MILITARY FACES NFL Brain injuries Earlier Oscars WR Metcalf playing suffered in combat cause voters major role for Seattle linked to PTSD to scramble in 2nd half, playoffs Page 3 Page 20 Back page US officials: ‘High confidence’ Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner » Page 17 Volume 78, No. 190 ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas IRAN TENSIONS US officials knew missiles were coming in advance BY SHANE HARRIS, JOSH DAWSEY, DAN LAMOTHE AND MISSY RYAN The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Iranian missile strike on American loca- tions in Iraq on Tuesday was a calibrated event intended to cause minimal casualties, give the Ira- nians a face-saving measure and provide an opportunity for both sides to step back from the brink of war, according to senior U.S. officials in Washington and the Middle East. Unmoved by White House officials were bracing as early as Tuesday morning for Iran to respond to the U.S. killing last week of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. U.S. officials said they knew by Tuesday afternoon that Iran in- tended to strike at American tar- the findings gets in Iraq, although it was not immediately clear exactly which they would choose. Stars and Stripes The early warning came from A mover packs a truck in Kaiserslautern, Germany. According to an Inspector General investigation, almost half of military household- intelligence sources as well as goods shipments arrive late and 20% are damaged. from communications from Iraq that conveyed Iran’s intentions to launch the strike, officials said. “We knew, and the Iraqis told IG says military should get tough on companies us, that this was coming many 1 in 5 hours in advance,” said a senior for late, lost, damaged deliveries of household goods Military household-goods shipments administration official, who like lost or damaged, according to an audit others spoke on the condition BY JOHN VANDIVER The IG made many recommendations on by the Department of Defense Inspector of anonymity to discuss sensi- Stars and Stripes how the military can improve moving services, General. tive intelligence and diplomatic which have vexed service members for years. communications. STUTTGART, Germany — Nearly half of The IG reviewed 9,852 shipments handled by “We had intelligence reports military household goods shipments arrive late four joint shipping offices in 2018 to determine several hours in advance that the and one in five are damaged in transit or lost, the extent of problems with household goods Iranians were seeking to strike an audit by the Defense Department Inspector the bases,” the official said. General has found. shipments and whether proper actions were taken when goods were damaged, lost or ar- $33.1M At the Pentagon, the most se- Some Defense Department personnel, mean- nior levels of U.S. military lead- while, may be venting their frustration with rived late during a move. Amount late deliveries from four joint More than 4,000 of those shipments, or 41%, ership gathered in a room and what they say are poor moving services by fil- shipping offices cost the military in waited for the Iranian missiles to ing wildly inflated damage estimates, the audit didn’t arrive by the agreed-upon delivery date, 2018. head toward their targets. suggested. the audit found. The delays were caused by “It was literally like right be- One person filed a claim of $1 million for a problems with scheduling and equipment at fore” the Iranians launched their busted trash can and another tried to claim $1 the moving companies, the IG said. missiles, one senior defense offi- trillion for unspecified damages, the IG report cial said. said. Both claims were denied. 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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...19 Comics ....................21 Crossword ...............21 Faces ......................20 Opinion ..............22-23 Sports ............... 25-32 Friday, January 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Brain injuries in combat linked to PTSD BY WYATT OLSON Traumatic brain injury has stress disorder, or PTSD. between mild and moderate trau- mental health issues among ser- Stars and Stripes been the scourge of U.S. combat- The study found that most of matic brain injury and adverse vice members likely skews the ants during the extended war on these patients, 70.6%, were diag- mental health outcomes in com- data, he said. Service members who suffered terrorism, particularly the de- nosed with at least one of those bat veterans, but such research Finally, an examination using moderate to severe traumatic cade after the September 2001 five mental health conditions dur- was usually limited to examin- longer follow-up periods would brain injury in combat have sig- World Trade Center attack. Im- ing multiyear follow-up periods. ing only a one-year post-injury probably reveal more mental nificantly higher incidence of provised explosive devices were That is “considerably higher” period and primarily focused on health diagnoses, he