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Facing a Cut Quandary MLB MILITARY Larkin, other MVPs Trump threatens Administration want controversial defense bill veto to defends response name taken off award keep base names to bounty intel Back page Page 8 Page 8 ‘Deltas’ are in as Space Force develops command structure » Page 9 stripes.com Volume 79, No. 54 ©SS 2020 THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas GERMANY DRAWDOWN Facing a cut quandary ‘The Outpost’ brings Battle of Kamdesh to big screen BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes AUSTIN, Texas — Movie au- diences can experience one of America’s most decorated battles of the ongoing war in Afghani- stan as “The Outpost,” a veteran- directed film on the 2009 Battle of Kamdesh, hits theaters and on-demand streaming services July 3. The battle occurred Oct. 3, 2009, when more than 300 Tal- iban fighters attacked Combat Outpost Keating, in a remote valley outside of Kamdesh. Out- numbered, about 50 soldiers from Combat? Logistics? For Pentagon, no easy answers on troop reduction Bravo Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, fought for 12 BY JOHN VANDIVER approved “not only meets the president’s spin conflicts with reality given the size hours as the enemy breached the Stars and Stripes directive, it will also enhance Russian of the reduction, said retired Lt. Gen. Ben walls of the outpost until rein- deterrence, strengthen NATO, reassure Hodges, the former commander of U.S. forcements arrived. In the end, STUTTGART, Germany — President allies, improve U.S. stra- Army Europe. eight soldiers died and 27 were Donald Trump has approved a plan to re- ANALYSIS tegic flexibility and U.S. “Just from the math, it is difficult for me injured. deploy 9,500 troops from Germany, but the European Command’s op- to envision how this proposal will do any There were feats of heroism as move will likely bring added security risks erational flexibility,” Pen- of what the (Pentagon) statement claims,” well. Then-Spc. Ty Carter and Hodges said Wednesday. and costs for U.S. taxpayers, former mili- tagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha re- The Pentagon hasn’t provided details on tary officials and security analysts say. Tuesday. ceived the Medal of Honor and what units will be cut or when the plan will Defense Secretary Mark Esper briefed The Pentagon didn’t explain how the cuts nine others were awarded the Sil- Trump on options this week and what was would achieve those benefits. The positive SEE CUTS ON PAGE 4 ver Star. Nearly two dozen more received the Bronze Star and 27 U.S. soldiers conduct howitzer air assault training at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, in May . received Purple Heart medals. “This battle was won as a re- MARKUS RAUCHENBERGER/U.S. Army sult of very strong leadership on SEE OUTPOST ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, July 2, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES FedEx reports loss in fiscal fourth quarter Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9471 Euro costs (July 2) ................................ $1.10 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.00 Dollar buys (July 2) .......................... €0.8686 Turkey (Lira) .........................................6.8528 British pound (July 2) ........................... $1.21 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press Japanese yen (July 2) .........................104.00 available to customers at military banking helped drive a 20% increase in however. The Express unit saw South Korean won (July 2).............1,165.00 Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance revenue for FedEx’s ground-de- an uptick in flights across the for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the FedEx Corp. flipped to a $334 Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3776 livery business. Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Pacific. British pound .....................................$1.2426 million loss in its fiscal fourth nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., But deliveries to customers’ Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3579 Matt Arnold, an analyst for purchasing British pounds in Germany), quarter, but its revenue and ad- China (Yuan) ........................................7.0687 homes are more costly and not check with your local military banking Edward Jones, said the results Denmark (Krone) ................................6.6311 justed profit beat Wall Street ex- facility. Commercial rates are interbank as lucrative as deliveries between were “better than feared,” with Egypt (Pound) ....................................16.1346 pectations as the virus pandemic businesses, which have fallen Euro ........................................$1.1239/0.8898 rates provided for reference when buying continues to fuel a boom in online expectations centered around Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7504 currency. All figures are foreign currencies sharply as businesses shut down to one dollar, except for the British pound, shopping. weakness in business-to-business Hungary (Forint) .................................315.06 — either temporarily or perma- Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4549 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, deliveries. Revenue in the ground and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) FedEx’s stock rose more than nently — since the onset of the Japan (Yen) ........................................... 107.56 9% in after-market trading fol- pandemic. unit was much stronger than most Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3079 INTEREST RATES analysts expected, he said. Norway (Krone) ...................................9.5479 lowing the results report. Revenue in FedEx’s core ex- Philippines (Peso)................................. 49.78 Prime rate ................................................3.25 With many U.S. residents stay- press-delivery unit fell 10%, and FedEx did not offer a predic- Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.97 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7512 Federal funds market rate ...................0.08 ing close to home, online shop- operating income tumbled 56%. tion about earnings in its fiscal Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3943 3-month bill ............................................. 0.14 ping has picked up, and that There were some bright spots, year that started June 1. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,201.89 30-year bond ........................................... 1.41 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 65/60 Kabul 85/58 Seoul 81/66 Baghdad 108/77 Kandahar 109/82 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 82/66 77/71 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 65/55 69/62 72/66 Iwakuni 70/67 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 90/86 Brussels 72/63 Guam 106/86 67/56 Ramstein 71/68 84/81 Lajes, 70/61 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 109/84 101/79 66/63 71/64 84/69 Aviano/ Vicenza 78/65 Naples 86/70 Okinawa Morón 83/80 98/62 Sigonella Rota 99/66 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 106/88 81/64 XX/XX 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 19 Crossword ................. 19 Faces ........................ 15 Opinion .................16-17 Sports .................. 20-24 Thursday, July 2, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Army moving forward with new fitness test BY STEVE BEYNON physically demanding jobs such rade, or moving across a battle- Stars and Stripes as infantry have significantly field — to develop the new test, higher benchmarks to meet ver- which they say better correlates WASHINGTON — The Army sus other jobs. The new standards to those activities than the de- might have hit another obstacle also come amid more women tak- cades old, three-event test. The in its endeavor to replace its long- ing on ground combat roles. old test includes two minutes of time physical fitness test as the Soldiers take a physical fitness pushups, two minutes of situps, Senate’s version of the defense test once a year, and it is a criti- and a two-mile run. funding bill calls for a delay in cal part of military careers. The Grinston said the Army might implementing the new Army test can dictate whether soldiers still tweak the ACFT and re- Combat Fitness Test. progress in their careers or take cently made one significant ad- The Senate Armed Services part in training such as Ranger justment to the test — adding Committee’s draft of the 2021 and air assault school. A failing an alternative test to its leg-tuck National Defense Authorization score could result in removal event, which primarily tests core Act, which funds the military, from the service. strength. The service will allow states Army Secretary Ryan Mc- The House Armed Services soldiers who cannot do a leg tuck Carthy “may not implement the Committee still must approve its to instead complete a two-minute Army Combat Fitness Test” until version of the NDAA, with a de- plank. DAVID MEYER/U.S. Army a study is completed by an “entity bate on it set for Wednesday. The Even beyond unforeseen de- independent of the Department of Soldiers from the U.S. Army Medical Command participate their 2021 NDAA is not expected to be lays, implementing the new test Defense.” semi-annual physical fitness test in May 2019 at Fort Belvoir, Va. finalized until the fall. It must be has tangled
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