ll be ready, one way or Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ also been postponed, including ther instructions. So is the rest of New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 another. San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ soccer’s European Championship the NBA. ’ Northwest Division that was due to start next month The league is continuing to Mike Conley Denver 43 22 .662 — Utah 41 23 .641 1½ but has been moved until 2021. work through multiple return-to- Utah Jazz guard Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ Portland 29 37 .439 14½ Qatar still hopes six of its eight play scenarios, with two people Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ stadiums will be completed by with knowledge of the situation Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — the end of this year despite the saying Wednesday that Orlando and that players will be allowed to tailed a two-to-four-week window L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ COVID-19 disruption. The World — which has been talked about Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ leave the NBA campus, wherever when he met with members of the Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 Cup is set to be played in Novem- for several weeks — along with it is — knowing they’ll be running National Basketball Players As- Golden State 15 50 .231 35 ber-December 2022 — rather Las Vegas and Houston remain a risk by doing that. sociation electronically on May 8, than its usual June-July slot. under consideration. The people “If you come back with corona, and that window would theoreti- Pro hockey “By 2022 I’m optimistic that we spoke to The Associated Press on you can’t play,” Dudley said. “So cally end June 5. would overcome this pandemic condition of anonymity because we’re going to be tested all the The next steps would likely in- as a human race collectively,” NHL the league has made no final time, and so it would be smart clude additional guidance from Al Thawadi said on a Leaders decisions. of teams ... all the top guys that the league on when teams can ex- EASTERN CONFERENCE in Sport live stream. “It will be Atlantic Division More than half of the league’s we have, we’ll be wrapping them pand their voluntary workouts; at GP W L OT Pts GF GA one of the early opportunities for teams have opened facilities for Boston 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 in bubble and not letting them this point, no more than four play- Tampa Bay 70 43 21 6 92 245 195 all of us to celebrate together, to voluntary player workouts, with go anywhere. Let’s just be hon- ers are allowed in a facility at a Toronto 70 36 25 9 81 238 227 engage together, to bring people Minnesota expected to be the Florida 69 35 26 8 78 231 228 est, they can’t leave. And so, you given time, and some have enact- Montreal 71 31 31 9 71 212 221 together.” next to do so on Thursday. Utah is would want that to be a team ed even stricter policies on their Buffalo 69 30 31 8 68 195 217 Qatar is promising the World among the teams that has opened, Ottawa 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 rule.” own. From there, a plan for train- Detroit 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 Cup will be affordable for fans but Conley is still at his home in Wednesday marked the end of Metropolitan Division ing camps would likely follow, but the tiny gas-rich nation has Ohio and has yet to return to Salt Washington 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 the 10th week since the NBA shut and when those camps — which Philadelphia 69 41 21 7 89 232 196 been affected by economic ac- Lake City for those sessions at the Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 86 224 196 down on March 11, a move that will almost certainly be preceded Carolina 68 38 25 5 81 222 193 tivity shutting down in so many Jazz facility. came once it was known that Jazz Columbus 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 countries. State-owned Qatar “I’ve been working as if we’re by a quarantine period — begin, N.Y. Islanders 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 center Rudy Gobert tested posi- games could follow potentially as N.Y. Rangers 70 37 28 5 79 234 222 Airways, a World Cup sponsor, coming back,” Conley said tive for the coronavirus. The pan- soon as three weeks later. New Jersey 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 has said it will cut jobs as the Wednesday. “If anything, I’d like demic halted a season that had WESTERN CONFERENCE Should all that happen, camps Central Division global aviation industry has been to know a direction, just to know 259 games left to play, but none of GP W L OT Pts GF GA could start in June and games largely grounded. whether to keep putting the foot those games have been officially St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 may resume in July. There are Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 For three years, Qatar has had on the pedal or, you know, back canceled yet. Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 still a litany of issues to work out, Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 to adjust tournament preparations off a little bit and rest easier if Ordinarily, the NBA would be Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 to cope with the economic and we’re not playing until the fol- into the conference-finals por- such as all the details surround- Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 ing testing, which the league has Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 diplomatic boycott of the country lowing year and following season. tion of the playoff schedule at Pacific Division by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia So, I think it just is going to be a said would have to be part of any Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 this point. Players who were paid Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 and the United Arab Emirates wait-and-see kind of game. I’ll be May 15 saw 25% of those checks return-to-play scenario. Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 “We’re going to be back as soon Vancouver 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 over claims it supports extremist ready, one way or another.” withheld in anticipation of some Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 groups in the region. Qatar denies Also Wednesday, Jared Dudley games being canceled, and if no as we hear even more encour- Anaheim 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 aging, positive news from our Los Angeles 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 the allegations. of the Los Angeles Lakers said more regular-season games are San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 “It was a blessing in disguise to he is “90% confident” that the played they could lose a total league,” Conley said. “What I’ve a large extent because it forced NBA is coming back this season of about $850 million in gross heard as far as from the COVID AP sportlight us to be self-reliant and forced us and that he believes players owe salary. standpoint, I think things have to look inward,” Al Thawadi said it to the fans to try to finish the The league remains hope- gotten better. So, I think that it eases a lot of our ... reservations of May 22 of the boycott. “This forced us to season. ful that some sort of decision on 1877 — Baden-Baden, ridden by C. Hol- become much more resilient ... But Dudley also said that the whether the season can resume not wanting to leave our homes.” loway, catches Leonard just before turn- ing into the stretch and wins the Ken- which made us much-better pre- notion of the league resuming in can be made in the coming weeks. AP sports writer Greg Beacham in Los tucky Derby by two lengths. pared to deal with COVID.” a “bubble” has been misguided, Commissioner Adam Silver de- Angeles contributed. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 COLLEGE NCAA to lift ban on football, basketball workouts

BY STEVE MEGARGEE pect the football season to be played. Associated Press Notre Dame President Rev. John Jen- kins told MSNBC he expects to have clar- The NCAA Division I Council voted ity on how — or if — the football season can Wednesday to lift a moratorium on vol- happen in the next few weeks. untary workouts by football and basket- “The team itself, I feel we can manage ball players effective June 1 as a growing that one,” Jenkins said. “Then the question number of college leaders expressed con- is people in the stands. We have an 85,000- fidence that fall sports will be possible person stadium. Can we get 85,000 people in some form despite concerns about the in there? That will be a big challenge to do coronavirus pandemic. that. But could we get a smaller number This decision clears the way for individ- — 10,000, 15,000, 20,000? I don’t know.” ual workouts by athletes, mostly on their Miami President Julio Frenk told CNN own, subject to safety and health protocols he hopes the Hurricanes can play this fall decided by their schools or local health and that safety would be the top priority. officials. “They will probably play in empty sta- NCAA officials noted that the workouts diums, like so many other sports,” Frenk could go on as long as all local, state and said. federal regulations are followed. The sta- Scott Woodward, tus of voluntary workouts for other sports the athletic director will be determined later. at defending national “We encourage each school to use its dis- champion LSU, said cretion to make the best decisions possible his school was pre- for football and basketball student-athletes paring to welcome within the appropriate resocialization back athletes after ROBERT FRANKLIN, SOUTH BEND (IND.) TRIBUNE/AP framework,” Penn athletic director and the Southeastern council chair M. Grace Calhoun said in a University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins speaks during a press Conference’s closure statement. “Allowing for voluntary athlet- conference in South Bend, Ind. The presidents of the University of Miami and Notre of athletic facilities to ics activity acknowledges that reopening Dame said in separate interviews that they expect the football season to be played. students is slated to our campuses will be an individual deci- end May 31. Frenk sion but should be based on advice from Smith said he hadn’t figured out yet how Chris Massaro said his school plans to take LSU will offer sum- medical experts.” those 20,000 to 30,000 spectators would the temperature of players daily and make mer classes online From Notre Dame to LSU and more, a be chosen. He said masks and other pre- sure they are wearing masks. Massaro has and doesn’t have plans to reopen its cam- number of schools have announced plans to cautions would be required to prevent the even discussed moving some equipment pus to the general student population at reopen campuses for the fall semester and spread of COVID-19. from the weight room to the Red Floyd least until the fall semester. conferences have begun setting up plans Smith added that Ohio State is ready to Stadium concourse to make sure workouts Most athletic departments need the rev- for how to play football amid the pandemic. enue generated from football to fund their open the 15,000-square-foot Woody Hayes allow social distancing. The latest came this week with the Florida other sports. Hundreds of schools are reel- Athletic Center to athletes starting June “We’re a little bit kind of like guinea State system announcing plans for its 12 ing financially from the effects of the pan- schools and more than 420,000 students. 8 if the NCAA allows it. About 10 players pigs,” Middle Tennessee coach Rick Stock- demic. Athletic departments, particularly Many questions remain, including spe- at a time would be allowed to work out on still said. “We’re the ones that are coming at smaller schools and in Division II, have cific safety protocols and whether fans staggered schedules with social-distanc- back first, football’s coming back first all already cut a number of sports. would be allowed if games proceed. ing and other hygiene precautions in place. across the country. So we’ve got to make The NCAA this week lowered the mini- Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith Some coaches returned to the complex on sure we’re doing our part so there’s not a mum and maximum number of games said in conference call Wednesday that he a limited basis this week. setback, and it’s going to take all of us buy- Division II schools are required to play in believes the Buckeyes could safely play Other schools also are looking into ing in and doing whatever we can to keep all sports next year. The move includes a home games with 20,000 to 30,000 fans in ways they can hold workouts as safely as everybody else healthy and safe.” 33% reduction in the minimum number of its 105,000-seat stadium. possible. The presidents of Miami and Notre games needed for sponsorship and cham- “I think we can get there,” Smith said. Middle Tennessee athletic director Dame said in separate interviews they ex- pionship qualification in most sports. HBCUs hit hard by NCAA’s academic penalties

BY JOHN ZENOR By the numbers men’s basketball, while South- schools have far fewer academic Associated Press ern, Grambling State and Prai- support staffers than big-money rie View A&M were also hit with schools such as Auburn and Ala- Historically black colleges and bans in other sports. bama inside his own state. He has universities have again been hit New Alabama State hoops reorganized the league’s compli- disproportionately hard with coach Mo Williams, a longtime ance office to help boost APR and NCAA-imposed penalties based 18 958 21% NBA player who was formally graduation numbers. on Academic Progress Rates. introduced Wednesday, went to “The mission of our member Charles McClelland, commis- college at the far wealthier Uni- institutions is to serve the histori- sioner of the Southwestern Ath- Number of Average APR Percentage of versity of Alabama. cally underserved,” he said. “We letic Conference, knows that his historically scores at HBCUs HBCU teams He said Alabama State has the still have a predominantly first- members face many challenges black colleges this year, up from that scored resources to meet the academic generation student and a predom- in that regard, including fewer goals. inantly first-generation student financial resources and lower ad- and universities 913 in 2009-10. under 930 APR, “Alabama State is a great, great, athlete to attend our institutions. mission standards. the NCAA is compared to great university,” Williams said. “The majority of our students He also understands that meet- penalizing based 44% a decade “The resources, what’s available cannot get into the Ivy League, ing those NCAA standards is just on Academic ago. for us is really what we need. We the University of Alabama or Au- part of HBCUs competing in Di- can get it done with what we’ve burn. Our admission standards vision I. Progress Rates. got.” are not as high.” “We’re not going to allow any Teams posting a four-year McClelland can point to his own obstacle or any excuse to stop us SOURCE: Associated Press APR score below 930, which pre- experiences for hope of continued from achieving our goal,” said dicts a 50% graduation rate, can progress. When he took over the McClelland, a former athletic di- “We take extreme pride and cluding 18 from HBCUs. SWAC be penalized. The average APR athletic program in 2008, Texas rector at SWAC member schools joy in doing that, but sometimes member Alabama A&M joined scores at HBCUs has risen from Southern had a 29% graduation Texas Southern and Prairie View 913 in 2009-10 to 958 or higher rate for athletes. It more than that means that our numbers Stephen F. Austin as the only A&M. “It might just take us lon- each of the past four years, with doubled during his tenure. might be behind. But we’re not athletic programs having three ger to get there because we do eligibility and retention rates also “There’s a lot of things that have limited resources and we do going to apologize for our mis- teams on that list. making similar leaps, according have to be done and a lot of our have our historical mission that sion and we’re not going to apolo- The Bulldogs received post- to NCAA data. institutions are in the middle of (includes) taking those that might gize for what we do, because we season bans in men’s basketball, The rates of HBCU teams scor- making that change,” McClelland not necessarily be ready for col- make a significant impact in this men’s track and field and wom- ing under 930 went from 44% a said. “We know it can be done and lege, get them ready for college, society.” en’s soccer. decade ago to 21% this year and that’s why we embrace Division I educate them and then get them The NCAA announced pen- In-state rival Alabama State even lower the previous three. standards. It can be done but it’s on the other end for graduation. alties on 23 teams Tuesday, in- also faces a postseason ban in McClelland notes that SWAC not an overnight process.” PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 NFL Analysis No Hail Mary on drive to reopening League has goal line to reach but isn’t in a rush to get there

BY BARRY WILNER Associated Press

The NFL is taking baby steps toward full re- BEN MARGOT,/AP openings for its teams. It has no other choice. Aldon Smith sits on the Raiders’ No long throws downfield. Mostly halfback bench during a game in 2015, dives into the line. the last time he played in the There are so many issues that must be ad- NFL. The league reinstated dressed with the opening of team facilities Smith from an indefinite across the nation. Just because a handful of suspension for off-field issues. clubs returned executives and other staff — no coaches or players — to their complexes on Tuesday does not foreshadow a quick return to business as usual. Or close to it. Cowboys’ For one thing — a very major thing — there’s competitive balance to consider. “Competitive issues are always important Smith and they always are considered in a way to try to preserve equitable treatment of all 32 clubs,” said Jeff Pash, the NFL’s chief legal MATT YORK/AP reinstated counsel. “And certainly, our goal will be to Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury looks back at Kyler Murray during last year’s training camp. have all 32 clubs operating on a consistent Several NFL teams, including Arizona, reopened their training facilities this week, while Associated Press basis.” many are prohibited by government restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some of the challenges the teams FRISCO, Texas — Aldon Smith face at a time when organized team activities “We feel there are certain important steps After stringent workouts or practices, many will be able to take part in team (OTAs), followed by June on-field minicamps, that need to occur with regard to testing, with players head for the tubs. When one is done, activities with the Dallas Cow- would have been taking place. regard to test availability, with regard to test another soon climbs in. boys after the NFL on Wednesday reliability, and our continued evolution of un- There’s no way that will work any longer. conditionally reinstated the pass Government restrictions derstanding about how to manage exposure,” Teams must consider installing more tubs rusher from an indefinite suspen- he added. “All of those things continue to and separating them. So add plumbers and sion for off-field issues. At least a dozen franchises had no chance Smith, who hasn’t played in an to begin the reopening process this week be- evolve, and when we and the players associa- contractors to the list of folks in facilities. tion together feel like we’re at a point of satis- Same thing for the ever-popular weight NFL game since 2015, will be able cause state or local municipalities barred it. to participate in the Cowboys’ vir- All four California teams — the Raiders still faction with that science, then we’ll be ready room, which often has two dozen or more to move forward. players at work. Schedules for who can be in tual offseason program starting count because their current training facility next week. He can also meet with is in Alameda — and both New Jersey clubs “We’re moving as fast as the science and there and when must be compiled. Equipment the data takes us.” managers and even trainers will be charged teammates and coaches. fall in that category. The Cowboys, who lost sacks “We are not opening up,” Ravens President Cass was willing to put a time frame on it with frequent disinfecting chores. — somewhat. Meeting rooms are designed for large leader Robert Quinn in free agen- Dick Cass said Tuesday. “In Maryland, we are cy, signed Smith to a one-year “We believe by the time of training camp groups, making social distancing a huge chal- deemed to be a non-essential business. Under contract last month despite his local and state regulations, we remain closed (late July), we’ll be able to test players and lenge when coaches and players can actually uncertain playing status. Smith and we will remain closed until the governor coaches multiple times a week, and be able to hold those get-togethers. was reinstated after meeting permits us to open up. Right now, it would be get the results fairly quickly,” he said. “I think “The hope around the league is that Phase with NFL Commissioner Roger great to have our players back. But I don’t see there’s a really good shot that we’ll be OK.” 1 of reopening demonstrates our ability to op- Goodell on a video teleconference that happening anytime soon.” erate in a safe manner, allowing more staff Social distancing (including coaches) to gradually return to last week. Testing the office soon,” Broncos President Joe Ellis Smith was drafted seventh This could be the most difficult task of all. wrote in a memo to organization members. overall by San Francisco in 2011 As Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical Consider the need to spread out dressing “Although there is currently no set timeline and had 14 sacks as a rookie. He officer, noted during a conference call follow- stalls, for example. Normally, players are for when this next phase of expanded facility was an All-Pro in 2012 when he ing the team owners’ virtual meeting Tues- practically shoulder to shoulder in locker access could begin, we should remain pre- had 19 ½ sacks and the 49ers day: “We’re not putting dates on the calendar rooms. Indeed, in training camp, makeshift pared in the event that it occurs in the very reached the Super Bowl. He had at this point” concerning getting coaches and lockers are installed to accommodate the near future.” 44 sacks in 50 games during his players into team complexes. extra load. After many baby steps are taken. first four NFL seasons in San Francisco with defensive line coach Jim Tomsula, now on the Cowboys staff for new head coach Defense: Shield could be ready in time for players to try in preseason Mike McCarthy. Smith had several legal issues FROM BACK PAGE face masks. The company also has developed would quickly gain acceptance, assuming as a player with San Francisco Work on the face mask is far enough along durable eyeglasses for the military that are they meet two main standards. and Oakland. He was first sus- that “there will probably be a recommen- designed not to fog up — technology that may “They’ve got to be comfortable for the play- pended with the 49ers in 2014 be- dation” to use it when the league begins its prove useful in its latest ers,” he said. “And they’ve got to be safe.” fore receiving a one-year ban in preseason schedule in August, according to ‘ project. While McKay has never been a fan on the November 2015 with the Raiders. Mayer. There The new coverings tinted visors that some players already use, Smith applied for reinstatement Cleveland Browns center JC Tretter, who are no bad would likely have to cover he’s learned to accept that look. to the NFL in 2016, but that deci- also serves as president of the NFLPA, wel- ideas at the entire face mask. “I understood that some players needed it sion was initially deferred. comed any attempt to improve player safety. “They’ve got some because of their eyes,” McKay said. “In this Oakland retained Smith’s con- “There are no bad ideas at this point,“ he this point. prototypes,” Mayer told instance, if this is what the doctors in the tractual rights before releasing said. “You kind of have to think outside the You kind Schefter. “Some of them, medical field think is needed, then we should him in 2018 after San Francisco box. Just because it is an idea does not mean when you first look at look into it.” police issued a warrant for his ar- things are definitely going to happen, but you of have them, you think, ‘Gosh, no’ Tretter said the NFL is “probably going to rest in a domestic violence case. need to explore it and you need to understand to think because you’re not used look a little different this year,” and modified The Cowboys still have a sus- it.” outside to seeing it. You’re just face masks might be part of the changes. pended pass rusher under con- Falcons cornerback Isaiah Oliver with- not used to seeing it. But “You have to focus on fitting football in- tract in Randy Gregory, who is held judgment until he’s able to check out a the box. ’ they’re looking at every side of this world of coronavirus and not get seeking reinstatement. Gregory prototype. JC Tretter issue you can imagine, caught up in trying to fit coronavirus inside of was indefinitely suspended in “I haven’t seen anything like that,” Oliver NFLPA president including when it fogs up. this world,” he said. “You can’t expect just to February 2019 for violating the said Wednesday. “I would have to look into it What do we do with that? throw football back in and think that the virus NFL’s substance-abuse policy, his to see what it looks like.” But these guys are used to is going to kneel down to football. You have to fourth league suspension coming Oakley is already contracted by the NFL to dealing with this stuff.” look through different ways of making sure about seven months after he had provide visors that some players use on their McKay said he expects the new face masks people stay healthy.” been reinstated by Goodell. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 AUTO RACING Scoreboard Denny Hamlin competes in Wednesday’s rain-shortened NASCAR Cup Series race in Darlington, S.C. Toyota 500 PHOTOS BY BRYNN ANDERSON / AP Wednesday Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series At Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C. Lap length: 1.37 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (16) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 208 laps, 47 points. 2. (26) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 208, 35. 3. (20) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 208, 40. 4. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 208, 33. 5. (13) Erik Jones, Toyota, 208, 39. 6. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 208, 39. 7. (9) Aric Almirola, Ford, 208, 35. 8. (37) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 208, 29. 9. (7) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 208, 29. 10. (15) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 208, 44. 11. (24) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 208, 26. 12. (34) William Byron, Chevrolet, 208, 30. 13. (14) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 208, 24. 14. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford, 208, 23. 15. (18) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 208, 22. 16. (21) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 208, 21. 17. (23) Michael McDowell, Ford, 208, 20. 18. (19) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 208, 29. 19. (2) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 208, 18. 20. (10) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 208, 17. 21. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 208, 24. 22. (4) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 208, 35. 23. (32) Chris Buescher, Ford, 208, 14. 24. (31) Corey Lajoie, Ford, 207, 13. 25. (39) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 207, 12. 26. (35) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 207, 11. 27. (25) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 207, 10. 28. (29) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 207, 0. 29. (30) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 207, 0. 30. (11) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet, 206, 9. 31. (22) Cole Custer, Ford, 206, 6. 32. (28) Gray Gaulding, Ford, 206, 5. 33. (33) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 204, 0. 34. (36) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 204, 3. 35. (12) John H. Nemechek, Ford, 202, 2. 36. (38) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 202, 0. 37. (27) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, transmission, 201, 1. 38. (17) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, acci- dent, 200, 14. 39. (1) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, engine, 69, 2. Hamlin earns second victory Race Statistics Average speed of race winner: 106.085 mph. Time of race: 2 hours, 42 minutes, 23 seconds. Margin of victory: Caution seconds. Caution flags: 11 for 54 laps. NASCAR returns to Wednesday Lead changes: 17 among 14 drivers. Lap leaders: R.Preece 0; T.Dillon 1-8; J.Logano 9-27; B.Wallace 28-30; C.Bowyer 31-83; M.Truex 84-99; K.Harvick 100- 109; D.Suarez 110; C.Bowyer 111-128; as rain reduces race by 20 laps R.Newman 129-133; E.Jones 134-160; C.Elliott 161-175; B.Keselowski 176- 181; B.Poole 182; C.Elliott 183-190; B.Keselowski 191; C.Elliott 192-196; Associated Press A furious Elliott waited for D.Hamlin 197-208 Busch on the apron of the track Leaders summary (driver, times led, DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny laps led): C.Bowyer, 2 times for 71 laps; and flipped Busch the middle Hamlin won NASCAR’s first C.Elliott, 3 times for 28 laps; E.Jones, finger as he passed. As NASCAR 1 time for 27 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for Wednesday race since 1984 when 19 laps; M.Truex, 1 time for 16 laps; cleaned the track, it started to D.Hamlin, 1 time for 12 laps; K.Harvick, rain stopped the event with 20 rain and the cars were called to 1 time for 10 laps; T.Dillon, 1 time for 8 laps remaining at Darlington laps; B.Keselowski, 2 times for 7 laps; pit road under red flag. R.Newman, 1 time for 5 laps; B.Wallace, Raceway. It was an already active eve- 1 time for 3 laps; D.Suarez, 1 time for 1 The Daytona 500 winner was lap; B.Poole, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Preece, 1 ning at “The Track Too Tough time for 0 laps. out front but out of fresh tires To Tame” as drivers were racing Wins: J.Logano, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; and trying to hang on when he K.Harvick, 1; A.Bowman, 1. against the field and the weather. Top 16 in points: 1. K.Harvick, 258; got unintended help from Joe 2. J.Logano, 224; 3. A.Bowman, 219; As the drivers sat in their cars 4. D.Hamlin, 201; 5. C.Elliott, 192; 6. Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle waiting for NASCAR to pull the B.Keselowski, 191; 7. A.Almirola, 186; Busch. The reigning Cup cham- 8. M.Truex, 179; 9. M.DiBenedetto, 170; plug, a handful of Elliott’s crew 10. C.Bowyer, 170; 11. R.Blaney, 168; pion caused Chase Elliott to crash members sat on the pit wall star- 12. J.Johnson, 161; 13. Ky.Busch, 157; eight laps earlier to bring out the 14. Ku.Busch, 151; 15. E.Jones, 146; 16. ing down Busch. Members of Denny Hamlin’s pit crew celebrate his second victory of W.Byron, 129. caution. One of Busch’s crew members the season, which was shortened 20 laps by rain. sat between them on the wall and NASCAR eventually ordered ev- and Hamlin, wearing a mask that with 34 laps remaining. Chase Elliott eryone back over the wall. Eight depicted his actual smile, was Hamlin had no choice but to was wrecked minutes later, the race was called having a muted celebration in the stay out on the track, and his crew by defending and Busch was greeted by Alan rain. chief Chris Gabehart told him NASCAR Cup Gustafson, Elliott’s crew chief He walked to victory lane under over the radio, “you ain’t going to champion and Busch’s former crew chief a large black umbrella. It was a 1- like it, but we’re going to have to Kyle Busch. when he drove for Hendrick Mo- 2 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing and eat our vegetables here.” torsports, for a conversation be- Toyota. Hamlin has won three Hamlin, the leader because he tween two masked competitors. times at Darlington and has two didn’t pit on the restart with 29 to Busch immediately copped to wins this season. go, only had to hold off traffic for the error. “I got my happy face on. Made one lap before the Busch and El- “There’s no question I made a sure I brought it with me,” Ham- liott collision. The rain then came mistake and just misjudged the lin said of his mask. He said he and Hamlin earned the trophy. gap,” Busch said. “They’re upset, also had masks made with a “sad “It’s a driver’s race track,” he they’re mad. I’m not just going to face” but only brought the smiling said. “You can do different things fix it and we’re going to go have masks to a track he counts among to make (the car) handle. We got ice cream tomorrow. They’re his favorites. it right.” going to dwell on it and I’m sure Hamlin thought he was in good The race marked the first time there are repercussions of it I’m shape when he made his last pit in NASCAR history that the Cup going to have down the road.” stop but a caution by Clint Bow- Series had two points-paying Meanwhile, a fox was scam- yer, who won the first two stages races at the same track in one pering across the deserted track of the race, jumbled the strategy week. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, May 22, 2020

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BY PAUL NEWBERRY Analysis: League taking engineers and sports equipment com- Arizona Cardinals Associated Press pany Oakley are testing prototypes of a quarterback Kyler Murray baby steps toward reopening modified face mask that might contain warms up before a game ATLANTA — With an eye toward get- last season. Oakley, for business, Page 22 surgical or N95 material. which provides visors for ting back on the field during a pandem- “I had suggested that we should con- ic, the NFL is working on a helmet face “A lot of players have played with a some NFL players and sider novel and emerging ways to handle has developed durable guard that might provide the same sort clear shield to protect their eyes,” McKay the helmets and the face masks and the eyeglasses for the military, of protection as a surgical mask. said Tuesday during a video conference spread of the virus,” Mayer said on a pod- is testing prototypes of a Atlanta Falcons president Rich McKay, call with Atlanta media. “This would be cast with ESPN’s Adam Schefter. “These modified face mask that who heads up the league’s competition extended even further.” guys got the bit between their teeth.” might help prevent the committee, said the issue was raised dur- Thom Mayer, the medical director of spread of COVID-19.

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