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SUPER BOWL FACES MILITARY Chiefs QB Mahomes Redford comes Milley says troops poses big challenge out of retirement suffered ‘mild’ cases for 49ers defense for grandson’s film of TBI in Iran attack Back page Page 20 Page 5 Coronavirus death toll rises as more countries report infections » Page 18 Volume 78, No. 205 ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas KENYA ATTACK AFRICOM general: US troops weren’t prepared, orders security review BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — The top commander of American forces in Africa said Thursday that he has launched a security review of all bases hous- ing U.S. troops on the continent in the wake of an attack on a Kenyan military post that left three Ameri- cans dead. “We were not as prepared there at Manda Bay [Airfield] as we needed to be,” Army Gen. Stephen Townsend of U.S. Africa Com- mand said of the attack on the coastal military installa- tions just south of Townsend Kenya’s border with Somalia. “Al- Shabab managed to penetrate onto that airfield. They were able to get access, kill three Americans and MICHAEL CHARLES/U.S. Air Force destroy six aircraft. We are digging A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot prepares to take off at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 8. The U.S. is again into that to find out why that is the beefing up its presence at the base, which was once a major military hub. case.” The surprise attack Jan. 5 by the al-Qaida-aligned Somali terrorist group left Army Spc. Henry May- field Jr. and U.S. contractors Dustin Harrison and Bruce Triplett dead. Townsend told the Senate Armed Serious about security Services Committee on Thursday that an investigation into the inci- dent was ongoing, but it was clear that the base, in a resort town con- sidered safe from potential attack, Amid tensions with Tehran, US expands troop, fighter jet presence at Saudi base should have been better protected. Townsend vowed AFRICOM BY LOLITA C. BALDOR to roughly 2,500 since last summer, when would do better to safeguard the Associated Press ‘ I think this is an the U.S. announced it had begun deploy- roughly 5,100 U.S. troops and 1,000 ing forces to what once was a major U.S. U.S. contractors working in Africa, PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi important part of our military hub. The return of U.S. forces to warning of a growing threat across Arabia — Across the vast expanse of this architecture right now Prince Sultan Air Base is one of the more the continent from terrorists — in- desert air base, hundreds of tents have dramatic signs of America’s decision to cluding groups aligned with al-Qaida popped up and a newly arrived squadron of and we will continue to beef up troops in the Middle East in re- and Islamic State. U.S. Air Force F-15E fighters is lined up on evaluate that as we go sponse to threats from Iran. “Al-Shabab has shown their reach, On Wednesday, the top U.S. commander the tarmac, flying daily missions over Iraq forward. and the danger that they pose,” and Syria. Off in the distance, two Ameri- ’ in the Middle East spent a few hours meet- Townsend said. “I think we need to can Patriot missile batteries are scanning Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie ing with his commanders and troops here, take that serious. I am looking with a the skies, prepared to knock down any Ira- Top U.S. commander in the Middle East assessing what he called a “sweet spot” of clear eye at every location in Africa nian attack against the Saudi kingdom. U.S. force projection in the region. now.” The U.S. troop presence here has grown SEE SECURITY ON PAGE 7 SEE AFRICOM ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, January 31, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Apple, Broadcom told to pay Caltech $1.1B Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................ 0.9701 Euro costs (Jan.31) ...........................$1.1311 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.17 Dollar buys (Jan. 31) .........................€0.8841 Turkey (Lira) .........................................5.9827 British pound (Jan. 31) .........................$1.34 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Japanese yen (Jan. 31) ......................106.00 available to customers at military banking Caltech is committed to protecting its intellectual South Korean won (Jan. 31) ..........1,152.00 Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance property in furtherance of its mission to expand for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the LOS ANGELES — A federal jury on Wednesday Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For human knowledge and benefit society through re- British pound .....................................$1.3081 decided that Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3215 search integrated with education,” a school state- purchasing British pounds in Germany), $1.1 billion to the California Institute of Technology China (Yuan) ........................................6.9367 check with your local military banking ment said. Denmark (Krone) ................................6.7772 for infringing on patents. facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...................................15.8054 Emails seeking comment from Cupertino-based rates provided for reference when buying Apple was on the hook for nearly $838 million of Euro ........................................ $1.1027/0.9069 the damages awarded in a lawsuit that said Broad- Apple and Broadcom weren’t immediately returned Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7679 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, com used its patented Wi-Fi data transmission tech- Wednesday night but they are expected to appeal. Hungary (Forint) .................................306.61 Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4529 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, nology in computer chips that went into iPhones, Last week, San Jose-based Broadcom announced Japan (Yen) ...........................................108.91 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) iPads, Apple Watches and other Apple devices. it had reached agreements to supply components to Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3039 INTEREST RATES Apple devices released for the next three years. Norway (Krone) ...................................9.2212 Caltech, the superstar tech school based in Pasa- Philippines (Peso).................................50.97 Prime rate ................................................4.75 dena, said it was pleased by the verdict of the Los It wasn’t immediately clear what impact the law- Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.89 Discount rate ..........................................2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7523 Federal funds market rate ...................1.55 Angeles jury. suit award would have on those deals, which Broad- Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3628 3-month bill .............................................1.53 “As a non-profit institution of higher education, com said could generate $15 billion in revenues. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,190.57 30-year bond ...........................................2.05 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 33/30 Kabul 41/25 Seoul 39/27 Baghdad 65/44 Kandahar 48/32 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 42/27 47/31 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 45/37 45/39 44/35 Iwakuni 49/41 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 60/57 Brussels 48/39 Guam 64/51 51/48 Ramstein 51/45 79/76 Lajes, 52/49 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 69/40 66/51 64/61 54/49 49/36 Aviano/ Vicenza 45/34 Naples 56/49 Okinawa Morón 62/59 61/48 Sigonella Rota 58/39 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 81/72 60/46 57/53 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 19 Comics ...................... 21 Crossword ................. 21 Faces ........................ 20 Opinion ................ 22-23 Science and Medicine .16 Sports .................. 24-32 Friday, January 31, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY $15M judgment against hospital awarded to teen NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Aviators in Afghanistan crash identified federal judge in Tennessee has awarded a $15 million judgment BY WYATT OLSON to a 15-year-old boy who suffered a brain injury at a hospital on the Stars and Stripes Fort Campbell Army post. One of two aviators killed Monday when The parents of the boy filed a their Bombardier E-11A crashed in Afghani- medical malpractice lawsuit in stan was a grass-to-brass lieutenant colonel in 2015 alleging that he suffered in- his 25th year of Air Force service. The cap- juries during his birth at Blanch- tain he flew beside was an experienced B-1 field Army Community Hospital bomber pilot. at Fort Campbell. He was born at The Pentagon on Wednesday identified the hospital in 2005. the pair as Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, 46, of Yigo, U.S. District Judge Aleta Guam, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, 30, of Hud- Trauger issued a ruling Tuesday, son, N.H. Voss was assigned to Headquarters finding that the hospital failed to Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley- inform the mother, Kelly Wilson, Eustis, Va., and Phaneuf was with the 37th of her choices of delivery and Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force didn’t properly monitor the fetus S.D. during labor. The cause of the crash, which happened in Above: Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, a 25-year Air “My son has waited so long Ghazni province, about 80 miles southwest Force veteran, died when a Bombardier for justice,“ Wilson said in a re- of Kabul in a Taliban-controlled area of Af- E-11A crashed in Afghanistan on Monday. lease from the Baltimore law ghanistan, is under investigation, the Penta- Left: Capt. Ryan Phaneuf, seen with his wife, firm, Janet, Janet and Suggs, that gon said in a statement.

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