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BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes The U.S. Army violated federal law by refusing to pay dual housing allowances to reservists on assign- ment in Europe and erred by taking disciplinary actions against them, a review board said in a ruling that al- so recoups a total of $500,000 for seven soldiers. The decision Friday by the Army Board for the Correction of Mili- tary Records could have ramifica- tions for numerous other troops and cost the Army millions more. Army finance officials’ decisions that “gave rise to the investigative and disciplinary actions ... were er- roneously executed and erroneous- ly implemented,” the board ruled. The board said the service must start paying back the reservists no later than October, and their re- cords are to be cleared of wrongdo- ing. A federal court had ordered the board to consider the cases of the reservists, who sued the Army in 2018. Patrick Hughes, a former Air Force attorney now with the Patri- ots Law Group, said the Army owes about $500,000 in compensation for the denied payments and the debts the reservists incurred. Hughes said the next step is to obtain payouts for other soldiers Steps from final exit who were ensnared by the Army’s faulty interpretation of regulations. He is preparing a wider class-ac- US thwarts another attempted ISIS-K attack in final hours of Kabul evacuations tion case against the Army that BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Five rockets were launched at the airport at could have tens of millions of dol- Stars and Stripes about 11 p.m. Sunday by ISIS-Khorasan, or INSIDE lars at stake. ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of the terrorist “We think there could be thou- WASHINGTON — U.S. forces thwarted two group, said Taylor, the Joint Staff’s deputy di- Evacuees leave Navy base sands of soldiers who were affect- Islamic State attacks against troops still evac- rector for regional operations. Four of the in Sicily for US Page 4 ed,” Hughes said. uating Americans and Afghans from the Kabul rockets missed the target, with three landing At issue in the case was a conten- airport in the final hours of its 20-year mission outside the airport and the U.S. counter-rock- Marine officer resigns in tion by Army finance officials in in Afghanistan, Army Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor Europe that reservists who mobili- said Monday. SEE FINAL ON PAGE 4 social media post Page 7 zed from the U.S. weren’t entitled to a basic housing allowance for their Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Boeing 777 bound for the United States from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, on Saturday. American residence and an More coverage of the two evacuee flights that left the air station over the weekend can be found on Page 4. KAILA V. 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BY DAVID CHOI tionary turn for possessing the Soo added that because world Stars and Stripes completely new nuclear capabili- leaders desire Pyongyang to sur- The United Nations’ nuclear ties aimed at attaining the goal of render its nuclear weapons, the re- watchdog says North Korea’s nu- modernization,” according to the gime “understands that a small ges- clear activities, namely the appar- state-run Korean Central News ture towards this step goes a long ent restart of a reactor used to pro- Agency. way in terms of extracting conces- duce weapons fuels, “continue to be At former President Donald sions.” a cause for serious concern.” Trump’s second summit with Kim Following the completion of the The International Atomic Ener- in 2019, the two leaders came to an White House’s policy review for gy Agency in a report Friday found impasse over sanctions relief and North Korea, press secretary Jen several clues, such as the “dis- the closure of nuclear material pro- Psaki said during an April press charge of cooling water,” indicating duction sites, including the Yong- briefing that the Biden administra- the Yongbyon nuclear power reac- byon complex. tion “will not focus on achieving a tor may have been operating since Soo Kim, a policy analyst for grand bargain, nor will it rely on early July. Korean Central News Agency Rand Corp. and an adjunct instruc- strategic patience.” A steam plant serving as a radio- In January, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced the regime tor at American University, be- “Our policy calls for a calibrated, chemical laboratory is also be- would take “a great revolutionary turn for possessing the completely lieves “the regime had no intention practical approach that is open to lieved to have been functioning new nuclear capabilities aimed at attaining the goal of modernization.” of giving up its nuclear weapons and will explore diplomacy with since February, “significantly long- from the beginning.” [North Korea], and to make practi- er than that observed in the past North Korea’s production of weap- ous concern,” the report states. “The nuclear weapons program cal progress that increases the se- during possible waste treatment or ons-grade plutonium. IAEA inspec- “Furthermore, the new indications is so closely tied to the Kim family’s curity of the United States, our al- maintenance activities,” the report tors, who have not had access to the of the operation of the [Yongbyon survival; there’s only the incentive lies, and deployed forces,” Psaki said. That’s enough time to reproc- site to inspect its activities for over a Experimental Nuclear Power to continue to build and advance said. Any negotiations would in- ess irradiated fuel, whereby pluto- decade, relied on open-source in- Plant] and the Radiochemical Lab- their weapons capabilities to volve South Korea and Japan “ev- nium is separated, according to the formation and commercial satellite oratory are deeply troubling.” strengthen protection and ensure ery step along the way,” she added. agency. imagery for their analysis. In January, North Korean leader regime preservation,” Soo told

The 5-megawatt Yongbyon com- “[North Korea’s] nuclear activ- Kim Jong Un announced the re- Stars and Stripes in an email Mon- [email protected] plex is believed to be the hub for ities continue to be a cause for seri- gime would take “a great revolu- day. Twitter: @choibboy Board: Lawyer says Army finance officials’ ‘half-cocked idea’ treated reservists unfairly

FROM PAGE 1 vice to take other steps, including Richard Gulley, who is now retired. deleting all negative findings, such He was ordered to repay $135,500 overseas housing allowance if the as letters of reprimand or files of his housing allowance. Army could not provide on-post ac- stored in Army criminal databases, Gulley said that over five years, commodations. from the soldiers’ records. he was subjected to repeated inves- For years, reservists received In addition, the ruling directed tigations, harassment and even ar- dual allowances when mobilized. the Army to authorize special se- rest by Army criminal investiga- Unlike active-duty troops, who lection boards to determine wheth- tors while serving as a U.S. Africa ALISON BATH/Stars and Stripes move with their household goods, er promotions are now in order for Command deputy chief of staff in Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, recently began a program reservists generally are activated the affected troops. 2017. designed to address military life standards that had become lax during for shorter assignments and must Schneck, who is owed about Gulley, a commercial airline pi- the COVID­19 pandemic, the base’s senior enlisted leader said. maintain two households if the Ar- $56,000, remains infuriated that lot, was charged with fraud and lar- my can’t provide base housing. the board’s action came only after a ceny by the Army just before his But around 2016, Army finance yearslong legal battle and the 2017 retirement but never was NSA Naples works to end officials in Europe changed their threat of a federal lawsuit. prosecuted. He said he still faces interpretation of the federal Joint “No soldier should have to pay to questioning over the issue every Travel Regulation. As a result, re- make the Army do the right thing,” time he passes through customs as virus-era slip in standards servists received only one allow- he said. “The Army has left me to part of his job. BY ALISON BATH rescinded the policy in June. ance. The erroneous interpretation piece my career back together in He and others involved in the Stars and Stripes Each week, the base will send in- led the Army to take multiple “un- the aftermath alone.” cases against the Army say they re- NAPLES, Italy — Grooming, uni- formation to personnel through just actions,” the board said when The other reservists who sued peatedly sought support from their forms, saluting and other standards emails, Facebook posts or other detailing the case of Maj. William are Bradley Wolfing, Ryan Mira- representatives in Congress to in- of military life that may have slipped media about a particular topic, such Colin Schneck in its ruling. bal, Alexander Gardiner, James vestigate the matter, but they say during the COVID-19 pandemic are as haircuts or military courtesy and After years of investigating, Copas, Timothy Kibodeaux and action was never taken. drawing a renewed focus at Naval customs, with links and other refer- Hughes said he had concluded that Louis Morelli. In commenting on the board’s Support Activity Naples. ences. Adhering to regulations is the problem can be traced to Army Hughes said that besides the fi- ruling, Gulley recounted the ordeal The base last week kicked off about maintaining good order and finance officials in Germany who nancial fallout, his clients were de- the Army put him through as a re- “Back to Baseline,” a five- to six- discipline, and history, heritage and came up with a “half-cocked idea” nied promotions, and some were sult of the erroneous interpreta- week effort designed to remind sail- pride figure prominently in the to save money. forced out of the service. The dam- tion. ors of their obligations, said Com- rules, Fields said. “That idea ended up getting en- age lingered for some reservists in “It took four-and-a-half years to mand Master Chief Petty Officer “If you’re accountable and you dorsed by Army G-1, and there you the civilian sector, he added. Those solve what any first-year law stu- Jonathan Fields. It’s time to get back have pride in who you are and the are,” Hughes said, referring to the who had been flagged in criminal dent could have understood cor- to the everyday essentials of mili- uniform you wear and you’ve held Army’s highest-level personnel of- databases had difficulty passing rectly,” Gulley said. “I had to en- tary life, he said. yourself to that standard, then it fice. background checks. dure four investigations in six Fields said the base started the trickles down into the office and it The Army board issued seven While the board’s ruling Friday years, three arrests, CID harass- program because rules such as car- trickles down into everything else,” decisions, one for each reservist in applied only to the seven reservists ment, assassination of my charac- rying the proper backpack, having a he said. the Patriots Law Group case, and it involved in the Patriots Law ter and multiple secondary legal regulation haircut or saluting an of- Sailorswho aren’t following regu- came to the same conclusion in Group’s lawsuit, a legal precedent consequences due to the Army’s ficer weren’t always being followed lations by early October could face each one: The Army erred by deny- has now been established and other lack of leadership with regards to as people adjusted their lives to the added scrutiny from leadership or ing dual housing allowances and lawsuits are in the works, Hughes reserve travel regulations.” pandemic. The Navy gave com- their peers, Fields said. seeking recoupment of past pay- said. manders authority to relax groom- ments. A related case that could under- [email protected] ing standards in March 2020, in- [email protected] The board also ordered the ser- pin a class-action suit involves Col. Twitter: @john_vandiver cluding allowing for longer hair, but Twitter: @TMSWatchdog PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 AFGHANISTAN Evacuees leave Navy base in Sicily for US

BY ALISON BATH joint U.S. Embassy Rome-NAS Si- CLAIRE DUBOIS/U.S. Navy Stars and Stripes gonella statement. Evacuees from Afghanistan board a Boeing 777 before departing Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, on NAPLES, Italy — The first “The departure of planes bound Saturday. groups of Afghan evacuees to ar- for the U.S. is the beginning of a rive at a U.S. naval base in Italy new chapter in the lives of Amer- information on the flights. er temporary lodging on base are other people. have now flown to America, Navy ican citizens and Afghans who NAS Sigonella is temporarily designated for evacuees, who have Naval Station Rota in Spain has and State Department officials have undergone much hardship,” housing about 3,000 evacuees as access to halal dining and religious also accepted more than 1,000 eva- said. said Thomas Smitham, charge they wait for transfer to the U.S., and recreation areas, according to cuees. Ramstein Air Base and the The evacuees, including some d’affaires at U.S. Embassy Rome. said Navy Capt. Tamara Law- the statement. Army’s nearby Rhine Ordinance American citizens, left Naval Air It wasn’t immediately clear how rence, U.S. Naval Forces Europe- Medical care is also provided Barracks in Kaiserslautern, Ger- Station Sigonella in Sicily on Satur- many evacuees were on the flights Africa spokeswoman. and an imam has made daily visits many, have hosted more than day and Sunday. or where they would be housed in More outbound flights are ex- to aid the evacuees with religious 20,000 evacuees since Aug. 20, Air The two flights were bound for the United States. The statement pected soon, Lawrence said. The and spiritual support, officials said. Force officials said Saturday. Philadelphia and Washington referred to the flights as “at full ca- base began accepting evacuees Other U.S. military bases in Eu-

Dulles International Airport near pacity.” Officials didn’t immedi- Aug. 22. rope are also assisting with the [email protected] Washington D.C., according to a ately respond to a request for more Two barracks buildings and oth- evacuation of Afghan refugees and Twitter: @TMSWatchdog Impromptu vigil at Marine base honors Kabul bombing victims BY JONATHAN SNYDER veteran, and we have several The 13 service members’ re- pens, we are all there for each other After lighting candles and ob- Stars and Stripes friends that are over there right mains arrived Sunday at Dover Air and that is what being a military serving a moment of silence, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION now,” Marine spouse Jamie Force Base, Del. President Joe Bi- family is.” Holmes, holding back tears, en- IWAKUNI, Japan — A group of Ma- Holmes, 36, of Raleigh, N.C., told den, his wife, first lady Jill Biden, A “gut punch” is how Holmes de- couraged those affected by the rines, sailors and their families Stars and Stripes at the vigil, “and I Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin scribed her feelings about events bombings to not be afraid to ask for gathered Friday for a candlelight feel this is my way of being able to and other administration officials happening in Kabul. help through chaplains or the Mili- vigil to remember the lives lost the help them.” stood outside the C-17 Globemaster The Air Force, contracted air car- tary and Family Life Counseling previous day in a terrorist suicide The first arrivals gathered just III airlifter bearing the remains as riers and others are moving thou- Program. bombing in Afghanistan. before 7 p.m. next to the seawall on teams of uniformed troops carried sands of desperate Afghans and “I’ve been to a few vigils for dif- Eleven Marines, a Navy corps- base as dusk turned to darkness. them into waiting hearses. U.S. citizens out of the airport each ferent reasons and it’s always diffi- man, one soldier and 170 civilians, Others arrived later, paid their re- Holmes said she decided Friday day. Biden has set a deadline of cult, especially when young lives according to latest reports, died spects and quietly departed. Some- morning to organize a vigil that Tuesday to withdraw remaining are lost,” Filiz Troudt, 52, whose Thursday outside the Abbey gate of one left a bottle of sake as tribute. night and spread the word through troops from Afghanistan. husband is a retired Marine work- Hamid Karzai International Air- “I understand that not everyone Facebook. “I feel like things have been set ing on base, told Stars and Stripes on port in Kabul. They were part of a is religious, that is OK, but for me, “I feel like people underestimate back, but it’s not a time to politicize Friday. “And we don’t know if it’s contingent sent to help evacuate prayer helps me,” Holmes said. “I the military community sometimes, any of this,” she said. “Now we have over yet. They are still over there thousands of American citizens and want to be able to let them know that and once we do retire, I already to get our guys out safely, we have to trying to get people out.” Afghans left at risk as the country we are here for you. Even though we know I’m going to miss it,” she said. get these innocent families out safe- fell to the Taliban. are at a base in Japan, we are still all “When things get tough, we all come ly, and for me, praying for them is [email protected] “My husband was a prior combat here for you.” together and when something hap- something I can do.” Twitter: @Jon_E_Snyder Final: US continuing to monitor ISIS-K threats ahead of finalization of Kabul evacuations

FROM PAGE 1 children were also killed in the en Marines, a sailor, a soldier and took control of Afghanistan on cuees are Afghans, though about et, artillery and mortar system, or strike, The Associated Press re- alarge number of Afghan civilians Aug. 15. 5,400 were Americans, he said. C-RAM, intercepting one, he said. ported Monday. The United States were killed when a terrorist wear- Evacuations continued over the Kirby said the evacuation oper- Taylor said one rocket did land has not confirmed any civilian ca- ing an explosive vest detonated it weekend, but at a slower rate as ation is already considered “the in the airport, however, though it sualties connected to the strike, near the airport’s Abbey gate and the military began its withdrawal, largest airlift that the U.S. military did not interfere with evacuations but chief Pentagon spokesman ISIS-K gunmen fired on the moving its equipment off the air- has conducted” in history. or cause danger to personnel. John Kirby said the military is crowds, the Pentagon has said. port before Tuesday, the deadline “The numbers speak for them- The rockets were the second “assessing and investigating” the The gate is one of three entrances for the U.S. pullout from the coun- selves — 122,000 plus — that is sig- publicly reported ISIS-K attack on reports. to the airport where large crowds try. The U.S. evacuated about nificant, and a lot of lives were the airport that U.S. forces thwart- “Make no mistake, no military of people had been gathered to vie 1,200 people on 26 C-17 transport saved and a lot of lives are now in a ed Sunday. on the face of the Earth works har- for evacuation flights. aircraft since 3 a.m. Sunday, Tay- better place,” he said. Earlier in the day, U.S. forces der to avoid civilian casualties In response, the U.S. on Friday lor said. Additionally, two coali- With one day left in Kabul, the conducted an airstrike on a vehi- than the United States military, killed two ISIS-K terrorists and in- tion aircraft carried 50 evacuees threat to U.S. troops keeps rising cle in Kabul carrying ISIS-K fight- and nobody wants to see innocent jured a third in a drone strike, de- out of Kabul. as more troops and equipment ers and explosives, Taylor said. lives taken,” Kirby said Monday. fense officials reported Saturday. The previous week, U.S. and leave the country, Kirby said. “This self-defense strike suc- “If we have some verifiable infor- The U.S. troops killed and in- coalition aircraft were flying more “We are in a particularly dan- cessfully hit the target near Kabul mation that we did in fact take in- jured in the suicide bomber attack than 10,000 people out of Kabul gerous time now,” he said. “Not airport,” Taylor said. “Significant nocent life here, then we will be were conducting security checks each day. In total, U.S. and coali- that it hasn’t always been danger- secondary explosions from the transparent about that.” on Afghan evacuees attempting to tion forces have evacuated more ous, but it is particularly danger- targeted vehicle indicated the The U.S. was unable to stop the enter the airport. U.S. and coali- than 122,000 people from Afghan- ous now.” presence of a substantial amount ISIS-K attack Thursday that killed tion forces have been evacuating istan since late July, about 116,700 of explosive material.” 13 U.S. troops and wounded 20 tens of thousands of Americans of whom were evacuated since [email protected] An Afghan official said three others at the Kabul airport. Elev- and Afghans since the Taliban Aug. 14, Taylor said. Most eva- Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 AFGHANISTAN Families welcome home adopted Afghan children

BY CHAD GARLAND tan are rare and complicated, said past Taliban checkpoints, but they Stars and Stripes Mujtaba, who is Noman’s distant were forced to turn back when mil- A 10-year-old Afghan boy who relative. The former government itants began firing in the air to dis- endured a harrowing evacuation allowed adoption only to Muslims, perse crowds at the airfield’s gate, to Qatar and Germany is finally and the Taliban are unlikely to al- The Associated Press reported. home with the Florida couple who low Americans to adopt at all, he They tried again the next day were in the midst of adopting him said. and made it in, Mujtaba said. when the country fell to the Tali- From 1999 through 2019, 41 Af- “I had tears in my eyes,” he said. ban earlier this month. ghan children were adopted by But then came the stress of “just Bahaudin Mujtaba and his wife, U.S. families, State Department waiting and waiting.” Lisa, spent five years fighting data show. That is far fewer than Mohammad’s phone and wallet through bureaucratic roadblocks the 667 from Pakistan but nearly were stolen, and he managed to get and were awaiting a final visa for three times the combined total word out only in brief messages, the boy, named Noman, when the from Tajikistan and Turkmenis- “days and days and days” apart, Kabul government collapsed and tan, which border Afghanistan to King said. thousands of people began scram- the north. “We have not heard from them BAHAUDIN MUJTABA bling for any flight out. Then came “So many people give up in the at all since they were boarding Ka- Noman Mujtaba, 10, and his adoptive father, Bahaudin Mujtaba, pose literal Taliban roadblocks the boy middle of this,” Mujtaba said. bul on a flight out ... they did not for a selfie, Saturday, after being reunited in Virginia following had to clear. “Giving up was not an option.” know where they were going, but Noman’s harrowing evacuation from Kabul, Afghanistan. Fortunately for the Mujtabas, an King’s organization worked with believed it was Qatar,” Mujtaba Indiana man was in the city await- both families for over a year to get wrote Aug. 20 in a desperate email Ramstein Air Base in Germany, proved visa, but her passport was ing a visa to bring home a 2-year- final visas for the two boys, she to Stars and Stripes, citing an arti- another step closer. Mujtaba de- in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul when old boy his family was adopting. said. cle mentioning an anonymous Af- cided to fly to Virginia to await No- it was evacuated on Aug. 15 and He agreed to bring Noman with “All was going as it should have ghan evacuee. “Are you in contact man there, with little idea when she’s been unable to get past Tali- him, even though they’d never when all this happened,” King with them?” he’d arrive or whether the boy ban checkpoints to the airport. met. said, adding that she “absolutely A niece traveling with Moham- would be released to him right Noman was quickly released to “Had he not been there, we panicked” after the Taliban re- mad had a phone, but the battery away. Mujtaba, and on Saturday the pair would not have been able to get gained power. was low, and for a while word of Officials at Ramstein declined to flew to Fort Lauderdale, where the these boys out,” said Mary Beth Mujtaba had come to the U.S. her call to a relative was the only let Stars and Stripes contact No- boy would meet his adoptive moth- King, director of the Frank Adop- with his family as a teenage refu- hint that the group was in a crowd- man but provided assurances for er in person for the first time. tion Center in Wake Forest, N.C., gee in 1984 after they first fled to ed hangar in Qatar. his father that medical care and On that last leg of the journey, which assisted both families. Pakistan during the Soviet occupa- Several Americans working in other services were being provid- Noman had one remaining fear, She said she was “incredibly in- tion of Afghanistan. the hangar at Al Udeid Air Base ed to the boy, who has diabetes. Mujtaba told South Florida’s Lo- debted” to the man, whom she He looked to get Noman to Du- tried to help Stars and Stripes lo- Mujtaba spent days at Washing- cal10 on Sunday: Would his new identified only as Mohammad to bai, Pakistan or India, he said, but cate Noman and Mohammad but ton Dulles International Airport, mother like him? Meanwhile, she protect the family’s privacy. he also sought help from Florida couldn’t track them down among “watching incoming flights, just was anxious that he wouldn’t like Bahaudin Mujtaba said in a vid- U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s office and thousands of evacuees. hoping they would be on one,” her. eo call late last week that a series of others to have him flown to the Soon, phones were charged and King said. “It worked out well,” Mujtaba lows, highs and stressful silences United States. Mujtaba got a photo of Noman Then, very late on Thursday, the said. “The hug was very, very followed the chaos that broke out Mohammad’s family and No- along with word that the travelers boy arrived. good. … Both of them seemed to at the airport after Taliban entered man tried to get to the airport for were hoping to leave for the U.S. “I think we just got lucky,” she connect almost immediately.” the Afghan capital. the U.S. military evacuation Aug. soon. said, adding that the fiancee of U.S. adoptions from Afghanis- 17, through jammed streets and Then came news they were at Mujtaba’s nephew had an ap- [email protected] Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US exit BY AYA BATRAWY The Associated Press it has been taking part tar for their own staff evacuations. The Unit- Associated Press in negotiations about the operations of the ed States said Saturday that 113,500 people DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar Kabul airport with Afghan and internation- had been evacuated from Afghanistan since played an outsized role in U.S. efforts to al parties, mainly the United States and Tur- Aug. 14. Qatar says a little more than 43,000 evacuate tens of thousands of people from key. Qatar said its main priority is restoring had transited through the country. Afghanistan. Now the tiny Gulf Arab state is regular operations while preserving safety Qatar’s role in the evacuations reflects its being asked to help shape what is next for and security at the airport facilities. position as host of the Middle East’s biggest Afghanistan because of its ties with both Meanwhile, international U.N. agencies U.S. military base, but also its decision years Washington and the Taliban, who are in are asking Qatar for help and support in de- ago to host the Taliban’s political leadership charge in Kabul. livering aid to Afghanistan. in exile, giving it some sway with the mil- Qatar will be among global heavyweights Qatar’s role was somewhat unexpected. itant group. Qatar also hosted U.S.-Taliban on Monday when U.S. Secretary of State An- The nation, which shares a land border with peace talks. tony Blinken hosts a virtual meeting to dis- Saudi Arabia and a vast underwater gas Assistant Qatari Foreign Minister Lolwa cuss a coordinated approach for the days field in the Persian Gulf with Iran, was sup- al-Khater acknowledged the political gains ahead, as the U.S. completes its withdrawal posed to be a transit point for just a few thou- scored by Qatar in the past weeks, but re- from Afghanistan following the Taliban sand people airlifted from Afghanistan over buffed any suggestion that Qatar’s efforts takeover of the country. The meeting will al- a timeline of several months. were purely strategic. so include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, After the surprisingly swift Taliban take- “If anyone assumes that it’s only about po- Japan, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the over of Kabul on Aug. 15, the United States litical gains, believe me, there are ways to do European Union and NATO. looked to Qatar to help shoulder the evac- PR that are way easier than risking our peo- Qatar is also in talks about providing civil- uations of tens of thousands in a chaotic and ple there on the ground, way easier than us QATAR GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE/AP ian technical assistance to the Taliban at hurried airlift. having sleepless nights literally for the past Qatari Air Force airmen board a Qatari Kabul’s international airport once the U.S. In the end, nearly 40% of all evacuees two weeks, way less complicated than transport plane evacuating people at military withdrawal is complete on Tues- were moved out via Qatar, winning its lead- spending our time looking after every kid Hamid Karzai International Airport in day. ership heaps of praise from Washington. In- and every pregnant woman,” she told The Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 18. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry confirmed to ternational media outlets also leaned on Qa- Associated Press. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK Classrooms at 6 DODEA schools closed

shuttered, Principal Gordon LynCook At least one entire wrote. Amelia Earhart Intermediate School closed Ms. Korkowski’s fourth-grade class- grade on Okinawa room, Principal Jason Federico said. Contacts are being traced, according to must get tested the letters. Students identified as close con- tacts will be notified by public health offi- CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A week into cials. Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms the new school year, many classrooms are should stay home. shuttered and an entire grade must get test- Okinawa prefecture is experiencing an ed after COVID-19 spread to six of Okina- unprecedented number of coronavirus wa’s 13 Defense Department schools. cases, as the delta variant moves swiftly School principals shared the information through a primarily unvaccinated popula- with parents, students and staff in letters tion. U.S. military bases on the island are al- disseminated over the weekend. They were so reporting relatively high numbers of in- also posted on the Facebook page for the Ma- fections. rine Corps Community Services Okinawa As of Sunday, Okinawa had the lowest School Liaison Officer. vaccination rate of Japan’s 47 prefectures, The spokeswoman for Department of De- according to the National IT Strategy Office fense Education Activity-Pacific did not re- website. About 41% of the population is fully spond to emails or phone calls Monday seek- FRANK ANDREWS/Stars and Stripes vaccinated and nearly 32% has received the ing further information, including how All sixth­grade classrooms at Lester Middle School on Camp Lester, Okinawa, will be first of a two-shot vaccine regimen. many people within the Okinawa schools closed until COVID­19 quarantine and testing requirements are met, the principal wrote By contrast, more than 70% of the U.S. tested positive for the coronavirus respira- in a letter to parents on Sunday. military population on Kadena was fully tory disease. vaccinated by late July. The Marine Corps, which operates the Contact tracing is underway, her letter cases, according to those principals’ letters. The island prefecture hit a pandemic high Joint COVID-19 Response Center at Camp states, and sixth-grade students contacted Neither gave an exact number. on Wednesday with 809 new cases, public Foster, also did not respond on Monday af- by the tracing team must quarantine for 14 E.C. Killin Elementary, Kubasaki High broadcaster NHK reported. Seven people ternoon. days. All other sixth-graders must test nega- School, both on Camp Foster, and Kadena died last week of COVID-19 complications. Letters from school principals posted on- tive for the virus before returning to school. High School reported one case each, those Okinawa’s weekly incident rate of 304.76 line said several people within the school Proof must be provided to the school nurse. principals stated. per 100,000 people is the highest in all of Ja- community have been infected. Testing began Monday morning at the Kubasaki High closed eight classrooms pan, according to public health department All sixth-grade classrooms at Lester Mid- U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa drive-through on Monday and asked the students to stay data. Nearly 80% of hospital beds for critical dle School on Camp Lester will be closed un- on Camp Foster, according to the letter. home until “quarantine and testing require- COVID-19 patients are full. til quarantine and testing requirements are Kadena Elementary School and Amelia ments” are met, according to a letter Sunday met, according to Principal Nedra Jones’ Earhart Intermediate School, both on Kade- from Principal James Strait. Stars and Stripes reporter Mari Higa contributed to this report. letter on Sunday. na Air Base, reported multiple coronavirus E.C. Killin kept Mr. McCarty’s classroom [email protected] US military reports 22 cases in Japan and South Korea

BY JOSEPH DITZLER Naval Air Facility Atsugi, 26 Stars and Stripes miles southwest of central Tokyo, TOKYO — The fifth and most had one person fall ill with symp- extreme wave of coronavirus toms of COVID-19, the coronavi- cases in Japan’s capital city saw a rus respiratory disease, according week-on-week decline for the to a news release. The base has eighth day in a row on Monday, ac- seven people under observation. cording to public broadcaster About 500 miles west of Tokyo, NHK. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni The Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- had two people test positive over ernment reported another 1,915 the weekend, according to a news people tested positive for the virus release. The two were not previ- Monday, typically the day with the ously isolated but the air station lowest case count, NHK reported. provided no further information. That’s 532 fewer people infected Sasebo Naval Base on the island than a week prior, according to of Kyushu had eight people turn up metro government data. positive for COVID-19 since AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes The number of seriously ill in Thursday, according to a Face- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government reported another 1,915 people tested positive for the coronavirus on the city fell by nine overnight to book post Monday by the base. Monday. 287, according to NHK. Contact tracing discovered Japan on Sunday reported three people and another five had falling ill with COVID-19 symp- 24 prior to medical treatment. Nearly 29% of South Korea’s 19,410 newly infected people and fallen ill, according to the post. The toms, according to a USFK news All are isolated at either Osan or population, or 14.6 million people, 50 deaths, according to the Johns base has nine active cases. release. Humphreys, according to USFK. are fully vaccinated; another Hopkins Coronavirus Resource South Korea update Another Osan service member, South Korea on Monday report- 55.8%, or 28.6 million, have re- Center. Nearly 45% of its popula- U.S. Forces Korea reported 11 another civilian at Humphreys ed 1,487 people tested positive, 436 ceived the first dose of a two-shot tion, or 57 million people, are fully new coronavirus patients Monday. and three family members in Dae- in Seoul and 402 in Gyeonggi prov- regimen, according to KDCA. vaccinated. Four service members at Osan gu tested positive between Aug. 23 ince, where Humphreys and Osan At U.S. military bases in Japan, Air Base and a civilian at Camp and Thursday during contact trac- are located, according to an update Stars and Stripes reporter Yoo Kyong Chang 11 people have tested positive for Humphreys came up positive ing. And one service member at by the Korean Disease Control and contributed to this report. the virus since Thursday. Wednesday and Thursday after Humphreys tested positive Aug. Prevention Agency. [email protected] Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 MILITARY Viral Marine who blasted leaders resigns

BY CHAD GARLAND [and] I am forfeiting my retire- Some in the military community Stenger said Friday that social father. Stars and Stripes ment, all entitlements. I don’t want have praised his courage to chal- media is not the place to air dis- “If Scheller was truly honor- A Marine officer who filmed a a single dollar.” lenge the brass at the risk of his ca- agreements with the chain of com- able, he would have resigned his viral video calling out senior mil- He then suggests that senior reer, and others criticized him for mand, saying it was “an emotional commission in protest after stating itary and civilian leaders for fail- military leaders would need the grandstanding or sowing dissent. time for a lot of Marines” who what he did,” Hobbs wrote in a ures in Afghanistan resigned his money for jobs and security after “Blatantly using rank does cross should seek counseling or talk to comment on one of Scheller’s commission “effective immedi- what he intends to do, though he a line,” said Jim their comrades. LinkedIn posts. ately” in a new 10-minute video does not provide further details. Golby, a 20-year Eleven Marines, a soldier and a Scheller repeatedly quotes from Sunday and threatened to “bring “The Marine Corps is taking ap- Army veteran Navy corpsman were killed in the that remark, protesting that he is the whole [expletive] system propriate action to ensure the safe- and adjunct se- attack on Kabul’s airport Thurs- honorable and announcing his re- down.” ty and well-being of LtCol Scheller nior fellow at the day, which was claimed by the Is- signation in response to it. Lt. Col. Stu Scheller was dismis- and his family,” said service Center for a New lamic State. Over 160 Afghans But he also says that if senior sed Friday from command of the spokesman Capt. Sam Stephenson American Secu- were killed, two officials told The leaders would have simply said Advanced Infantry Training Bat- in an emailed statement. “As this rity who focuses Associated Press on Friday. “yes, mistakes were made” in Af- talion at Camp Lejeune, N.C., over is a developing situation, we can- on civil-military Scores of others were wounded, ghanistan, he would have given up Scheller the original video. In the new one, not comment further at this time.” relations. A bat- along with at least 18 U.S. troops. his quest. Such an admission he claims he is not currently under In his original video, posted on talion commander “just doesn’t Scheller had a personal relation- would help those struggling with investigation and that he likely social media hours after a blast in have all the info that senior mili- ship with one of the slain Marines, PTSD and other issues, he said. would be allowed to ride out his re- Kabul killed 13 U.S. troops, Schell- tary (or civilian) leaders do.” he said Thursday. Praising the ordinary grunts maining three years until retire- er appeared in uniform and criti- Golby hoped someone would In his new video, he tells those who “go outside the wire, get ment if he chose to stay silent. cized the Marine Corps comman- convince Scheller to seek mental offering to send him money to in- blown up, bring their Marine back “I don’t think that’s the path I’m dant, defense secretary and other health treatment and “get out of stead give to the families of the and then go back out there the next on,” he says in the video, shot in- senior defense officials. the spotlight quickly,” he said. fallen. He thanks both his support- day,” Scheller says “they deserve side an “abandoned school bus” in That nearly 5-minute clip had Scheller did not immediately re- ers and critics but singles out a re- accountability.” eastern North Carolina. “I’m re- been viewed about 1 million times spond to an inquiry asking for clar- mark by retired Marine Col. Tho- signing my commission as a Unit- on Facebook and LinkedIn com- ification of his plans. mas K. Hobbs, who he said he [email protected] ed States Marine, effective now … bined as of Sunday. Marine spokesman Maj. Jim knew personally and loved like a Twitter: @chadgarland US donates 55 armored military vehicles to Kosovo Associated Press platoon to Kuwait, its first involvement in PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo on Mon- an international peacekeeping mission. day received 55 armored security vehicles Kosovo on Sunday also welcomed a donated by the United States for the Koso- group of 111 NATO-affiliated Afghan eva- vo Security Force, or KSF. cuees. The U.S. has heavily supported the In a decade, the KSF is expected to have KSF’s 3,400-troop force which was turned 5,000 troops and 3,000 reservists, mainly to into a regular army more than two years deal with crisis response and civil protec- ago, although its name has not been tion operations. changed to armed forces as planned. This Kosovo declared independence in 2008, is the final donation. almost a decade after a brutal 1998-99 war President Vjosa Osmani said the dona- between separatist ethnic Albanian rebels tion was another proof of the “special and and Serb forces that was ended by a 78- VISAR KRYEZIU/AP close relationship” between the two coun- day NATO air campaign. It is recognized Kosovo Security Force soldiers place a Kosovo flag on top of an armored security tries. by most Western nations but not by Serbia vehicle donated by the U.S. during a handout ceremony in the military barracks Adem Earlier this year, Kosovo sent a military or its allies Russia and China. Jashari in capital Pristina on Monday. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 VIRUS OUTBREAK For crew in Japan, COVID limits mean more to do on base BY ALEX WILSON members are playing in a golf Stars and Stripes tournament at Naval Air Facility YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Atsugi, according to Naval Forces Japan — Though sailors on liber- Japan spokeswoman Cmdr. Katie ty from the USS Carl Vinson are Cerezo. Those sailors will be dri- restricted to this naval base south ven directly to Atsugi to maintain of Tokyo, leaders are doing what coronavirus safety protocols. they can to provide them with Kanagawa prefecture, where rest and recreation. the naval base is located, and The San Diego-based aircraft neighboring Tokyo and Chiba carrier pulled into Yokosuka, prefectures are under a govern- south of Tokyo, on Saturday, for ment-imposed public-health its first visit in nearly two dec- emergency until Sept. 12. Most of ades. Although sailors are unable Kanagawa is considered by base to leave base due to COVID-19 re- authorities to be a high risk for strictions, the installation has contracting COVID-19, the coro- planned several events to offer as navirus respiratory disease. much entertainment as possible, Restrictions for the visiting base spokesman Randall Baucom carrier’s crew are tighter than for told Stars and Stripes by phone those assigned to the base, but not DANIEL BETANCOURT/Stars and Stripes Monday. by much. The base population is The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier arrives for a port call at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Saturday. “We’ve set up a few different subject to a nightly 8 p.m. to 5 activities for sailors to enjoy their a.m. curfew with few exceptions lease. “Carl Vinson, the em- cycles typically last between summer to support the withdraw- time here at Yokosuka,” he said. and may not dine inside off-base barked air wing and our strike three and four days. al of U.S. forces from Afghanis- “We hosted a softball tournament restaurants or visit amusement group staffs are looking forward The Carl Vinson last pulled into tan. yesterday and today, we had a 5K parks, zoos, aquariums or mu- to this time of relaxation and a Yokosuka in 2003, Cerezo said The Carl Vinson left the West fun run this morning and we’ve seums. short pause from our underway Friday. It deployed to the West- Coast on Aug. 2 for a deployment also opened the Green Beach out- The Navy announced the Carl time in support of global and re- ern Pacific that year for an eight- supporting “global maritime se- door swimming pool just for the Vinson’s imminent arrival Thurs- gional stability.” month tour as part of a backfill curity operations,” according to Vinson sailors.” day, although it gave no specific Baucom said he couldn’t say operation for the USS Kitty Hawk the Navy. Its strike group is the Both base movie theaters, in- date. how long the carrier would re- Battle Group, which was sent to first to deploy with F-35C Light- cluding Yokosuka’s Fleet Thea- “Our crew is excited and hon- main in Yokosuka. The Navy rou- the Persian Gulf in support of Op- ning II stealth fighters and Navy ter, which typically doesn’t oper- ored to have this opportunity for tinely does not comment on ship eration Iraqi Freedom. CMV-22B Ospreys aboard. ate on weekdays, are open for the an on-installation port visit,” the movements due to operational se- The carrier now homeported at visiting sailors, Baucom said. carrier’s skipper, Capt. P. Scott curity concerns. Yokosuka, the USS Ronald Re- [email protected] Some of the Carl Vinson’s crew Miller, said in a Navy news re- Aircraft carrier replenishment agan, departed Japan early this Twitter: @AlexMNWilson Malaysia’s new PM self-isolates, misses Cabinet swearing-in Associated Press with, whether he was tested and Yassin, resigned on Aug. 16 after 1957 but was ousted in 2018 elec- retained four senior ministerial KUALA LUMPUR — Malay- how long he would remain in self- less than 18 months in office as in- tions amid a multibillion-dollar fi- posts which were created by Mu- sia’s new prime minister missed isolation. fighting in his coalition cost him nancial scandal. hyiddin to keep factions in his Ma- the swearing-in ceremony of his Ismail took office Aug. 21 amid majority support in Parliament. Ismail has been criticized for lay-majority government happy. new government on Monday after public anger over the previous Ismail, 61, was Muhyiddin’s largely reappointing ministers Many people, however, ap- coming into contact with someone government’s failure to control a deputy, and his appointment to from the previous Cabinet which plauded the appointment of pop- infected with COVID-19, his of- raging pandemic. Daily cases lead the government by Malay- failed to curb the pandemic de- ular former Science Minister fice said. have soared above 20,000 since sia’s king essentially returned the spite a seven-month state of Khairy Jamaluddin — who was in Ismail Sabri Yaakob has begun Aug. 5, with total infections sur- same governing coalition to pow- emergency and a lockdown since charge of the vaccination pro- self-isolating and will virtually at- passing 1.7 million. Vaccinations er. It also returned the premier- June. gram — as the new health minis- tend Tuesday’s official National are moving rapidly, with 62% of ship to Ismail’s party, the United A total of 31 ministers and 38 ter. Day celebrations, according to a the adult population fully inocu- Malays National Organization, deputy ministers took their oaths Malaysia’s confirmed deaths statement from his office. It did lated. which has led the country since of office at the palace Monday. Is- from COVID-19 have risen above not say whom he came in contact His predecessor, Muhyiddin independence from Britain in mail did not name a deputy, but 16,000. UAE capital mandates COVID-19 booster shot for Sinopharm recipients

Associated Press fer the booster regimen earlier places like malls, schools and less, the shot is at the heart of East who power the UAE’s econo- DUBAI — The capital of the this year, following reports of Si- gyms without a third booster China’s own mass immunization my received the Sinopharm vac- United Arab Emirates on Sunday nopharm recipients seeking the shot. campaign and became the linch- cine as the nation raced toward a ordered all residents who re- third shot amid concerns about The new rule adds to growing pin of the UAE’s rollout, among swift reopening. ceived the Chinese state-backed an insufficient antibody response. questions over the coronavirus the world’s fastest per capita. Infections in the UAE have Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine Abu Dhabi, which imposed protection offered by China’s Sin- At first, Abu Dhabi exclusively gradually declined from peaks over six months ago to get a some of the region’s most strin- poharm vaccine. Aside from ba- used Sinopharm for its rollout, reached in January but daily booster shot by Sept. 20, adding gent vaccine restrictions this sic efficacy numbers, the Chinese but in recent months started to counts of new cases still hover at that recipients of other vaccines summer, hardened its stance manufacturer has released very offer Pfizer-BioNTech as well. around 1,000 a day, far above last do not need the third dose. Sunday, saying that those who re- little public data about its vac- Across the country, the majority year’s levels, even as over 75% of The UAE became the first ceived two doses of Sinopharm cine, prompting criticism for its of low-paid workers from Africa, the country’s population has re- country worldwide to formally of- will no longer be able to access lack of transparency. Nonethe- Southeast Asia and the Middle ceived both vaccine doses. Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Louisiana begins recovery after Ida Associated Press media, people posted their ad- NEW ORLEANS — Rescuers dresses and directed search-and- set out in hundreds of boats and rescue teams to their attics or helicopters to reach people rooftops. trapped by floodwaters and utility The Louisiana National Guard crews mobilized Monday after a said it activated 4,900 Guard per- furious Hurricane Ida swamped sonnel and lined up 195 high-wa- the Louisiana coast and made a ter vehicles, 73 rescue boats and shambles of the electrical grid in 34 helicopters. Local and state New Orleans and beyond in the agencies were adding hundreds of sweltering, late-summer heat. more. One of the most powerful hurri- More than a million customers canes ever to hit the U.S. mainland in Louisiana and Mississippi were weakened into a tropical storm without power, according to Pow- overnight as it pushed inland over erOutage.US, which tracks outag- Mississippi with torrential rain es nationwide. That left them and shrieking winds, its danger without air conditioning and re- far from over. frigeration in the dog days of sum- Ida was blamed for at least one mer. death — someone hit by a falling “We don’t know if the damage is tree outside Baton Rouge — but extensive. We don’t know if the with many roads impassable and damage is something we can get cellphone service knocked out in up quickly,” Entergy New Orleans places, the full extent of its fury CEO Deanna Rodriguez told was still coming into focus. ERIC GAY/AP WWL-TV. Officials warned it could be Police look through debris after a building collapsed from the effects of Hurricane Ida, on Monday, in New Edwards said on Sunday that weeks before power is fully re- Orleans. 30,000 utility workers were in the stored. state to help restore electricity. The hurricane “came in and did Interstate 10 between New Or- Farther south, emergency offi- everything that was advertised, leans and Baton Rouge — the cials had not heard from Grand Is- unfortunately,” Louisiana Gov. main east-west route along the le since Sunday afternoon. About John Bel Edwards said. Gulf Coast — was closed because 40 people stayed on the barrier is- All of New Orleans lost power of flooding, with the water report- land, which took the brunt of the right around sunset Sunday as the ed to be 4 feet deep at one spot, of- hurricane and was swamped by hurricane blew ashore on the 16th ficials said. seawater, Jefferson Parish Presi- anniversary of Katrina, leading to An area just west of New Or- dent Cynthia Lee Sheng told NBC. an uneasy night of pouring rain leans got about 17 inches of rain in Ida’s 150 mph winds tied it for and howling wind. 20 hours, Greg Carbin of NOAA’s the fifth-strongest hurricane ever When daylight came, streets Weather Prediction Center tweet- to hit the mainland. Its winds were were littered with tree branches ed. down to 45 mph early Monday, and some roads were blocked. Still, it appeared that the levees and forecasters said it would rap- While it was still early, there were that failed in 2005 during Hurri- idly weaken while still dumping no immediate reports of the cata- cane Katrina held up in Ida, the heavy rain over a large area. strophic flooding city officials had governor said. In Mississippi’s southwestern feared. “For the most part, all of our lev- corner, entire neighborhoods “I had a long miserable night,” ees performed extremely well — were surrounded by floodwaters, said Chris Atkins, who was in his STEVE HELBER/AP especially the federal levees — and many roads were impassable. New Orleans home when he heard Traffic diverts around downed power lines Monday in Metairie, La. but at the end of the day the storm Ida was expected to pick up a “kaboom” and all the sheetrock surge, the rain, the wind all had speed Monday night before dump- in the living room fell into the were operating on generator pow- phens, a spokesperson for the gov- devastating impacts,” Edwards ing rain on the Tennessee and house. A short time later, the er, the Federal Emergency Man- ernor, said the state will work to said. “We have water systems that Ohio River valleys Tuesday, the whole side of the living room fell agement Agency said. move people to hotels as soon as are out. We have tremendous Appalachian mountain region onto his neighbor’s driveway. The governor’s office said over possible so that they can keep damage to homes and to business- Wednesday and the nation’s cap- “Lucky the whole thing didn’t 2,200 evacuees were staying in 41 their distance from one another. es.” ital on Thursday. fall inward. It would have killed shelters as of Monday morning, a “This is a COVID nightmare,” The rain and surge of seawater Forecasters said flash flooding us,” he said. number expected to rise as people Stephens said, adding: “We do an- in the maze of rivers and bayous and mudslides are possible along Four Louisiana hospitals were were rescued or escaped from ticipate that we could see some south of New Orleans threatened Ida’s path before it blows out to damaged and 39 medical facilities flooded homes. Christina Ste- COVID spikes related to this.” hundreds of homes. On social sea over New England on Friday. Tropical Storm Nora fading, after leaving 1 dead, 7 missing Associated Press eas along the gulf. there after her car was swept away. Offi- Jalisco Gov. Enrique Alfaro said the MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Nora Nora had maximum sustained winds of cials said flooding damaged 500 homes missing woman in Puerto Vallarta was is dropping heavy rains along the Gulf of 40 mph late Sunday and was moving to the and two people were injured in a land- lost when surging waters dragged her California after weakening from a hurri- north-northwest at 12 mph. Its center was slide. from her car and swept her away cane that set off floods and landslides on about 95 miles southeast of Los Mochis. Mexico’s navy said it was searching for The U.S. National Hurricane Center Mexico’s Pacific coast, caused havoc in Communities in the coastal states of Mi- six fishermen from the state of Guerrero said Nora would keep dragging along the Puerta Vallarta and left at least one dead choacan, Colima and Jalisco experienced who were reported missing at sea. mainland shore of the gulf and was ex- and seven missing. heavy rain and rough surf as the storm Two rivers overflowed in Puerto Vallar- pected to weaken into a tropical depres- Nora weakened from a Category 1 hur- moved northward battering itself by stay- ta during the storm Saturday night and sion by Monday night. Moisture from the ricane at midday Sunday after making a ing close to shore. flooded part of the center of the town. A storm could bring heavy rains by mid- brief land passage just inland from the In Jalisco state, officials said a teenager torrent of water broke up a bridge and week to the U.S. Southwest and central Mazatlan resort area and then moving from Spain was killed Saturday night took away part of a small four-story bou- Rockies, the center said. back over water and entering the narrow when a hotel partially collapsed in Puerto tique hotel where the dead boy was found The center said some areas along the gulf. Though it was barely a tropical storm Vallarta amid severe flooding when Nora Sunday after eight hours of searching. west coast of Mexico could see rainfall to- by late Sunday, forecasters warned that passed by the tourist city as a Category 1 The rest of his family escaped before the tals from 8 to 12 inches with even more in its heavy rains still posed a danger for ar- hurricane. A woman was also missing collapse, authorities said. some spots. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 NATION Records rebut rioters’ claims on treatment

Associated Press dent’s lies about the election de- It’s a common refrain from some scended on the Capitol and pushed of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at past police barriers, assaulted offi- the U.S. Capitol and their Republi- cers, smashed windows and sent can allies: The Justice Department lawmakers running in a stunning is treating them harshly because of attempt to overturn the presidential their political views while those ar- election. rested during last year’s protests The demonstrations across the over racial injustice were given le- country after Floyd’s death were niency. largely peaceful calls to address ra- Court records tell a different sto- cial inequality and police brutality ry. that occasionally turned violent. In An Associated Press review of some cities, protests descended into documents in more than 300 federal chaos after dark, with people cases stemming from the protests smashing windows, looting stores, sparked by George Floyd’s death setting fires and assaulting officers. last year shows that dozens of peo- Then-Attorney General William ple charged have been convicted of Barr pushed federal prosecutors to serious crimes and sent to prison. aggressively go after protesters The AP found that more than 120 who caused violence. Defense law- defendants across the United States yers complained that many of the have pleaded guilty or were con- cases belonged in state court — pun- victed at trial of federal crimes in- ishments are typically lighter there cluding rioting, arson and conspir- AP photos —and accused Justice Department acy. More than 70 defendants sen- In this photo combination, on June 3, 2020, demonstrators, left, protest the death of George Floyd, and officials of carrying out a politically tenced so far have gotten an average Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. motivated effort to stymie the dem- of about 27 months behind bars. At onstrations. least 10 received prison terms of gress,” said Kent Greenfield, a pro- have been dismissed, court records handling of the protest cases in Por- Just this month, a man who was 19 five years or more. fessor at Boston College Law show. tland to suggest that the Jan. 6 de- at the time was sentenced to four The dissonance between the rhet- School. Most of those defendants re- fendants are being politically perse- years behind bars and ordered to oric of the rioters and their support- To be sure, some have received ceived deferred resolution agree- cuted. pay what his lawyer said is likely to ers and the record established by lenient deals. ments, under which prosecutors Only a handful of the nearly 600 exceed $1.5 million in restitution af- courts highlights both the racial ten- At least 19 defendants who have agree to drop charges after a certain people charged in the insurrection ter pleading guilty to inciting a riot sion inherent in their arguments — been sentenced across the country amount of time if the defendant have received their punishments so last spring in Champaign, Ill. the pro-Donald Trump rioters were got no prison time or time served, stays out of trouble and completes far, and just three people have been In the Capitol riot, dozens of de- largely white and last summer’s according to the AP’s review. Many things such as community service. sentenced to time behind bars. The fendants have been charged only protesters were more diverse — pleaded guilty to lower-level offens- Some Capitol riot defendants have vast majority of the most serious with misdemeanors, and a standard and the flawed assessment at the es, such as misdemeanor assault, complained it’s unfair they aren’t cases — involving those accused of plea deal has allowed many to plead heart of their claims. but some were convicted of more getting the same deals. assaulting police officers or con- guilty to a single count of demon- “The property damage or accusa- serious charges, including civil dis- Conservatives have sought to spiring to block the certification of strating in the Capitol. tions of arson and looting from last order. equate the attack on the Capitol with President Joe Biden’s victory — re- Only one defendant convicted of a year, those were serious and they In Portland, Ore. — where dem- the Black Lives Matter protests, ac- main unresolved. felony has received his punishment were dealt with seriously, but they onstrations, many turning violent, cusing Democrats of being hypo- The catalysts for the riot and the so far. Paul Hodgkins, who weren’t an attack on the very core occurred nightly for months after a crites for not denouncing the vio- demonstrations for racial justice breached the U.S. Senate chamber constitutional processes that we re- white Minneapolis police officer lence after Floyd’s death as loudly were also fundamentally different. carrying a Trump campaign flag, ly on in a democracy, nor were they killed Floyd — more than 60 of the as the Capitol insurrection. Some The mob of Trump supporters was ordered to serve eight months an attack on the United States Con- roughly 100 cases that were brought Republicans have seized on the whipped up by the former presi- behind bars. After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistricting BY DAVID A. LIEB elsewhere can draw public atten- multiple districts — a process crats for new maps to last a full dec- their own citizens commissions to Associated Press tion to partisan gerrymandering known as gerrymandering. ade. But that didn’t go far enough for make recommendations to law- The Indiana Citizens Redistrict- and pressure the real mapmakers to Redistricting can have signifi- some advocacy groups. makers responsible for redistrict- ing Commission held numerous temper their political inclinations. cant consequences. Republicans A coalition of left-leaning organi- ing. Maryland’s Democratic-dom- public hearings. It produced a re- If that doesn’t work, they hope their need to net just five seats in 2022 to zations formed the Ohio Citizens’ inated U.S. House districts and Wis- port prioritizing redistricting crite- alternative maps ultimately could flip control of the U.S. House. After Redistricting Commission, which consin’s largely Republican state ria. Soon, the bipartisan panel will be implemented by judges resolv- the 2010 census, Republicans who launched a website, held public Assembly districts often are cited as cap its work by drafting new voting ing redistricting lawsuits. wielded mapmaking power in more hearings and plans to draft maps some of the most gerrymandered maps for Indiana’s nine U.S. House “We think our process will pro- states than Democrats used their that prioritize opportunities for mi- nationally. But lawmakers in those seats and 150 state legislative dis- duce better maps — maps that bet- ensuing edge in state capitols to re- nority voters and competitive races. states are under no legal obligation tricts based on the latest census da- ter serve the interests of voters and duce taxes, restrict abortion and Republicans currently hold a 12-4 to heed the commissions’ recom- ta. communities,” said Julia Vaughn, pare back union bargaining pow- advantage in Ohio’s U.S. House mendations. Despite all that work and its offi- executive director of Common ers. seats and overwhelming majorities Howard Community College cial-sounding name, the commis- Cause Indiana, which helped form Some redistricting reform advo- in both legislative chambers. President Kathleen Hetherington, sion created by a coalition of advo- the citizens commission. cates believe states can cut down on State Senate President Matt an independent voter who is co- cacy groups has no official role in The once-a-decade redistricting gerrymandering by shifting the Huffman, a Republican, said earli- chair of the citizens commission Indiana’s redistricting process. The process has ramped up with the re- task to independent commissions. er this month that he was unfamiliar created by Hogan, said she hopes actual line-drawing is being done by cent release of 2020 census data Since the last redistricting, voters in with the citizens commission. Huff- lawmakers will embrace the pan- the Republican-led Legislature, showing how populations have Colorado, Michigan, New York, man is a member of the official Ohio el’s recommendations for new which could ignore the commission changed in neighborhoods, cities Utah and Virginia have created re- Redistricting Commission, which maps. entirely and use its overwhelming and counties since 2010. U.S. House districting commissions — nearly held its own series of public hear- “What we’ve heard so far from majorities to create districts that and state legislative districts must doubling the number of states with ings last week about new state Marylanders is that they want dis- help the GOP continue to win elec- be redrawn to rebalance their pop- them. House and Senate districts. tricts that are compact instead of tions for years to come. ulations. But mapmakers can cre- Ohio voters approved constitu- Faced with legislatures con- looking like flying dragons or ketch- Rather than amounting to a mere ate an advantage for their political tional amendments that will re- trolled by opposing political parties, up spills,” she said. “And they also exercise in futility, advocates for re- party in future elections by packing quire majority Republican law- Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of want districts that avoid breaking districting reform hope the Indiana opponents’ voters into a few dis- makers and executive officials to Maryland and Democratic Gov. To- up counties into a lot of little pieces commission and similar efforts tricts or spreading them thin among gain support from minority Demo- ny Evers of Wisconsin each formed where that isn’t necessary.” Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Deputies apprehend man waving machete around FREDERICK — MD Deputies in Mary- land apprehended a man who is facing charges after he was seen walking through a neighborhood waving a machete. The Frederick County County Sheriff’s Office said in a news re- lease that deputies were dis- patched to a neighborhood in Ur- bana Friday night after the man was spotted. He fled into a wooded area when approached but was eventu- ally apprehended and taken to a hospital for a mental health eval- uation, the news release said. Unspecified charges are pend- ing, according to the sheriff’s of- fice. Mountain lion killed after attacking 5-year-old child SAN FRANCISCO — A CA mountain lion that at- ALAN WARREN, THE (OWENSBORO, KY.) MESSENGER­INQUIRER/AP tacked a 5-year-old boy and dragged the child across his front lawn in Southern California was On your mark, get set shot and killed by a wildlife offi- Participants throw multi­colored powder into the air at the start of the ninth annual Color Blast 5K at West Parrish Avenue and Hickman Avenue cer, authorities said Saturday. in Owensboro, Ky., on Saturday. The 65-pound mountain lion at- tacked the boy while he was play- ing near his house Thursday in Ca- 1850s, are broken into pieces, The THE CENSUS translates to Our Lady of Canneto, labasas and “dragged him about Salem News reported. has gone missing in Connecticut. 45 yards” across the front lawn, The graves to be restored are in The amount that a Florida couple gave to Tulane Medical Descendants from the Italian said Capt. Patrick Foy, a spokes- what Rachel Meyer, a stone con- $5M School for an endowed professorship. Drs. Philip and Cheryl village of Settefrati gather yearly man with the California Depart- servator with Epoch Preserva- Leone, of Naples, Fla., met in a gross anatomy class as Tulane University un- to pay homage to their ancestral ment of Fish and Wildlife. The boy tion, described as a corner of the dergraduates. They are now retired pathologists and current members of the home, the Stamford Advocate re- suffered significant traumatic in- cemetery, effectively segregated School of Medicine Board of Governors, a university news release said ported. During the yearly gather- juries to his head and upper torso from the main cemetery. They oc- Wednesday. Their endowment will support a medical school professor who ing, the painting is displayed on a but was in stable condition at a Los cupy a square piece of land the will also hold a joint appointment in another school or unit, and will focus on raised altar decorated with flower areas such as public health, immunology, parasitology or anthropology, the Angeles hospital, Foy said. city donated to expand the ceme- arrangements. university said. “The true hero of this story is his tery to bury African Americans. Antonia D’Amico, president of mom because she absolutely The three stones in question the Madonna Di Canneto Society saved her son’s life,” Foy said. have fallen over in time and were In court records, detectives de- scendants will be attending the in Stamford, said the painting “She ran out of the house and sinking into the ground when an scribe accusations of threats and event. went missing from the Sacred started punching and striking the area resident contacted Meyer assaults, most recently at a med- Heart Church and has asked the mountain lion with her bare hands about fixing them. ical building in Avondale last NOAA needs help finding public to help find it. and got him off her son,” he said. week. Police said the relatives stranded sea turtles The painting has been the cen- The parents immediately drove Family tried to kidnap took the woman’s cellphone and terpiece for the celebration since the boy to the hospital, where law woman over dishonor purse, along with her boyfriend’s PORTLAND — Fed- 1931 when the Settefratese Social enforcement were notified of the gun, during a “violent assault.” ME eral ocean managers Club — the host of the Mass — was attack and sent a wildlife officer to PHOENIX — Police ar- The woman grabbed onto a re- are asking beachgoers in New En- founded in Stamford. It depicts a the scene. AZ rested six members of a sponding officer, pleading gland and elsewhere to keep an young shepherdess kneeling in Once at the house, the officer Phoenix-area family that they say “please, don’t let them take me,” eye out for stranded turtles. prayer side-by-side with an angel discovered a mountain lion targeted a 20-year-old relative according to court records. The National Oceanic and At- before the Lady Madonna. crouching in the bushes with its and tried to kidnap her because mospheric Administration’s “ears back and hissing” at him, they disapprove of her boyfriend, City to celebrate state’s Greater Atlantic Regional Fisher- Fire officials: 7 escape Foy said, where it was shot and who doesn’t share their Muslim first known Black sheriff ies Office said several species of burning boat off shore killed on site. Subsequent DNA faith. sea turtles will still be in the area tests confirmed that the lion was The woman, who is 20 weeks VERGENNES — A Ver- for a few months. Healthy sea tur- OCEAN CITY — Sev- the one responsible for attacking pregnant, told police she was VT mont city is planning to tles normally should not be out of MD en passengers escap- the child, the statement said. afraid her relatives will kill her be- erect a monument to the state’s the water in the region, the office ed without injury from a burning cause they believe she has first known Black sheriff and chief said. boat in the water off Ocean City, Effort underway to restore brought dishonor to the family, de- of police. The city of Vergennes is The office asked anyone who Md., fire officials said Sunday. graves of abolitionists tectives wrote in a probable cause planning to unveil and dedicate sees a turtle on the beach to report The fire department said in a statement filed in Maricopa Coun- the monument to former Sheriff it. Species that could be spotted in- Facebook post that it was called to SALEM — What ty Superior Court following the ar- Stephen Bates on Oct. 3. clude loggerhead, leatherback, the scene around 5:15 a.m. MA started as a project to rests on Thursday. Police believe Bates was first elected sheriff green and Kemp’s ridley sea tur- At the time of the fire, there restore the gravestones of three the family wanted to send the vic- and chief of police in Vergennes in tles, the office said. were seven passengers aboard the Black men and women who tim back to Iraq, authorities 1879. Beachgoers who encounter a vessel, and they were rescued by a played a role in the abolitionist wrote. Bates had been formerly en- stranded turtle can call the strand- civilian boat in the area, the de- movement on the North Shore is Police in the Phoenix suburb of slaved in Virginia. He gained his ing and entanglement hot line at partment said. No injuries were evolving into a larger effort to find Peoria said Friday the victim, her freedom and served Union sol- 866-755-6622. immediately reported. and restore the final resting places boyfriend and his family have fil- diers during the Civil War. He The U.S. Coast Guard set up a for other African American fam- ed more than 20 police reports first came to Vergennes in 1866 Search underway for a perimeter and asked boats to ilies, officials said. from the West Valley to Yuma al- with Vermont U.S. Rep. Frederick century-old painting avoid the area, according to the In Salem’s Howard Street Cem- leging crimes including disorder- E. Woodbridge. fire department, which posted a etery, two of the stones marking ly conduct, harassment, aggravat- Bates served as sheriff of Ver- STAMFORD — A video showing the boat consumed the burial sites of Venus Chew, ed assault and kidnapping. Police gennes for 25 years. He raised a CT painting used in the an- with flames. Prince Farmer and Samuel did not identify the victim or the family in Vergennes before his nual celebration of Mass to honor Payne, all of whom died in the boyfriend. death in 1907, and some of his de- La Madonna di Canneto, which From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 WORLD Iran, Syria vow to fight US sanctions Associated Press Syrian government. DAMASCUS — Iran and Syria American sanctions were im- vowed on Sunday to take “mighty posed on Tehran after former Pres- steps” to confront U.S. sanctions ident Donald Trump pulled Amer- imposed on the two regional allies, ica out of a nuclear deal between saying their relations will strength- Iran and world powers in 2018. The en under Iran’s new leadership. sanctions have caused severe fuel The announcement was made by shortages in Syria, which has been Iran’s new Foreign Minister Hos- relying mostly on Iranian oil ship- sein Amir-Abdollahian, who was ments that have been subjected to received at the airport a visit to Da- mysterious attacks over the past LUCA BRUNO/AP mascus by his Syrian counterpart, two years. Syria has blamed Israel Smoke billows from a building in Milan, Italy, on Sunday. Faisal Mekdad. for the attacks. Iran has been one of Syrian Pres- “The leadership of the two coun- ident Bashar Assad’s strongest tries will together take mighty No victims reported in Italian building fire backers, sending thousands of steps to confront economic terror- fighters from around the region to ism and reduce pressure on our Associated Press ing was blamed for the speed at dent on the 15th floor, who sounded help his troops in Syria’s 10-year people,” Amir-Abdollahian said at MILAN — Italian firefighters on which the fire engulfed the block, the alarm as he descended the build- conflict that has killed half a million the airport. He did not say how the Monday were tackling remaining and officials noted similar issues in ing telling other occupants to evac- and displaced half the country’s two countries will fight the sanc- hotspots and continuing to search a the Milan fire. uate. pre-war population of 23 million. tions. 20-story apartment building in Mi- “I have never seen a situation like Residents said the blaze quickly With the help of Russia and Iran, Amir-Abdollahian’s visit to Syria lan that was destroyed by fire, but this,” said firefighter official Giulia- spread through the cladding on the Syrian government forces now comes a day after he represented said that there was no indication that no Santagata. “Just look at the fa- facade, which they said was sup- control much of the country. But Iran in a conference attended by of- anyone was missing inside. cade and you see that everything is posed to have been fire resistant, Syria has been suffering for years ficials from around the Middle East Some cases of smoke inhalation completely burned, and therefore Corriere della Sera reported. under American and European aimed at easing regional tensions. were reported from Sunday’s blaze, presume that it was made of flam- “The cause of the fires still needs Union sanctions. Amir-Abdollahian described Sy- but no serious injuries or deaths. mable material.” to be determined, but it seems that U.S. Treasury sanctions have ria as the “land of resistance,” add- The blaze recalled the deadly fire Santagata said the blaze was un- the rapid spread of the flames was targeted a network that spans Sy- ing that Damascus and Tehran had that swept through Grenfell Tower der control, although there were still due to the thermal covering of the ria, Iran and Russia, and which is worked together “on the ground in London in 2017. In that case, the outbreaks in some apartments. building,” said Carlo Sibia, an Inte- responsible for shipping oil to the and achieved joint victories.” cladding on the outside of that build- The fire was reported by a resi- rior Ministry official in Rome. Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD

Arctic team finds new Protest on wheels in island off Greenland HELSINKI — A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they accidentally discovered what Thai capital seeking they believe is the world’s north- ernmost island located off Green- land’s coast. The scientists from the Univer- government’s ouster sity of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oo- Associated Press The car mob tactic has visibly daaq, an island discovered by a BANGKOK — A long line of been attracting more and more Danish survey team in 1978, to col- cars, trucks and motorbikes wend- participants, although its mobile lect samples during an expedition ed its way Sunday through the Thai nature makes it hard to estimate its that was conducted in July. capital Bangkok in a mobile protest size. Some onlookers along the They instead wound up on an against the government of Prime route displayed supportive ban- undiscovered island further Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. The ners and flashed the opposition’s ANUTHEP CHEYSAKRON/AP north. protesters on wheels hope their three-finger salute as the lengthy Anti­government protesters block the road with cars and motorcycles “We were convinced that the is- nonviolent action, dubbed a “car parade of vehicles passed. as a part of their “car mob” demonstrations along several roads in land we were standing on was Oo- mob,” can help force the ouster of Prayuth initially took power in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday. daaq, which until then was regis- Prayuth, whom they accuse of 2014, when as army commander he tered as the world’s northernmost botching the campaign against the launched a successful coup against demonstrators in and lowers the and the authorities, as each protest island,” said expedition leader coronavirus. an elected government. He contin- possibility of violent clashes, they could become a new COVID-19 Morten Rasch of the university’s “There is only one message from ued to hold power when he was believe. cluster, government spokesman department of geosciences and this car mob, which is ‘Prayuth get named prime minister as head of a “They impose the law to prevent Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana natural resource management. out!’” Sombat Boonngamanong, a coalition government after a 2019 the spreading of COVID-19, while a said last week. The yet-to-be-named island is veteran social activist who helped general election. car mob is designed with the same Large-scale protests against about 850 yards north of Oodaaq, originate such protests in July, said Organizers say the protest on concept,” said Sombat. “If we use a Prayuth’s government began last an island off Cape Morris Jesup, ahead of the protest. “He has had a wheels evades legal limitations on bus, that can violate the law. But we year, with three core demands: the the northernmost point of Green- chance to run the country for seven gatherings that are aimed at en- use our own cars, each of which resignation of Prayuth and his gov- land and one of the most northerly years. He has proved that he is in- forcing social distancing in order to carries fewer than five people. So ernment, amending the constitu- points of land on Earth. capable of being the country’s fight the spread of the coronavirus. how could that break the law?” tion to make it more democratic leader, so we cannot let him contin- Keeping things moving also makes Prayuth has shown his concern and reforming the monarchy to ue.” it more difficult for police to box about the safety of both protesters make it more accountable. From The Associated Press PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander John Rodriguez, Europe chief of staff How ISIS-K became a threat in Afghanistan Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander BY ABDUL SAYED members have been arrested, wounded or Taliban’s Doha peace deal with the United Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff Special to The Washington Post killed. States. s President Joe Biden honors the With this progress, U.S. and Afghan offi- It’s a possibility, but ISIS-K literature and U.S. troops killed in Thursday’s su- cials — as well as Taliban leaders — often cele- propaganda materials, which I have studied in EDITORIAL icide bombing in Kabul and Af- brated the end of ISIS-K. But the group has detail, place a major emphasis on killing Tali- ghan families prepare to bury and adapted to the military pressures swiftly. For ban and Haqqani network leaders and mem- Terry Leonard, Editor A [email protected] mourn their dead, threats of more horrific at- the past year, I’ve watched how the group has bers, proclaiming it to be a higher “religious tacks by the terrorist group known as Islamic taken a new shape to become more dangerous. duty” than the United States and other “apos- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor State-Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the Afghanistan They have taken two notable steps to resurge. tates.” The Haqqani network and ISIS-K have [email protected] and Pakistan arm of Islamic State, hang over First, after the Taliban reached the agree- also fought a brutal war with each other in Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation the U.S. evacuation. ment with the United States, ISIS-K an- eastern Kunar province. [email protected] The group claimed responsibility for the nounced a long new war against them. The The Taliban, as they transition from insur- airport attack, striking a major blow against group’s emir, Shahab al-Muhajir, appointed gency to government, will try to contain BUREAU STAFF the departing U.S. forces and Afghanistan’s in May 2020, affirmed the plan for the war by ISIS-K, but to do that they may have to dis- new rulers, the Taliban. Until Thursday, announcing a new urban terrorism campaign avow some of their more radical positions to Europe/Mideast ISIS-K hadn’t claimed credit for any Ameri- against the Taliban, the Afghan government gain added legitimacy, which in turn could Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief can casualties in Afghanistan since the Febru- and “their U.S. masters.” create another wave of defectors into the [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ary 2020 U.S.-Taliban peace agreement. With Second, it started building an urban net- ranks of ISIS. ISIS-K has already attacked the their latest attack, the group undermined the work by elevating leaders and recruiting op- Taliban for “deviating” from their original ji- Pacific Taliban’s claim of being able to provide secu- erational fighters from cities such as Kabul, hadi past. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief rity and stability once the United States is including battle-hardened, educated and For the West, ISIS-K doesn’t seem to pre- [email protected] gone. highly radicalized adherents of Salafism and sent an imminent danger, at least not yet. Of +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 ISIS-K emerged in 2015 from disgruntled some Ikhwani militia members of former Af- course, if over-the-horizon attacks against Washington members of the Taliban in Afghanistan and ghan militant groups. The Kabul network also them continue — such as the drone strikes car- Pakistan, as well as some of members of al- absorbed splinters and defectors from the Ta- ried out in recent days in retaliation — the Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] Qaida. The group has grown while playing the liban’s radical Haqqani network. group might start planning terrorist attacks (+1)(202)886-0033 sectarian card, proclaiming their quest for Sa- These fighters have ample experience in beyond Afghanistan. There’s reason to fear Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News lafist supremacy in Afghanistan against the urban tactics. They have carried out deadly this. According to a West Point report, an [email protected] dominance of the Hanafists Taliban. Between and sophisticated attacks in Kabul and Jalala- ISIS-K cell planned an attack with Syrian al- 2015 and 2016, it acquired control of larger ter- bad. In October, the group staged a 20-hour as- lies against U.S. and NATO military bases in CIRCULATION ritories in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar sault at a prison in Nangarhar, releasing Germany. The plot was thwarted by German Mideast and Kunar provinces, weakening the Afghan around 1,000 prisoners, including hundreds of police in April 2020, but it highlights the coun- Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Taliban presence there. It’s estimated to have ISIS-K members. Other attacks in Kabul have terterrorism challenges posed by the group in [email protected] around 4,000-5,000 fighters — their ranks en- targeted the Hazara community, Sikhs and the future. [email protected] larged by the recent prison breaks that fol- educational institutions. They have also For now, we can anticipate more violence DSN (314)583-9111 lowed the collapse of the government. launched missile attacks against government from ISIS-K as the Taliban assume control. Europe From 2016 to 2020, American counterter- buildings and Bagram Airfield. The group’s horrific violence will continue to Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager rorism operations, including President Do- Many analysts argue that there is an alli- scar Afghanistan and its beleaguered civilian [email protected] nald Trump’s use of the “the mother of all ance between ISIS-K and the Taliban’s Haq- population. Afghanistan is entering another [email protected] bombs,” hurt ISIS-K. Afghan forces and Tali- qani network. When Afghan counterterror- dangerous phase of violence. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 ban militia also punished the group in its ism agencies arrested former Haqqani terror-

Pacific strongholds in Nangarhar and Kunar from the ists who joined ISIS-K in Kabul, they assumed Abdul Sayed is a security specialist on radical militant groups in Mari Mori, [email protected] ground. In recent years thousands of their they were behind the violence to sabotage the Afghanistan and Pakistan based in Lund, Sweden. +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Washington Can Biden’s ambitions in foreign policy survive Kabul? tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY DOYLE MCMANUS ing U.S. efforts. The president’s agenda is like- orge W. Bush’s costly overreach in Iraq. Los Angeles Times ly to be harder to carry out than before. The other central element of Biden’s for- Reader letters hen President Joe Biden ar- Nevertheless, the core of a “Biden Doc- eign policy is the degree to which it stems from [email protected] rived in the White House, he trine” in foreign policy is still intact. It involves domestic policy and the president’s conviction proclaimed grand ambitions elements the president has talked about for that the United States can only be effective Additional contacts for U.S. foreign policy. years. He wants to pare down the U.S. defini- overseas if its economy and political system stripes.com/contactus W “America is back,” he declared, promising tion of “vital interests” to a short list: great are strong at home. to restore U.S. leadership of what he called (in power competition with China and Russia, the “We’re in a contest … with autocratic gov- OMBUDSMAN a term borrowed from the 20th century) “the nuclear threat from Iran, and the continuing ernments around the world as to whether or Ernie Gates free world.” war against terrorist groups in the Middle not democracies can compete with them,” he The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow He said he would restore alliances his pred- East. said during his first overseas trip to Europe in of news and information, reporting any attempts by the ecessor had scorned, rally democracies to Even amid the withdrawal from Kabul, Bi- June. “We’ve got to prove that democracy military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns contain autocracies like China and Russia, den has reaffirmed his intention to keep fight- works.” Those are domestic goals as much as and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for and put human rights at the center of the U.S. ing al-Qaida, Islamic State and their allies. He diplomatic ones. fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by agenda — all while building a foreign policy lost no time in ordering an airstrike against When Biden opened a news conference email at [email protected], or by phone at that served the middle class. Plus one more ISIS in Afghanistan in retaliation for the about Afghanistan several days ago by crow- 202.886.0003. goal, almost an afterthought: He’d disentangle group’s bombing of Kabul’s airport last week. ing about progress in Congress on his infras-

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Candorville 33 Steak — 35 Streep of “The Post” 36 Overhead trains 37 Director Craven 38 Coke alternative 41 Overly 42 Second person 45 “ER” actor La Salle 46 Adults Carpe Diem 48 Stead 49 “The Raven” writer 50 “I cannot tell —” Beetle Bailey Bizarro Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 FACES TikTok star: ‘Give me a chance’ ‘He’s All That’ lead Addison Rae hopes to prove herself in first major role BY AMY KAUFMAN tum in “Step Up,” Zac Efron in “Hairspray” and Liam Hems- Los Angeles Times worth in “The Last Song.” “I’ve done it enough times that hen she turned 16, Addison Rae made a vow to when you know, you know. Of course, on Twitter there are herself that she would become a star. Four haters who say ‘Why hire a TikTok star when there are so years later, Rae has made good on that vow in a many people acting and trying?’ And I feel for those people, I Wbig way. She has 82.8 million followers on Tik- really do. But you can’t manufacture a star quality.” Tok, the platform where she became famous for dancing to Gibgot oversaw Rae’s audition process — filming the music clips. Forbes estimated that she made $5 million in fledgling actor’s submission tape. The producer then put a 2019. That year she graduated high school, joined TikTok package together for Miramax Chief Executive Bill Block and dropped out of college after three months — to move to — the company in charge of the “He’s All That” remake. Los Angeles. Gibgot understood the risk she was taking in giving a In March, she released her first single, “Obsessed,” which novice a leading role — even if the part wasn’t far off was lambasted by critics but still amassed 19.4 million lis- from Rae’s own reality. In “He’s All That,” Rae plays a tens on Spotify. The streaming company is actually one of high school social media influencer who catches her her brand partners — she co-hosts a Spotify podcast with her boyfriend cheating on her. She sets out to prove that mom — along with American Eagle. There’s her beauty and she can make any dude as hot as her ex. skin care line, Item. Now she’s trying her hand at movie star- Director Mark Waters says that Rae was willing to dom with her first acting role in Netflix’s “He’s All That,” a do the work, immersing herself in classes with act- gender-swapped reimagining of the beloved 1999 teen rom- ing coach Nanci Banks and learning how to be com “She’s All That.” vulnerable on camera. Still, Rae doesn’t ex- If it seems like Rae is throwing everything at the wall to pect audiences to respond kindly to her. see what sticks, it’s because, well, she is. Growing up, she “People have a lot to say about ‘Did she worshipped triple-threat stars like Jennifer Lopez and work for it? Does she deserve it? Does she Beyonce. She took modeling and acting and dance lessons. even like to act?’” she says. “That was the So when TikTok started opening doors for Rae, she jumped most difficult part for me to comprehend, at every opportunity. because I do love acting and I’ve done it “A big thing I’ve learned through experience is that saying my entire life, but people don’t know ‘no’ is so much more powerful than saying ‘yes,’” says Rae, that. In a way, I am trying to prove my- now 20. “That’s been a struggle for me, because I’m a big self. Like, ‘Hey, I do love this, this is a ‘yes’ girl. Going forward, I want to learn how to prioritize passion of mine.’ And that’s very hard. ... things. Obviously I love to sing, I love to dance, but there’s a “It’s just time for me to take that extra time for each of those. Right now, I want to focus on acting.” step, go the extra mile to make sure peo- In early 2020, Rae and her family relocated to the LA area ple can see my passion for acting going to help Rae make a go of acting. forward. I really hope that people give One producer, Jennifer Gibgot, was charmed enough by [the movie] a chance — give me a chance Rae’s personality that she decided to take a chance. The two to show myself as an actress and not go had been set up for a general meeting to discuss the possibil- into it with a negative mindset.” ity of a dance movie because Gibgot was the producer be- hind the “Step Up” franchise. Addison Rae attends the premiere of “I’ve had really good luck in my career identifying young “He’s All That” Aug. 25 in Los Angeles. talent,” says Gibgot, pointing to her casting of Channing Ta- AMY SUSSMAN/TNS Asner, TV’s Kanye West drops delayed ‘Donda’ From wire reports as a co-writer (under his real “Candyman,” directed by Nia Lou Grant, Kanye West’s new album, name, Brian Warner) on “Jail” DaCosta and starring Yahya Ab- “Donda,” finally appeared on and on an additional track, “Jail pt dul-Mateen II,made $22.4 million streaming services early Sunday, 2,” that features DaBaby as well as in U.S. and Canadian theaters, re- dies at 91 days after a third public listening a voice that resembles Manson’s. searcher Comscore Inc. estimated Associated Press event for the album — but just in Other artists featured on “Don- Sunday. Ed Asner, the prolific character AP time, perhaps, to suit the LP’s da” — West’s follow-up to 2019’s Two of the top three films, in- actor who became a star in middle Ed Asner arrives at the Academy many songs about God and reli- “Jesus Is King” and his 10th studio cluding “Candyman,” premiered age as the gruff but lovable news- Awards in Los Angeles in 2010. gion. LP overall — include The Week- exclusively in theaters, likely man Lou Grant, first in the hit The song “Jail,” which appears nd, Lil Baby, Playboi Carti, Young boosting sales. comedy “The Mary Tyler Moore vin MacLeod as a sarcastic news second on the 27-track album — Thug, Kid Cudi, Jay Electronica, “Free Guy” made $13.6 million Show” and later in the drama “Lou writer and Betty White as a ma- following a brief intro in which a the Lox and the late Pop Smoke. in its third week out. The Para- Grant,” died Sunday. He was 91. nipulative, sex-obsessed home woman repeats “Donda,” West’s Chris Brown is credited as a co- mount Pictures animated family Built like the football lineman show hostess. Valerie Harper and late mother’s name, dozens of writer of one track, “New Again.” film “Paw Patrol” took in $6.6 mil- he once was, the balding Asner Cloris Leachman, playing Mary’s times — features a verse by the 44- “Donda” comes after a tumultu- lion. was a journeyman actor in films neighbors, both saw their charac- year-old rapper’s mentor-turned- ous two years in West’s personal Steve Harvey to head up and TV when he was hired in 1970 ters spun off into their own shows. frenemy Jay-Z that West pre- life that saw him launch his roving to play Lou Grant on “The Mary Asner is the third “Mary Tyler miered at his first “Donda” event Sunday Service gospel series, em- courtroom reality show Tyler Moore Show.” For seven Moore” alum to die in recent last month. brace President Trump’s divisive ABC has tapped Steve Harvey seasons he was the rumpled boss months. Leachman died in Janu- For the third event, held Aug. 26 politics — then mount a baffling to helm a new courtroom comedy to Moore’s ebullient Mary Ri- ary and MacLeod died in May. at Chicago’s Soldier Field, West campaign against Trump for the reality series that will see the chards at the fictional Minneapo- Asner won three best support- had replaced the Jay-Z verse with Oval Office — and separate from ubiquitous TV personality deliver lis TV newsroom where both ing actor Emmys on “Mary Tyler one by DaBaby, who recently his wife, Kim Kardashian. verdicts on various cases, includ- worked. Later, he would play the Moore” and two best actor awards sparked widespread criticism Thriller ‘Candyman’ ing minor claims, major disputes role for five years on “Lou Grant.” on “Lou Grant.” He also won Em- with homophobic comments. In and, of course, family feuds. Asner’s character had caught mys for his roles in the miniseries Chicago, West also invited Mari- takes over at box office The network announced Aug. on from the first episode of “Mary “Rich Man, Poor Man” (1975- lyn Manson to appear even as the “Candyman,” a sequel to the 26 that the 10-episode prime-time Tyler Moore,” when he told Mary 1976) and “Roots” (1976-1977). veteran shock rocker is facing 1992 horror film of the same name, program, in development under in their initial meeting, “You’ve He had more than 300 acting multiple lawsuits over accusa- reached the top of the box office the working title “Judge Steve got spunk. ... I hate spunk!” The in- credits and remained active tions of sexual assault and other over the weekend, “Free Guy” in- Harvey,” will premiere next year. spired cast included Ted Knight throughout his 70s and 80s in a va- misconduct. to second place after it topped Production is scheduled to be- as a dimwitted news anchor, Ga- riety of film and TV roles. On Spotify, Manson is credited ticket sales for two straight weeks. gin in October. Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 SCOREBOARD/GOLF

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Sunday’s transactions Belgian Grand Prix MLS BASEBALL Formula One Eastern Conference Major League Baseball Sunday WLTPts GF GA American League At Spa­Francorchamps, Belgium BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Optioned LHP Lap length: 7.00 kilometers New England 15 4 4 49 44 28 (Start position in parentheses) Paul Fry and RHP Spenser Watkins to Nor- Orlando City 9 4 8 35 30 24 folk (Triple-A East). 1. (1) Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red BOSTON RED SOX— Sent RHP Eduard Ba- Bull Racing, 1 laps, 3:27.071, 12.5 points. Nashville 8 2 11 35 34 20 zardo to Worcester (Triple-A East) on a re- 2. (2) George Russell, Great Britain, Wil- NYC FC 10 6 4 34 36 19 liams, 1, +2.198 seconds, 9. hab assignment. Philadelphia 8 6 8 32 28 23 DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated LHP Mat- 3. (3) Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, Mer- thew Boyd from the 60-day IL. Optioned CF cedes, 1, +3.518, 7.5. CF Montréal 8 7 7 31 30 27 Daz Cameron to Toledo (Triple-A East). 4. (4) Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, McLa- D.C. United 9 10 3 30 35 32 ren, 1, +5.951, 6. HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled C Garrett Columbus 7 9 6 27 25 29 Stubbs from Sugar Land (Triple-A East). 5. (5) Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Aston Placed C Jason Castro on the 10-day IL, ret- Martin, 1, +7.894, 5. Atlanta 6 7 9 27 25 28 roactive to Aug. 26. 6. (6) Pierre Gasly, France, Alphatauri, 1, Chicago 6 11 5 23 24 33 +10.275, 4. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed LHP Ri- Inter Miami CF 6 9 5 23 21 31 chard Lovelady on the 10-day IL. Recalled 7. (8) Esteban Ocon, France, Alpine, 1, RHP Tyler Zuber from Omaha (Triple-A +11.791, 3. New York 6 10 4 22 23 25 East). 8. (9) Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Ferrari, 1, Cincinnati 3 9 8 17 21 37 +13.217, 2. MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled C Ben Toronto FC 3 13 6 15 26 47 Rortvedt from St. Paul (Triple-A East). Op- 9. (10) Nicholas Latifi, Canada, Williams, tioned LHP Charlie Barnes to St. Paul. 1, +15.634, 1. NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent SS Gleyber 10. (11) Carlos Sainz Jr, Spain, Ferrari, 1, Western Conference NICK WASS/AP +16.961, 0.5. Torres to Somerset (Double-A Northeast) WLTPts GF GA on a rehab assignment. Optioned RHP Al- 11. (12) Fernando Alonso, Spain, Alpine, Patrick Cantlay reacts after sinking in his putt on the 18th green, the 1, +20.259. bert Abreu to Scranton/Wilkes Barre (Tri- Seattle 12 4 6 42 35 19 sixth playoff hole of the BMW Championship on Sunday. ple-A East). 12. (13) Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Mer- TEXAS RANGERS— Added RHP A.J. Alexy cedes, 1, +21.946. Sporting KC 11 4 7 40 37 22 to the taxi squad. 13. (14) Antonio Giovinazzi, Italy, Alfa Ro- Colorado 11 4 5 38 30 20 — Activated OF Jar- meo Racing, 1, +23.530. TORONTO BLUE JAYS 14. (15) Lando Norris, Great Britain, LA Galaxy 11 8 3 36 35 35 rod Dyson. Placed INF Santiago Espinal on McLaren, 1, +26.085. Minn. United 8 6 7 31 24 24 the 10-day IL. 15. (16) Yuki Tsunoda, Japan, Alphatauri, National League Portland 8 10 3 27 29 39 Cantlay comes up 1, +28.781. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS— Released C 16. (17) Mick Schumacher, Germany, Real Salt Lake 7 8 6 27 31 27 Bryan Holaday. Recalled 2B Andrew Young Haas F1 Team, 1, +30.900. Vancouver 6 7 8 26 27 31 from Reno (Triple-A West). 17. (18) Nikita Mazepin, Russia, Haas F1 ATLANTA BRAVES — Reinstated RHP Ian Team, 1, +32.687. San Jose 6 7 8 26 24 29 Anderson from the 10-day IL. Optioned 18. (19) Lance Stroll, Canada, Aston Mar- FC Dallas 6 9 7 25 30 33 RHP Edgar Santana to Gwinnett (Triple-A tin, 1, +34.838. East). LA FC 6 9 6 24 28 31 clutch to win BMW 19. (20) Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Alfa Ro- LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP meo Racing, 1, +36.322. Austin FC 5 12 4 19 20 29 Mitch White from Rancho Cucamonga 20. (7) Sergio Perez, Mexico, Red Bull Houston 3 9 10 19 24 34 (Low-A West). Optioned RHP Edwin Uceta Racing, 1, +38.690. BY DOUG FERGUSON On the next hole, Cantlay's tee Note: Three points for victory, one point to Oklahoma City (Triple-A West). Driver Standings Associated Press NEW YORK METS— Sent RHP Sean Reid- for tie. shot bounced short and right and Foley to St. Lucie (Low-A Southeast) on a 1. Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, Mer- Saturday’s games OWINGS MILLS, Md.— No one into the water, with DeChambeau rehab assignment. Released OF Josh Red- cedes, 202.5 points. dick. 2. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red Nashville 2, Atlanta 0 ever questioned that Patrick Can- in the rough just short of the green, PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled 2B Bull Racing, 199.5. Chicago 1, New York 0 Nick Maton from Lehigh (Triple-A East). 3. Lando Norris, Great Britain, McLaren, LA Galaxy 3, Los Angeles FC 3, tie tlay had the chops to be among about 25 feet from the hole. Can- Placed SS Didi Gregorious on the paternity 113. New York City FC 2, New England 0 golf's elite. tlay removed his cap and slowly list. 4. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Mercedes, D.C. United 3, Philadelphia 1 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Reinstated 108. Colorado 1, Sporting Kansas City 1, tie What he might have lacked in tugged it over his head. Surely, it 1B Brandon Belt from the bereavement 5. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Red Bull Racing, Minnesota 2, Houston 1 list. Reinstated RHP Anthony DeSclafani 104. Sunday’s games number of PGA Tour victories, he was over. from the 10-day IL. Optioned SS Thairo Es- Manufacturers Standings FC Dallas 5, Austin FC 3 made for it with the way he won or But then DeChambeau muffed trada to Sacramento (Triple-A West). Des- 1. Mercedes, 310. ignated RHP Tyler Chatwood for assign- Vancouver 4, Real Salt Lake 1 the field he beat. His victory Sun- his chip and missed his 12-footer 2. Red Bull Racing, 303. Portland 2, Seattle 0 ment. Signed 1B Wyatt Mathisen to a mi- 3. McLaren, 169. day in the BMW Championship — for par. Cantlay hit lob wedge nor league contract. 4. Ferrari, 165. Friday, September 3 FOOTBALL 5. Alpine, 80. New York City FC at Nashville the fifth of his career and his PGA from 100 yards away in the drop National Football League New England at Philadelphia MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed S Harri- Portland at Houston Tour-leading third of the season — area and slid in the bogey-saving son Smith to a contract extension. Sporting Kansas City at Los Angeles FC PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived TE Ca- COLLEGE FOOTBALL was a little of each. putt from 8 feet. ry Angeline, DE JaQuan Bailey, RB Elijah On a Caves Valley course that “I got to thinking, ‘Let’s try and Holyfield, WR Marken Michel and LB Rash- NWSL Schedule suited the biggest hitters, facing make 4 here and at least not take ad Smith. WLTPts GF GA TENNESSEE TITANS — Released DE John Wednesday the biggest masher of them all in all the pressure off of him.’ We Simon and DB Clayton Geathers. Waived SOUTH Portland 10 4 2 32 24 11 DL Freedom Akinmoladun, DB Nate Brooks Bryson DeChambeau, he deliver- both had 4s on that hole, and that and LB Cassh Maluia. Placed RB Brian Hill UAB (0-0) vs. Jacksonville St. (0-0) at North Carolina 8 4 4 28 22 9 on injured reserve. Placed C Ben Jones on Montgomery, Ala. Reign FC 8 7 1 25 22 18 ed a moment that will be remem- really kept me in the golf tourna- the COVID-19 list. Orlando 6 5 6 24 20 19 SOCCER Thursday bered for the ice in his veins and ment, kind of switched the mo- EAST National Women’s Soccer League Chicago 7 7 3 24 19 22 nerves of steel. mentum a little bit,” Cantlay said. HOUSTON DASH — Acquired D Abby New Hampshire (0-0) at Stony Brook Washington 6 5 5 23 19 18 (0-0) He really only smiled after he “It would have been almost insur- Dahlkemper from North Carolina in ex- Gotham FC 5 5 6 21 17 15 change for $25,000 in allocation money Temple (0-0) at Rutgers (0-0) made the last of six pivotal putts mountable if I would have went and additional performance-based incen- Wagner (0-0) at Buffalo (0-0) Houston 6 6 3 21 18 20 tives. Delaware (0-0) at Maine (0-0) Louisville 4 8 4 16 13 23 on the final nine holes — six of down two going into 18.” SOUTH Kansas City 2 11 4 10 9 28 them in a sudden-death playoff. The biggest was the 20-foot Tennessee Tech (0-0) at Samford (0-0) Note: Three points for victory, one point GOLF LIU Brooklyn (0-0) at FIU (0-0) for tie. “I'm just as focused as I can be. birdie putt he made on the 18th in Boise St. (0-0) at UCF (0-0 Saturday’s game If I look the way I do, it’s because I regulation, the only reason he got The Citadel (0-0) at Coastal Carolina BMW Championship (0-0) Chicago 3, Kansas City 0 am locked in and focused,” Can- into a playoff with a 6-under 66 to Point (Ga.) (0-0) at Mercer (0-0) Sunday’s games PGA Tour Austin Peay (0-0) at Chattanooga (0-0) tlay said. “And I felt like that to- match DeChambeau's score for Sunday South Florida (0-0) at NC State (0-0) North Carolina 0, Washington 0, tie At Caves Valley Golf Club East Carolina (0-0) vs. Appalachian St. Orlando 1, Gotham FC 0 day.” the round and the astounding total Owings Mills, Md. (0-0) at Charlotte, N.C. Reign FC 2, Portland 1 Even more remarkable is that of 27-under 261. Yardage: 7,542; Par: 72 Houston 1, Louisville 0 Purse: $9.5 Million MIDWEST Cantlay had plenty of occasions to And even then, there was no re- Final Round WV Wesleyan (0-0) at Drake (0-0) Cantlay won on sixth hole of playoff W. Illinois (0-0) at Ball St. (0-0) believe he wouldn't be winning the lief. Patrick Cantlay, $1,710,000 66­63­66­66—261 ­27 Incarnate Word (0-0) at Youngstown St. BMW Championship, yet it only Cantlay missed the 18th green to (0-0. PRO BASKETBALL B. DeChambeau, $1,026,000  68­60­67­66—261 ­27 crossed his mind once. the left in the playoff and had to Sungjae Im, $646,000  67­65­66­67—265 ­23 S. Illinois (0-0) at SE Missouri (0-0) WNBA Rory McIlroy, $456,000  64­70­65­67—266 ­22 SOUTHWEST That came on the second playoff make a 6-footer for par to extend Erik van Rooyen, $380,000  67­68­67­65—267 ­21 UC Davis (0-0) at Tulsa (0-0) EASTERN CONFERENCE hole when he hit his approach the playoff. He made the 7-footer Sergio Garcia, $330,125  65­67­67­69—268 ­20 FAR WEST Dustin Johnson  67­70­65­66—268 ­20 WLPct GB heavy and came up 55 feet short of on the next hole. And on the fifth Weber St. (0-0) at Utah (0-0) Sam Burns, $294,500  64­70­65­70—269 ­19 x-Connecticut 20 6 .769 — the hole. DeChambeau, who had a extra hole, DeChambeau looked Abraham Ancer, $256,500  66­67­66­71—270 ­18 Friday Chicago 14 12 .538 6 Alex Noren 71­66­67­66—270 ­18 EAST 30-yard advantage off the tee on like a winner again when he hit New York 11 16 .407 9½ Jon Rahm  64­66­70­70—270 ­18 S. Connecticut (0-0) at CCSU (0-0) the 18th hole, hit wedge into 6 feet. wedge to 6 feet. K.H. Lee, $199,500  69­69­66­67—271 ­17 Washington 10 15 .400 9½ SOUTH “I liked Bryson's chances of Cantlay hit 8-iron to 2 feet. On Webb Simpson  67­72­66­66—271 ­17 Atlanta 6 19 .240 13½ ­17 Harold Varner III  67­70­69­65—271 MVSU (0-0) at Murray St. (0-0) Indiana 5 19 .208 14 making that 6-footer up the hill,” they went until Cantlay ended it UT Martin (0-0) at W. Kentucky (0-0) Reinhardt (0-0) at Kennesaw St. (0-0) Cantlay said. “I thought he was go- with his 18-foot birdie putt, two fist WESTERN CONFERENCE Bowling Green (0-0) at Tennessee (0-0) ing to make that putt. That was pumps as he walked to the hole The Ally Challenge North Carolina (0-0) at Virginia Tech WLPct GB (0-0) maybe the only time that I really and perhaps his biggest of five vic- PGA Tour Champions Duke (0-0) at Charlotte (0-0) x-Las Vegas 19 7 .731 — Sunday Old Dominion (0-0) at Wake Forest (0-0) thought I was done. But he didn't tories. x-Seattle 18 10 .643 2 At Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club MIDWEST make it. That's golf.” He won earlier this season at the Grand Blanc, Mich. Minnesota 15 9 .625 3 Yardage: 6,740; Par: 72 Ohio St. (0-0) at Minnesota (0-0) Phoenix 15 10 .600 3½ As for the other times? Right Zozo Championship in California, Purse: $2 Million St. Francis (Pa.) (0-0) at E. Michigan (0-0 Dallas 11 15 .423 8 when Cantlay looked to be done, making up a four-shot deficit to Final Round SOUTHWEST Joe Durant, $300,000 65­66­68—199 ­17 Los Angeles 10 16 .385 9 North American University (0-0) at La- he was clutch. beat Justin Thomas and Jon Bernhard Langer, $176,000  64­66­70—200 ­16 mar (0-0) Steven Alker, $144,000 69­65­67—201 ­15 Saturday’s games DeChambeau took a one-shot Rahm. He won the Memorial for a Doug Barron, $98,000 66­64­72—202 ­14 FAR WEST Las Vegas 87, Indiana 71 lead on the par-5 16th with a 12- second time in early June with a K.J. Choi, $98,000 65­71­66—202 ­14 Houston Baptist (0-0) at New Mexico Connecticut 76, Los Angeles 61 Washington 76, Dallas 75 foot putt, and Cantlay still faced an 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole Steve Flesch, $98,000 67­71­64_202 ­14 (0-0) Sam Houston St. (0-0) at N. Arizona (0-0) 8-foot par putt to avoid falling two that led to a playoff win over Collin Stephen Leaney, $68,000 70­65­68_203 ­13 E. Washington (0-0) at UNLV (0-0) Sunday’s game Vijay Singh, $68,000 69­67­67_203 ­13 S. Utah (0-0) at Arizona St. (0-0) Chicago 107, Seattle 75 behind. He made it. Morikawa. PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 MLB

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East Division WLPct GB Homers back Tampa Bay 82 48 .631 _ New York 76 54 .585 6 Boston 75 57 .568 8 Toronto 68 61 .527 13½ Baltimore 40 89 .310 41½ Anderson as Central Division WLPct GB Chicago 76 56 .576 _ Cleveland 64 64 .500 10 Detroit 62 69 .473 13½ Kansas City 59 71 .454 16 Braves romp Minnesota 57 73 .438 18 Associated Press for the first time since July 22-23. West Division ATLANTA — Jorge Soler and Kemp entered as a pinch-hitter WLPct GB Austin Riley homered off Anthony in the seventh and finished 2-for-2 Houston 77 53 .592 _ DeSclafani, Ian Anderson pitched with his fifth homer of the season, Oakland 72 59 .550 5½ into the sixth inning in his return with three of them coming against Seattle 70 61 .534 7½ from the injured list, and the At- the Yankees. Los Angeles 64 67 .489 13½ Texas 45 85 .346 32 lanta Braves beat the San Francis- Mariners 4, Royals 3:Salvador co Giants 9-0 on Sunday. Perez homered for Kansas City National League Soler opened the fourth inning for the fifth consecutive game, but East Division with his 20th homer, a drive into Kyle Seager connected for a two- WLPct GB the seats in left. Freddie Freeman run drive to lift host Seattle. Atlanta 70 59 .543 _ followed with an infield single and Seager hit his career-high 31st Philadelphia 66 64 .508 4½ Riley then launched his 28th homer in the seventh inning, lift- New York 63 67 .485 7½ homer into the seats in left-center. ing the Mariners to a 4-2 lead and Washington 55 74 .426 15 Eddie Rosario added two-run helping them avoid a four-game Miami 55 76 .420 16 triple in the sixth for the NL East series sweep at home. Central Division leaders, and Ozzie Albies connect- Rockies 5, Dodgers 0:Antonio WLPct GB ed for his 23rd homer in the Senzatela pitched seven sparkling Milwaukee 79 52 .603 _ eighth. innings, C.J. Cron slugged a three- Cincinnati 71 61 .538 8½ The Giants, with the best record run homer and visiting Colorado St. Louis 66 63 .512 12 in the major leagues, had won 15 of beat Los Angeles to take two of Chicago 57 75 .432 22½ 19. They maintained their 2½- three from the defending World Pittsburgh 48 83 .366 31 game lead over Los Angeles in the Series champions. West Division NL West after the Dodgers lost 5-0 It was the Dodgers’ fourth shut- WLPct GB to Colorado. out loss of the season. They missed San Francisco 84 46 .646 _ "I have a lot of belief in this club an opportunity to gain ground on BEN MARGOT/AP Los Angeles 82 49 .626 2½ and every time we go on the field I NL West-leading San Francisco, The Braves’ Eddie Rosario drops his bat after hitting a single off the San Diego 69 62 .527 15½ think we’re going to win that day’s which lost 9-0 at Atlanta. The Gi- Giants’ Anthony DeSciafani in the third inning on Sunday in Atlanta. Colorado 60 70 .462 24 baseball game, but right now I’m ants lead the Dodgers by 2½ Arizona 44 88 .333 41 not pleased with the way we games. impeded Mercado’s progress on Eloy Jiménez, Yasmani Gran- Sunday’s games played this one,” San Francisco Brewers 6, Twins 2: Rowdy the basepaths. dal and Brian Goodwin also con- Toronto 2, Detroit 1 manager Gabe Kapler said. Tellez hit a three-run homer, Aa- Marlins 2, Reds 1:Jesús Luzar- nected for the White Sox, who Tampa Bay 12, Baltimore 8 Cleveland 7, Boston 5 Atlanta had lost three of four fol- ron Ashby recorded his first major do allowed one hit and no runs in went 5-1 against the Cubs this Milwaukee 6, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 13, Chicago Cubs 1 lowing a nine-game winning league win, and NL Central-lead- six-plus innings, helping host Mia- year. Robert, Jiménez and Good- Texas 13, Houston 2 streak. The Braves have a 4½- ing Milwaukee muscled its way mi take the rubber game of the se- win each drove in three runs. Seattle 4, Kansas City 3 Oakland 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 game lead in the division over Phi- out of a three-game losing streak. ries. Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 4: Miami 2, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3 ladelphia. Luis Urías also homered and Luzardo (5-7) had by far his best Freddy Galvis drove in three runs, Philadelphia 7, Arizona 4 Next up for Atlanta is a seven- Kolten Wong hit a two-run double outing since being acquired from leading host Philadelphia to the Atlanta 9, San Francisco 0 N.Y. Mets 9, Washington 4 game trip against the defending for the visiting Brewers, who Oakland for Starling Marte at the victory. Colorado 5, L.A. Dodgers 0 World Series champion Dodgers raised their major league-best trade deadline. The left-hander Bryce Harper, Jean Segura and Monday’s games and Colorado, which began the road record to 43-23 while ending tied a career high with eight Rafael Marchand each had two Minnesota at Detroit day with the second-best home re- their only losing streak longer strikeouts. hits for the Phillies, who have won Baltimore at Toronto Boston at Tampa Bay cord in the majors. than two games since the All-Star Rangers 13, Astros 2: Adolis three in a row and remained 4 ½ Colorado at Texas N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels “It's not going to get any easier break. García hit the first grand slam by a games behind NL East-leading At- Houston at Seattle next week, that's for sure," Atlanta Indians 7, Red Sox 5: Oscar Texas batter in almost two years, lanta. St. Louis at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Washington manager Brian Snitker said. Mercado was awarded home plate and the rebuilding Rangers avoid- Blue Jays 2, Tigers 1:José Ber- San Diego at Arizona Milwaukee at San Francisco Rays 12, Orioles 8:Joey Wen- on a fielder’s obstruction call for ed being swept by visiting Hous- ríos struck out 11 in seven innings, Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers dle hit a pair of homers, including the go-ahead run in the eighth in- ton again. and Bo Bichette and Kevin Smith a grand slam, and drove in six ning, sending host Cleveland to García’s 29th homer was part of homered, leading visiting Toronto Tuesday’s games Baltimore (Akin 1-8) at Toronto (Ryu runs to help visiting Tampa Bay the win. an eight-run outburst in the fifth, to the victory. 12-7) Boston (TBD) at Tampa Bay (TBD) complete a three-game series The Indians trailed 4-0 and the highest-scoring inning for the Berríos (9-7) allowed an un- Oakland (Irvin 9-12) at Detroit (Skubal 8- sweep. didn’t have a hit against Boston last-place Rangers this season. earned run and six hits. Tim May- 11) Colorado (Gomber 9-8) at Texas (Lyles 6- Austin Meadows and Jordan rookie Tanner Houck until José Pirates 4, Cardinals 3: Yoshi za got four outs for his first career 11) Chicago Cubs (Davies 6-10) at Minneso- Luplow also homered for the AL Ramirez homered with one out in Tsutsugo hit a three-run homer off save. ta (Gant 4-8) East-leading Rays, who finished the sixth. Alex Reyes in the ninth inning, Mets 9, Nationals 4: Javier Cleveland (Plesac 8-4) at Kansas City (Minor 8-11) 18-1 against Baltimore this year. Cleveland was still down 5-4 in sending host Pittsburgh to the Báez and Jonathan Villar home- Pittsburgh (Wilson 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 9-9) Rookie Ryan Mountcastle tied a the eighth when Austin Hedges hit win. red for host New York, which took N.Y. Yankees (Taillon 8-4) at L.A. Angels (Ohtani 8-1) career high with four hits for Bal- a tying homer off Austin Davis Tommy Edman hit a two-run two of three from Washington and Houston (McCullers Jr. 10-4) at Seattle timore, including his 24th home (0-2). homer for St. Louis, which re- won a series for the first time since (Kikuchi 7-7) Miami (TBD. TBD) at N.Y. Mets (TBD, run. Mercado then singled and Yu mains 3 ½ games back of Cincin- sweeping the Nationals in a three- Walker 7-9) St. Louis (Mikolas 0-1) at Cincinnati Athletics 3, Yankees 1: Tony Chang followed with a double nati for the second NL wild card. game set Aug. 10-12. (Gray 6-6) Kemp lined a tiebreaking, two- down the left field line. Mercado White Sox 13, Cubs 1: Luis Josh Bell hit two home runs for Philadelphia (Moore 2-4) at Washington (Corbin 7-13) run homer off Chad Green in the appeared to be thrown out at Robert homered twice, Dylan Washington and Juan Soto also San Diego (Snell 6-5) at Arizona (Gallen 2-7) eighth inning and host Oakland home, but plate umpire Nic Lentz Cease tied a career high with 11 connected. Those were the only Milwaukee (Woodruff 8-7) at San Fran- beat New York. immediately ruled that Boston strikeouts and the White Sox three hits for the Nationals in the cisco (Wood 10-4) Atlanta (Morton 12-5) at L.A. Dodgers New York has lost two in a row second baseman Yairo Munoz had pounded the Cubs. game. (Buehler 13-2) Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 LITTLE LEAGUE/COLLEGE FOOTBALL/NFL Cautious: Many question marks as Ivy League returns

FROM PAGE 24 proved air filtration and circula- tercollegiate sporting event since tion; some meetings on the Hanov- March 8, 2020. er, New Hampshire, campus will “You don’t always appreciate be held outdoors. Cambridge has a how much you miss something un- city-wide indoor mask mandate til it’s taken from you,” Harvard that goes into effect on Sept. 3. football coach Tim Murphy said. “Harvard’s done a remarkable GENE J. PUSKAR/AP Since then, players were able to job, making sure that students — Taylor, Mich.’s Jackson Surma hits a double off Hamilton, Ohio’s Chance Retherford, driving in two runs, do different things to stay in and the student athletes, therefore during the first inning of the Little League World Series Championship game on Sunday. shape, depending on restrictions — are healthy and well,” Murphy in their home states or countries. said. “I know that our medical And because of the varied local re- folks have done a phenomenal job, strictions, players returned this and whatever they tell us to do, fall in a wide rage of fitness levels. we’re 100% going to do it.” Michigan downs Ohio for title “I think we did the best job we Penn coach Ray Priore said he possibly could have, and it’s going reached out to coaches who BY ANDREW DESTIN doesn’t sound right when you say The team from West Side Little to show this season,” Brown run- played or practiced in the spring Associated Press it.” League in Hamilton, Ohio, loaded ning back Allen Smith said. “It’s — including his brother, Chuck, SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. Both Michigan and Ohio are the bases again in the third with been a long time coming, so we who is the head coach at Stony — Twice, Jackson Surma walked from the Great Lakes, marking nobody out. The next two batters could not be more excited to get Brook. Chip Kelly at UCLA also to the plate with runners in scor- the only time clubs from the same struck out looking before Chance back to Brown football.” passed along a little advice for ing position in the biggest game of region played in the champion- Retherford was picked off at third Brown did have spring football ramping things up after the long his young life. Both times he deliv- ship. That was because interna- base as he headed toward the du- practice, but Columbia had few layoff: “Less is more.” ered. tional teams didn’t compete in the gout after strike two. students — and thus, players — on “You grab some of those tidbits Surma drove in four runs and LLWS for the first time since 1975, Ohio got its first run in the sec- campus last fall, and mostly se- and wisdoms: How many reps do Ethan Van Belle struck out eight due to travel restrictions caused ond. Chase Moak led off with a tri- niors in the spring; Harvard had you really need; do more with as Michigan beat Ohio 5-2 on Sun- by the COVID-19 pandemic. Little ple and Cooper Clay singled him some freshman last fall and a walkthroughs. The key thing is day in the championship game of League allowed two squads from home to bring the score to 3-1. small contingent in the spring. how we maximize our time with the Little League World Series. each U.S. region to fill out the 16- Gavin Ulin came in to relieve Murphy said his team will have our players,” Priore said. “We’ve “The first one, I knew I had run- team field. Van Belle in the fifth and got into a just eight padded practices in al- been in the Zoom world for a long ners on second and third,” Surma The pandemic also led to tight jam with runners on first and sec- most two years between its 50-43, time.” said. “There weren’t two outs, so I restrictions on attendance, with ond with one out. He induced a double-overtime loss to Yale in Princeton coach Bob Surace needed just something in play. He just 1,017 the in stands on Sunday. double-play grounder. The Game and its 2021 opener noted that his team now includes threw me a curveball, I sat on it The famous sliding hill behind La- In the sixth, Ohio loaded the Sept. 18 at Georgetown. five different classes — itself a big and drove it to left. The second made Stadium was mostly empty. bases again, as Ulin hit two of the “We’ve all had different on- change — and two of them he’s one, he threw me a high fastball Michigan jumped out to a three- batters, then walked in a run. But campus footprints,” he said. “It never met. Dartmouth's Buddy and I went up there and got it.” run lead in the first after Surma’s Retherford flew out to center to does leave a lot of question Teevens also said he was anxious The team from Taylor North two-run single and an RBI groun- end the game. marks.” to actually see his players in per- Little League delivered the first dout by Jakob Furkas. Surma’s “I was a little nervous at the end. As they return, players will face son. LLWS title for the state of Michi- next clutch hit, a single to center, It was a great feeling after I got out new protocols to combat the “I don’t completely know what gan since 1959 when Hamtramck came in the fifth. of it,” Ulin said. “When I hit that spread of the delta variant. these guys look like,” he said. “The National Little League won it all. Ohio had plenty of chances. It kid (to load the bases) and then I In addition to the vaccine re- guy that says he’s 6-5, 280, he “We’re just excited we’re men- loaded the bases in the first on a had to face their best hitter in the quirement, Dartmouth players could be 5-11 just wearing a big tioned with them,” manager Rick pair of walks and a single by JJ Vo- lineup, I was a little worried there. will wear masks indoors, with im- coat.” Thorning said. “To be in that gel, but Van Belle struck out Levi But once I got out of it, got him to group and say that a team from Smith with two out to end the pop it up, I was so happy. Michigan won the LLWS, it still threat. “It’s beyond words.” Saints displaced by hurricane BY STEPHEN HAWKINS ments, condominiums, homes. Payton said he had heard nothing Associated Press Those are all physical things. None- about the scheduled Sept. 12 season Displaced by Hurricane Ida, the theless, they're still home for so opener at home against the Green New Orleans Saints went back to many people,” Payton said Mon- Bay Packers that is to be played in work Monday about 500 miles away day. “We had a team meeting this the Superdome. in the home of another NFL team. morning, kind of hit on some topics. “Obviously we’ll have a plan B. Saints players and staff, along And then, you know, I think to some And, you know, there are a lot of oth- with about 120 family members, re- degree that going out and being er things probably from a priority located to North Texas in advance able to practice today is going to be standpoint that are more important of the storm that made landfall good for everyone, because from for our city,” Payton said. “But that south of New Orleans on Sunday as afar, there’s only so much you can all being said, you know, we fully a powerful Category 4 hurricane do.” anticipate starting the regular sea- with winds of 150 mph, and left that The Saints are then scheduled to son with Green Bay and then the entire area without power. resume practice next Monday, question would be where that Coach Sean Payton said the team though Payton said that it would be game’s at.” will practice through Wednesday at unrealistic to believe that would be The office of Louisiana Gov. John AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas at their headquarters in Metairie, Bel Edwards has described dam- Cowboys. That comes before a pre- Louisiana, even though initial re- age to the area's power grid ap- ARNOLD GOLD/AP viously planned break leading into ports from people there indicated peared “catastrophic,” and officials Yale's JP Shohfi, center, holds the Ivy League championship trophy the start of the regular season. that the facility handled the storm warned it could be weeks before during a celebration with teammates after their 50­43 double over­ “Left behind are obviously apart- “overall pretty well." power is fully restored. time victory against Harvard on In this Nov. 23, 2019. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Pending changes but a familiar Big 12 favorite

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press Things have quickly gotten awk- ward for the Big 12 Conference. Whether eight will be enough for the Big 12 moving forward, there are still 10 teams this season. Second-ranked Oklahoma and No. 21 Texas, the only Big 12 teams to JOHN AMIS/AP win national championships in the South Carolina wide receiver OrTre Smith, left, makes a move against league’s first 25 seasons, aren’t Charleston Southern on Sept. 7, 2019. Smith is one of the top leaving for the Southeastern Con- players who opted out last year and returned for another season. ference just yet. “Sure it will be great when it happens, but it doesn’t matter right now,” Oklahoma coach Lin- Oklahoma’s Brooks coln Riley said. “I mean, right now, we’re a member of the Big 12.” among top players The Sooners are the over- whelming favorite to win their seventh Big 12 title in a row. They opting to return have two preseason first-team AP All-Americans (sophomore quar- BY STEVE MEGARGEE including eight for loss. He also deliver- terback Spencer Rattler and ju- Associated Press ed three sacks that year and played well nior linebacker Nik Bonitto) and Most of the top college football enough to earn first-team American Ath- their highest preseason Top 25 players who opted out of the 2020 letic Conference honors from Pro Foot- ranking since starting No. 1 in 2011. season because of the pandemic ball Focus. Oklahoma and Texas will start decided to leave school and launch Minnesota OL Daniel Faalele: This SEC play no later than 2025, and pro careers. mammoth lineman — he’s 6-foot-9 could leave before then. The initial Players who sat out the entire and 380 pounds — was Minnesota’s public reports of them seeking a 2020 season and were drafted in starting right tackle in 2018 and 2019. move came only a week after Big the first round include Cincinnati He should step right back into that role 12 media days in mid-July. They Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr this year after sitting out the 2020 sea- had accepted formal invitations to Chase (LSU), Detroit Lions offen- son. Faalele is from Melbourne, Austra- join the SEC by the end of that MICHAEL AINSWORTH/AP sive tackle Penei Sewell (Oregon), lia, though he played football for IMG A- month. Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler leads a talented, experienced Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah cademy in Bradenton, Florida. The pending departure of its team that is ranked No. 2 in the preseason Top 25. Before eventually Parsons (Penn State), Los Angeles South Carolina WR OrTre Smith: most prominent members has al- jumping to the Southeastern Conference, the Sooners first will focus Chargers offensive tackle Rash- Smith made 10 starts and caught 30 ready created plenty of uncertain- on trying to win their seventh­straight Big 12 title. awn Slater (Northwestern), Ten- passes as a freshman in 2017, but in- ty about the future of the Big 12. nessee Titans cornerback Caleb juries have limited him since. He played Then the league wasn’t included in education,” Sarkisian said even His 21 rushing TDs led the Big 12. Farley (Virginia Tech), Buffalo just two games in 2018 before under- a pact between the Atlantic Coast before the SEC announcement. Bijan Robinson, RB, Texas: Ran Bills edge rusher Greg Rousseau going knee surgery and had nine catch- Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12, “The point I’ve been trying to for 703 yards in nine games, and (Miami) and Tampa Bay Bucca- es for 69 yards in 2019. After opting out of last season, Smith is back and ready furthering the image of a league make is focus on us and what we’re broke the school record by averag- neers edge rusher Joe Tryon to regain the form he showed as a fresh- left out. doing, and not necessarily what ing 8.2 yards per carry. He had 355 (Washington). man. The Sooners are the only Big 12 didn’t work before, but what are yards (18.7 per carry) the final two That list doesn’t include San Temple S Daesean Winston: Temple team to make the College Football we going to do to make it work this games. Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey returns eight players who opted out of Playoff (four times since that sys- time.” Leddie Brown, RB, West Virgin- Lance, who played one game with the 2020 season. Although school offi- tem started in 2014), but their last ia: The only 1,000-yard rusher in North Dakota State in the fall but cials haven’t officially identified them, national title was in 2000. The Climbing Cyclones the Big 12 other than Hall last sea- opted out of the Football Cham- Winston, linebacker Kwantel Raines Longhorns won the league’s last No. 7 Iowa State has its highest son. Ran for 1,010 yards in 10 pionship Subdivision program’s and cornerbacks Jeremy Jennings and national title in 2005, but hasn’t ranking ever, with fourth-year games. spring season. Ty Mason went public in the spring been a conference champ since starting quarterback Brock Pur- Kolby Harvell-Peel, S, Oklaho- But plenty of other players who about their decisions to opt out. Temple 2009. dy, national rushing leader Breece ma State: Enters his senior season opted out of last season chose to also added running back Ra’Von Bon- Steve Sarkisian is the new Texas Hall and Big 12 defensive player of with 167 tackles, seven intercep- continue their college careers, ner, an Illinois transfer who opted out coach after moving from the SEC, the year Mike Rose all back after tions and 21 pass breakups in 35 whether they stayed at their origi- last season. Winston could end up as where he was part of a national ti- the Cyclones made their first con- career games. nal school or transferred: the biggest contributor in that group as tle last season as Nick Saban’s of- ference championship game last Terrel Bernard, LB, Baylor: Oklahoma RB Kennedy Brooks: he takes on an expanded role after work- fensive coordinator at Alabama. season. Was Big 12’s top tackler with 55 in Brooks rushed for 1,056 yards and 12 ing as a reserve in 2018 and 2019. Tom Herman was fired after win- They beat Oklahoma in the reg- five games before a season-ending touchdowns as a freshman in 2018. He Auburn LB Chandler Wooten: Woo- ning records in each of his four ular season, but came up short shoulder injury last year. followed that up by running for 1,011 ten’s experience should provide a boost seasons with the Longhorns, and against the Sooners in the Big 12 ti- Deuce Vaughn, RB, Kansas yards and six touchdowns in 2019. for Auburn as the Tigers attempt to re- won bowl games each year, but tle game before beating Oregon in State: Led the Wildcats in rushing Brooks sat out the 2020 season over place fifth-round NFL draft pick K.J. they made the Big 12 title game on- the Fiesta Bowl. and receiving as a freshman last COVID-19 concerns but is back now Britt at linebacker. Wooten had 10 tack- ly once. They lost to Oklahoma in season, and was one of only three with the second-ranked Sooners and les in 2018 and 27 more in 2019. He 2018 after beating the Sooners in Top players players nationally with at least 600 has told reporters that “I’d probably say recorded 5 ½ tackles for loss during that the Red River rivalry game that Spencer Rattler, QB, Oklahoma: yards rushing and 400 receiving. I’m more explosive than I was a year 2019 season and had a fumble recovery regular season. The Big 12’s top passer as a fresh- ago.” Brooks is part of a backfield that against Florida and an interception “When you think of the Univer- man, with 3,031 yards, 28 touch- The picks also includes Tennessee transfer Eric against Arkansas. Wooten graduated in sity of Texas, you think of re- downs and seven interceptions. Oklahoma, Iowa State, Texas, Gray. December 2019 and is now working to- sources. You think of great Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State: Oklahoma State, TCU, West Vir- UCF DL Kalia Davis: Davis started ward a master’s degree. Auburn also re- recruiting and recruitability, all Led the nation with 1,572 yards ginia, Kansas State, Baylor, Texas each of UCF’s final nine games in 2019 turns defensive back Malcolm Askew those things — big stadiums, great rushing and nine 100-yard games. Tech, Kansas. and ended that season with 27 tackles, after he opted out of the 2020 season. Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEC contenders breaking in new QBs

BY JOHN ZENOR Max Johnson takes over for Myles Christian Harris and Will An- Associated Press Brennan, who is expected to miss derson, LBs, Alabama: The fear- Alabama’s primary challengers much of the season after surgery some duo are the stars of perhaps in the Southeastern Conference on his left arm. the nation’s top group of lineback- can’t take too much heart from the Gone, though, are seemingly ers, along with Christopher Allen Crimson Tide breaking in an inex- impossible-to-defend targets and To’oTo’o. Anderson is a first- perienced quarterback. Smith and Florida tight end Kyle team preseason AP All-American They’re in a similar boat. Pitts. And two Heisman finalist and Harris is a second-team pick. There is a new group of passers quarterbacks, Alaama’s Jones and Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida: Was at the top of the league, but the Florida’s Kyle Trask. third in the SEC in passes defend- same expectations exist. The SEC Texas A&M flirted with a play- ed per game, totaling 13. has won three of the past four na- off berth last season, unable to Darian Kinnard, OL, Kentucky: tional titles, including dominating overcome a lopsided early loss to The first-team All-SEC tackle is runs of perfection from the top- ’Bama. Now, the Aggies will re- back for his senior season after ranked Crimson Tide last season place four-year starting quarter- starting 26 consecutive games. and LSU in 2019. back Kellen Mond with redshirt Kenyon Green, OL, Texas Georgia coach Kirby Smart freshman Haynes King, who A&M: Preseason first-team All- even quoted Henry David Tho- coach Jimbo Fisher named the American is moving from guard to reau, though it could easily have starter on Tuesday. left tackle while anchoring a line come from his Alabama’s Nick Sa- The Gators turn to new starter that lost four starters. ban. Emory Jones, Trask’s backup, Daniels and Young: Much is ex- “Success comes to those who who waited three years for his pected of these two prized recruits are too busy to be looking for it,” turn. from southern California. Daniels Smart said. The SEC must replace 12 first- delivered with a 4-0 record after “I’m too busy trying to take the round NFL draft picks, half of taking over as starter last season. next step to give our team a com- them courtesy of the Tide. Young has far less experience but petitive advantage to really worry Alabama lost three Heisman fi- is Saban’s most highly rated quar- about expectations.” nalists from offense — including terback signee. In Tuscaloosa, Ala., that’s re- Harris. But a defense led by line- DeMarvin Leal, DE, Texas ferred to as The Process. backers Will Anderson and Chris- A&M: A preseason first-team AP The defending national cham- tian Harris — and ex-Tennessee All-American, Leal has 4.5 sacks pion and preseason No. 1 Crimson starter Henry To’oTo’o — looks to and 12.5 tackles for loss over the Tide are turning to sophomore be formidable past two seasons. quarterback Bryce Young, who “We’re going to be a work in VASHA HUNT/AP got limited opportunities last sea- progress as we focus on improve- Quarterback Bryce Young warms up in drills at Alabama’s first fall The picks son. Alabama remains the nation- ment, and that’s going to be criti- camp earlier this month. Young is tasked with replacing Mac Jones. East: Georgia, Florida, Missou- al favorite despite losing QB Mac cal to our success,” Saban said. ri, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Jones, Heisman Trophy-winning “We have a lot of difficult games camps. Auburn coach Bryan Har- yards per season. Carolina, Vanderbilt wide receiver DeVonta Smith and early on the road, new coaches, sin tested positive while Ole Miss Evan Neal, LT, Alabama: The 6- Alabama, Texas A&M, tailback Najee Harris from an ex- new quarterback, eight new guys had 100% of players and staff fully foot-7, 350-pounder has started 26 West: plosive offense. on offense.” vaccinated. Other teams were games — half at right tackle, half LSU, Auburn, Mississippi, Missis- Not to mention offensive coordi- With COVID-19 issues remain- close, including Alabama and Ge- at left guard — in his first two sea- sippi State, Arkansas nator Steve Sarkisian. ing and a region that lags in vacci- orgia. sons. Preseason No. 13 Florida and nation rates, the goal remains Derek Stingley, Jr., CB, LSU: A Early challenges No. 6 Texas A&M are also turning minimal disruption and, of course, Top players first-team AP All-American in The first two weeks features to new quarterbacks. No. 5 Geor- the College Football Playoffs for Matt Corral, QB, Mississippi: 2019, Stingley was limited to seven some big nonconference tests, in- gia has the no-brainer decision of defending national champion Ala- Became just the fourth SEC play- games last season on a defense cluding Alabama-Miami, Geor- sticking with end-of-season start- bama and others. er to lead the nation in total of- that ranked at the bottom national- gia-Clemson, LSU-UCLA and Ar- er JT Daniels and No. 16 LSU’s There was good news and bad in fense per game, averaging 384.9 ly against the pass. kansas-Texas. Freshmen with high expectations to watch in 2021 BY HANK KURZ JR. ing on campus, defensive line coach Larry Johnson said. Associated Press “Expectations are very high because he’s a local guy, but I think he still Ga’Quincy McKinstry not only arrived at defending nation- has to get on the field and play,” Johnson said. “He hasn’t played football al champion and preseason No. 1 Alabama with a reputation in almost a year and a half now, and spring football doesn’t really count.” as a lockdown cornerback, but also with a nickname: Kool- Will Shipley, RB, No. 3 Clemson: The 5-foot-11, 200-pound five star Aid. from Waddington, N.C., might already be the fastest guy on a team It’s even how he’s listed on the Crimson Tide roster. loaded with fast guys. He could eventually assume a role similar to that of McKinstry is just one example of blue-chip high school Travis Etienne, the ACC player of the year in 2018 and 2019. Shipley standouts who arrived on campus — many last spring — with has to climb because the Tigers have depth, but could move up quickly. accolades and expectations to match. Adonai Mitchell, WR, No. 5 Georgia: He made a splash with seven Defensive end Jack Sawyer is at Ohio State and already catches for 105 yards and a touchdown in the spring game. With the tooling around Columbus in a loaded Chevy pickup he got as Bulldogs facing questions at receiver, he could get a real shot early be- part of an endorsement deal from actor Mark Wahlberg’s CURTIS COMPTON/AP cause some ahead of him on the depth chart are nursing injuries. Chevrolet dealership. Wide receiver Adonai Mitchell catches a touchdown pass Troy Franklin, WR, No. 11 Oregon: Arrived in time for spring practice And Sawyer, regarded as the top recruit in Ohio, hasn’t during Georgia’s spring game in Athens, Ga. with the intention of changing the run-first culture for which the Ducks played a snap in a live game in well over a year after sitting out are known, and began making inroads on that quest right away. Had last season because of the pandemic. ing early and planned to play both sports. four catches for 93 yards in the spring game, and was cited by coach Here are just some of the freshmen facing high expecta- “He is what we thought he was, but I thought he was more physical.” Mario Cristobal for looking like a veteran by the time fall camp opened. At tions to watch in 2021: defensive coordinator Pete Golding said. “I think with any freshmen 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds, he appears to be in line for a starting spot on Ga’Quincy McKinstry, CB, No. 1 Alabama: McKinstry may be too that’s very talented — and Kool Aid is no exception — is still the same the outside. talented to keep off the field for a defense replacing first-round NFL draft thing of the consistency.” Korey Foreman, DE, No. 15 USC: At 6-foot-4 and 265 pounds, he’s pick Patrick Surtain II. “Kool-Aid” (he just struck an endorsement deal Jack Sawyer, DE, No. 4 Ohio State: Rated by some as the top high known as a pass rusher first, but also woks well in the running game. The with the beverage maker) is 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds and will likely school football player in the country, and that’s even though he sat out former California prep star can beat a defender with quickness or power. compete for early playing time with no real experienced starting corner- his senior season in the Columbus suburb of Pickerington because of the Will have much to learn at the college level, but could make an impact back listed opposite of Josh Jobe. He also practiced with the Southeast- pandemic. Committed to the Buckeyes during his sophomore season, right away being used as a designated pass rusher whose primary role is ern Conference champion basketball team some last season after enroll- Sawyer is a 6-foot-5 pass rusher who has added 30 pounds since arriv- to get to the QB. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Boys of Summer SPORTS Michigan tops Ohio for Little League World Series championship ›› Page 21

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Cautious comeback Ivy League requiring all players and students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in pursuit of safe season

BY JIMMY GOLEN Associated Press he Ivy League was the first conference to scut- INSIDE tle its basketball postseason when the pandem- ic broke out during March Madness a year and Sooners overwhelming favorite to win seventh straight Big 12 title a half ago. It was the first Division I conference Page 22 to suspend fall sports in July 2020. TNow the schools are getting back on the field the same way they left: cautiously. plan for a regular football season.” In the almost 18 months since, the Ivies have remained All eight Ivies are requiring that their football teams be Although the alliance of eight prestigious private schools idle with the exception of scattered individuals or teams vaccinated for COVID-19 — just like the rest of the students in the Northeast has always been more about academics competing in some one-off, nonconference events, includ- on campus. Ivy League executive director Robin Harris than athletics, the Ivy League decision to cancel its men’s ing the NCAA rowing championships. That ended when all said this month that the goal had been reached with “very and women’s basketball tournaments before anyone else on eight women’s soccer teams opened their seasons on Aug. limited medical or religious” exceptions. March 10, 2020, was a turning point in the response to the 27, with Harvard playing Fairfield in the Crimson’s first in- “While COVID-19 is very much a part of our lives, we be- pandemic. Other college and professional leagues soon fol- lieve in the campus policies,” she said. “This allows us to lowed amid a worldwide sports shutdown. SEE CAUTIOUS ON PAGE 21

Above: Harvard players, students and fans celebrate the team's win over Yale on Nov. 17, 2018, at Fenway Park in Boston. The Ivy League was the first Division I conference to suspend sports in 2020 because of the COVID­19 outbreak. All eight Ivies are requiring that their football teams be vaccinated — just like the rest of the students on campus. CHARLES KRUPA/AP

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