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COLLEGE SPORTS FACES MILITARY Ivy League’s decision Javicia Leslie takes Woman graduates to postpone fall seasons over cape and cowl as Green Beret could have ripple effect on CW’s ‘Batwoman’ for the 1st time Back page Page 16 Page 3 Slaying moves female vets to fight discrimination in military » Page 6 Volume 79, No. 60 ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION Friday, July 10, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas VIRUS OUTBREAK Layoffs remain at elevated level as states rethink reopening plans BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of a resurgent coronavirus. The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus cases has forced six states to reverse their move to reopen businesses. Those six — Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Texas — make up one-third of the U.S. economy. Fifteen other states have suspended their re-open- ings. Collectively, the pullback has stalled a tentative recovery in the job market and is likely trig- gering additional layoffs. On Wednesday, the United States reported just short of the Ready to go record 60,000 cases set a day earlier. In the U.S., the number of confirmed cases has passed 3 million — meaning nearly one in every 100 people has been confirmed as infected — and the death toll in the pandemic is more than 132,000. In addition, Dr. Anthony Fauci, in harm’s way the nation’s top infectious-dis- ease official, is advising that some states seriously consider “shutting down” again if they Long-derided littoral combat ships flex their muscles in Pacific are facing major resurgences of the virus, The Washington Post BY SETH ROBSON coast guard and paramilitary vessels. Lt. Mary Browning, reported. Stars and Stripes A few years ago, lightly armed and experimental assigned to the littoral “I think any state that is hav- littoral combat ships might not have been trusted combat ship USS ing a serious problem, that state TOKYO — A standoff this spring between China for such a high-profile standoff. Gabrielle Giffords, should seriously look at shutting and Malaysia in the South China Sea was a chance “The story of this ship is one that makes me monitors the ship’s radar down,” Fauci said Wednesday. for the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ships to prove ashamed and embarrassed, as a former Navy per- while standing watch on “It’s not for me to say, because their mettle. son and as a person who’s responsible to the taxpay- the bridge July 2 in the each state is different.” The USS Gabrielle Giffords and the USS Mont- ers of my state,” the late Arizona Sen. John McCain South China Sea. Once gomery helped stave off Chinese intimidation of criticized for their cost SEE LAYOFFS ON PAGE 9 said of the vessels in 2010. a Malaysian-contracted drillship — the West Ca- The ships were criticized for their cost, lighter and light armaments, the pella — during April and May in disputed waters armament and lower survivability standard than ships are proving to be Lawmakers balking near Borneo. some larger ships. The first LCS’s — the USS Free- valuable in small ports The high-tech vessels were part of U.S. efforts to dom and USS Independence — had an expected and congested sea lanes at federal workers’ maintain a monthlong presence near the drillship, that are problematic for return to offices which had been approached by a flotilla of Chinese SEE READY ON PAGE 7 larger ships. BRENTON POYSER/U.S. Navy Page 10 USS Theodore Roosevelt heads home from fateful deployment Page 8 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES United Airlines warns 36,000 workers of layoffs Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9383 Euro costs (July 10) .............................. $1.11 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.22 Dollar buys (July 10) ........................ €0.8606 Turkey (Lira) .........................................6.8647 British pound (July 10) .........................$1.23 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those Airlines say they must shrink take a $300 million charge in the Japanese yen (July 10) .......................105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (July 10) ...........1,163.00 to match falling travel demand. second quarter to cover voluntary Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance United Airlines is warning for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the American Airlines executives departures so far. The company Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3771 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For 36,000 employees — nearly half British pound .....................................$1.2658 have said they could have 20,000 said it was unable to estimate the nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., its U.S. staff — they could be fur- Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3511 purchasing British pounds in Germany), more employees than the airline cost of workforce reductions for China (Yuan) ........................................6.9867 loughed in October, the clearest check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ................................6.5767 will need this fall. the rest of the year. facility. Commercial rates are interbank signal yet of how deeply the virus Egypt (Pound) ....................................15.9546 rates provided for reference when buying pandemic is hurting the airline United told employees Wednes- If every U.S. airline matched Euro ........................................ $1.1327/0.8829 day that not everyone who gets a United’s worst-case scenario of Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7502 currency. All figures are foreign currencies industry. to one dollar, except for the British pound, layoff notice will be furloughed. furloughs, it could be extrapo- Hungary (Forint) .................................312.40 The outlook for a recovery in Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4387 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, the airline industry has dimmed The company said job losses could lated to about 240,000 lost jobs Japan (Yen) ............................................107.14 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) be reduced if enough employees nationwide, given United’s share Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3079 INTEREST RATES in just the past two weeks, as Norway (Krone) ...................................9.3714 infection rates rise in much of accept buyouts or early retire- of the domestic market. Philippines (Peso).................................49.44 Prime rate ................................................3.25 the U.S. and some states impose ment by a deadline next week. United executives said any Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.94 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7509 Federal funds market rate ...................0.08 new quarantine requirements on The buyouts come at a price furloughs will take effect on or Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3900 3-month bill ............................................. 0.14 travelers. too, however. United said it would shortly after Oct. 1. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,195.10 30-year bond ...........................................1.39 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 65/62 Kabul 86/62 Seoul 81/66 Baghdad 114/88 Kandahar 101/75 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 81/68 79/71 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 63/53 67/60 73/69 Iwakuni 78/74 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 94/90 Brussels 80/63 Guam 111/90 64/60 Ramstein 76/73 84/81 Lajes, 70/63 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 111/85 111/83 67/64 79/66 90/66 Aviano/ Vicenza 82/63 Naples 87/70 Okinawa Morón 83/80 100/59 Sigonella Rota 89/64 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 105/87 78/69 76/73 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup 15 Comics ................. 17 Crossword ............ 17 Faces ................... 16 Opinion ........... 18-19 Sports ............. 20-24 Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY First woman graduates as Army Green Beret BY NANCY MONTGOMERY the House subcommittee over- intelligence officer wasn’t allowed often secretive missions. male counterparts, who com- Stars and Stripes seeing special operations, had to graduate the course in 1980 She did wear the Special Forces pleted the grueling indoctrination earlier announced the unidenti- after being told at the last minute Tab for the remainder of her ca- courses and other specialized An Army National Guard sol- fied soldier’s upcoming gradua- she had failed a field exercise. reer, after the patch was created training. dier graduated Thursday from tion and hailed it as “an important Wilder filed a sex discrimina- in 1983, The New York Times re- “Congratulations to a trail blaz- Special Forces training in North and hard-earned milestone.” tion complaint, and a general ported in February. She eventu- ing Green Beret, welcome to the Carolina and became the ser- “This achievement is a testa- later determined she had been ally transferred to the reserves Regiment!” said Joe Kent, on vice’s first female Green Beret. ment to this soldier’s individual wrongly denied graduation and and

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