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NHL FACES PACIFIC Gretzky’s goal-scoring ‘Hobbit’ actor Soviet symbols mark might be in Martin Freeman finds seen in the skies at Ovechkin’s reach fame unexpectedly Cope North exercise Back page Page 14 Page 3 US airstrikes hit ISIS amid weeklong partial truce with Taliban » Page 6 stripes.com Volume 78, No. 223 ©SS 2020 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas US, S. Korea mull curtailed training due to coronavirus BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — U.S. and South Korean forces are looking to curtail upcoming training ex- ercises out of growing fears about the spread of the coronavirus, the defense leaders for both countries said Monday. Army Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of U.S. Forces Korea and Gen. Park Han-ki, chairman of the South Korean joint chiefs of staff, “are looking at scaling back the command post train- ing due to concerns about the coronavirus,” Defense Secretary EXPOSURE Mark Esper said during a Penta- gon news conference with South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo. On Sunday, 13 Republic of Korea soldiers were diagnosed with coronavirus, Jeong said. “We do regard this situation as DANGER a serious one,” he said. Travel for South Korean ser- GREGORY STEVENS/U.S. Army National Guard vice members has been limited, affecting normal military train- Elements of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, convoy to Hohenfels Training Area during an exercise in January. ing and vacation leave, Jeong said. The semi-annual joint com- Study finds thousands in military community mand post exercises between the U .S .
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