MILITARY PACIFIC WORLD US bases in Germany Coronavirus death toll Dozens killed, wounded threatened by severe in China surpasses as Thai soldier goes on thunderstorms, winds SARS epidemic 16-hour shooting spree Page 5 Page 12 Page 13 Jones retains light heavyweight title in disputed decision » MMA, Back page stripes.com Volume 78, No. 211 ©SS 2020 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Apparent insider attack kills 2 US troops 3 dead, 9 injured after uniformed gunman opens fire on joint US-Afghan force BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN a statement. “Current reports indicate an individ- Stars and Stripes Six American and three Afghan troops ual in an Afghan uniform opened fire were also said to be injured in the attack in on the combined U.S. and Afghan force KABUL, Afghanistan — Two American the Sherzad district in eastern Nangarhar with a machine gun,” Leggett said. “The service members and an Afghan soldier province. The conditions of those injured wounded service members are receiv- were killed in an apparent insider attack in were not specified. ing medical treatment at a U.S. facility.” Afghanistan on Saturday, military officials A joint U.S.-Afghan force came under The motive behind the attack wasn’t from both countries said Sunday. fire after a meeting with local leaders in initially known and an investiga- Staff Sgts. Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, of the district capital, according to a state- tion has been launched, Leggett said. San Antonio, Texas, and Antonio Rey Ro- ment released Sunday by Col. Sonny Gutierrez and Rodriguez were both driguez, of Las Cruces, N.M., both 28, were Leggett, a spokesman for U.S. forces in the Americans killed, the Pentagon said in Gutierrez Rodriguez Afghanistan. SEE INSIDER ON PAGE 5 Double trouble? 2 Medal of Honor museums vie for ‘national’ title Page 4 Despite plans in two cities to build large-scale Medal of Honor Museums, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society intends to continue to operate its small museum located aboard the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, S.C., pictured. Congressional Medal of Honor Society PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 10, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Administration ends automakers’ antitrust probe Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ........................... 0.9744 Euro costs (Feb. 10) ..........................$1.1247 Thailand (Baht) .................................... 31.34 Dollar buys (Feb. 10).........................€0.8891 Turkey (New Lira) ..............................6.0369 British pound (Feb. 10) ........................$1.33 BY MARCY GORDON reaching the July deal with Cali- to target political opponents with (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Feb. 10) ...................... 107.00 available to customers at military banking AND MICHAEL BALSAMO fornia. Under the deal, the auto- the investigation. A top Justice South Korean won (Feb. 10) ..........1,156.00 Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Associated Press makers planned to comply with Department official defended the Bahrain (Dinar) ...................................0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ....................................$1.2952 pollution and related mileage re- probe before Congress and denied nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ..................................1.3313 WASHINGTON — The Trump purchasing British pounds in Germany), quirements that are tougher than any political motivation or influ- China (Yuan) ....................................... 7.0002 check with your local military banking administration has ended its an- Denmark (Krone) ...............................6.8106 the federal standards sought by ence from the White House. facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...................................15.7602 titrust probe into a deal between rates provided for reference when buying President Donald Trump. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Euro ........................................$1.0970/0.9116 California and four of the world’s In September, the administra- a Democrat, said Friday that the Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................7.7648 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, biggest automakers after failing tion revoked California’s authority Justice Department’s “trumped- Hungary (Forint) ................................309.02 Israel (Shekel) ....................................3.4273 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, to find that the companies’ con- to set auto mileage standards, as- up charges were always a sham Japan (Yen) ..........................................109.58 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) duct violated the law. serting that only the federal gov- — a blatant attempt by the Trump Kuwait (Dinar) ....................................0.3042 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ..................................9.2913 The Justice Department had ernment can regulate greenhouse administration to prevent more Philippines (Peso) ................................50.95 Prime rate ................................................4.75 aimed to determine whether anti- gas emissions and fuel economy. automakers from joining Cali- Poland (Zloty) .........................................3.90 Discount rate ..........................................2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ..........................3.7510 Federal funds market rate ...................1.59 trust laws were violated by Ford, Democrats accused the admin- fornia and agreeing to stronger Singapore (Dollar) .............................1.3911 3-month bill .............................................1.53 Honda, Volkswagen and BMW in istration of using antitrust powers emissions standards.” South Korea (Won) ..........................1195.32 30-year bond ...........................................2.04 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 33/15 Kabul 39/27 Seoul 47/28 Baghdad 45/35 Kandahar 67/41 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 53/27 46/32 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 41/38 45/42 51/34 Iwakuni 47/43 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 66/63 Brussels 47/44 Guam 59/50 47/44 Ramstein 52/42 80/77 Lajes, 50/41 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 65/50 70/66 62/48 45/41 55/40 Aviano/ Vicenza 42/36 Naples 56/49 Okinawa Morón 69/63 66/49 Sigonella Rota 59/32 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 83/69 68/50 56/48 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 15 Crossword ................. 15 Faces ........................ 14 Opinion ..................... 16 Sports ...................17-24 Monday, February 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Ferry near Japan base hosts anti-virus team BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Friday, the joint staff spokesman AND HANA KUSUMOTO said. They are providing medical Stars and Stripes care and other assistance. The Diamond Princess had YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, been on a 16-day cruise from Yo- Japan — A maritime ferry has kohama that made stops in Hong carried 40 Japan Self-Defense Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan and other Forces personnel from Yokosuka parts of Japan before returning to to Yokohama, where they are ren- Yokohama on Tuesday, according dering aid to thousands of cruise- to The Japan Times. The quaran- ship passengers quarantined tine went into effect after a guest for possible exposure to the new tested positive for coronavirus coronavirus. six days after leaving the ship in The 17,000-ton Hakuo, char- Hong Kong on Jan. 25. tered by the Ministry of Defense, Health officials screened 2,666 was berthed at the Japan Mari- guests and 1,045 crew aboard the time Self-Defense Force base in Diamond Princess on Wednes- Yokosuka and visible Thursday day, according to Princess Cruise from the Yokosuka Naval Base Lines. pier less than a mile across the The ship is to remain under bay. The ferry has 94 rooms and quarantine until Feb. 19 at Yoko- is being used by the Self-Defense hama’s Daikoku Pier, just across Forces as a base for those assist- the bay from the city’s popular ing passengers on the Diamond Red Brick Warehouse. Princess cruise ship quarantined The coronavirus causes fever, in Yokohama since Tuesday. cough and shortness of breath, As of Friday morning, 61 people sometimes with fatal outcomes. on the ship had tested positive for It was first reported in Wuhan, coronavirus, according to Kyodo EVELYN MAYS China on Dec. 31, and China’s News. National Health Commission on Reuters reported Thursday that The 17,000-ton Hakuo is seen from to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Thursday. The ship will be used Friday said 636 of the more than the Hakuo could host Diamond as sleeping quarters for Self-Defense Force personnel and a base for their relief efforts in supporting 31, 0 0 0 p e ople i n fe c ted i n t he c ou n- Princess passengers, causing a those quarantined for the coronavirus. try have died. To date, there are commotion among some U.S. base no treatments or vaccinations. residents. Some posted pictures later to employ the ferry as sleep- anese officials customarily speak is now berthed at Yokohama’s [email protected] on social media of the Hakuo, ing quarters for its personnel, a on condition of anonymity. Honmoku Pier near the Diamond Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos calling it the “SS Coronavirus.” joint staff spokesman told Stars The Self-Defense