FACES NATION COLLEGE FOOTBALL Neil Young sells Protesters swarm Alabama’s Smith rights to 50% of to Capitol, halt vote is first WR to win his song catalog tally for Biden Heisman since 1991 Page 18 Page 10 Page 24 Lawyer says SEAL to admit role in Green Beret’s death in Mali ›› Page 3 stripes.com Volume 79 Edition 187 ©SS 2021 THURSDAY,JANUARY 7, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Warnock makes history with Senate victory Associated Press publican incumbent Kelly Loef- his personal ex- cotton picked her youngest son to Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff, ATLANTA — Democrat Ra- fler. perience with be a United States senator,” he at press time. phael Warnock won one of Geor- It was a stinging rebuke of out- the American said. “Tonight, we proved with Ossoff held a small lead as of gia’s two Senate runoffs Wednes- going President Donald Trump, dream. His hope, hard work and the people by Wednesday morning, though it day, becoming the first Black sen- who made one of his final trips in mother, he said, our side, anything is possible.” was too early to call the race. Un- ator in his state’s history and put- office to Georgia to rally his loyal used to pick His victory marks a “reversal of der Georgia law, a trailing candi- ting the Senate majority within base behind the state’s Republi- “somebody the old southern strategy that date may request a recount when the party’s reach. can candidates. else’s cotton” as sought to divide people,” War- the margin of an election is less Warnock A pastor who spent the past 15 In an emotional address early a teenager. nock told ABC’s “Good Morning than or equal to 0.5 percentage years leading the Atlanta church Wednesday, Warnock vowed to “The other day, because this is America.” points. where Martin Luther King Jr. work for all Georgians whether America, the 82-year-old hands It was too early to call the other preached, Warnock defeated Re- they voted for him or not, citing that used to pick somebody else’s race, between Republican David SEE VICTORY ON PAGE 10 New Arctic angle MICHAEL B. ZINGARO/U.S. Navy The crew of the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut enjoys ice liberty after surfacing in the Arctic Circle during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2020 in March. Navy releases strategy calling for more activity in the region amid competition from Russia, China BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY the region opens up to more eco- tic nation, and China, which Kenneth Braithwaite told report- “Blue Arctic.” Russia and China, Stars and Stripes nomic and military competition claims to be a near Arctic nation, ers ahead of the document’s re- both nations mentioned in the WASHINGTON — The U.S. Na- from Russia and China. we in the United States must lease. 2018 National Defense Strategy as vy released its strategy Tuesday “In the face of increasing ag- maintain a favorable balance of With more navigable waters “great-power” competitors with on how the service plans to be- gressive activity in the high north power in this region for ourselves due to melting sea ice, the Navy’s come more active in the Arctic as from both Russia, which is an Arc- and for our allies,” Navy Secretary strategy refers to the region as a SEE ARCTIC ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, January 7, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Amazon buys 11 jets to ship orders faster EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1,086.96 Associated Press fleet allows us to better manage ing packages in vans stamped Switzerland (Franc) .8794 Euro costs (Jan. 7) $1.20 Thailand (Baht) 29.92 NEW YORK — Amazon said our operations,” said Sarah with the Amazon logo. Dollar buys (Jan. 7) 0.7903 Turkey (New Lira) 7.3067 British pound (Jan. 7) $1.33 Tuesday that it bought 11 jets from Rhoads, vice president of Amazon Amazon said the 11 planes, all of Japanese yen (Jan. 7) 100.00 (Military exchange rates are those available Delta and WestJet airlines to Global Air, in a blog post. which are Boeing 767-300s, will South Korean won (Jan. 7) 1,060.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ boost its growing delivery net- Seattle-based Amazon has been be converted to hold cargo instead many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain (Dinar) .3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ work and get orders to shoppers working to deliver most of its of passengers. The four jets that it Britain (Pound) 1.3579 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2686 your local military banking facility. Commercial faster. packages itself and rely less on is buying from WestJet will join China (Yuan) 6.4613 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.0439 The company said it’s the first UPS, the U.S. Postal Service and Amazon’s fleet this year, and the Egypt (Pound) 15.6795 when buying currency. All figures are foreign time it has purchased planes for other carriers. Besides its fleet of seven from Delta will be ready by Euro .8124 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7532 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ its delivery network. Over the planes, Amazon has also built sev- next year. The purchases will Hungary (Forint) 291.38 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.1840 past couple of years, Amazon has eral package-sorting hubs at air- bring its total fleet to 85 planes by Japan (Yen) 103.19 INTEREST RATES been leasing planes to build its ports, opened warehouses closer 2022. Kuwait (Dinar) .3034 Norway (Krone) 8.4256 Prime rate 3.25 fleet. to where shoppers live and Amazon.com Inc. declined to Philippines (Peso) 48.09 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.25 Poland (Zloty) 3.67 Federal funds market rate 0.09 “Having a mix of both leased launched a program that lets con- say how much it is paying for the Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7513 3­month bill 0.09 and owned aircraft in our growing tractors start businesses deliver- planes. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3182 30­year bond 1.70 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 22/19 Kabul Seoul 37/26 10/-4 Baghdad 62/43 Tokyo Drawsko Osan Kandahar Mildenhall/ 11/-2 37/26 41/21 Pomorskie Busan Lakenheath 32/29 33/30 21/10 Iwakuni Kuwait City 29/26 Bahrain Brussels Zagan Sasebo 63/50 68/65 Ramstein 32/29 33/29 Guam 37/34 32/27 82/79 Riyadh Lajes, 66/51 Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 57/54 32/23 71/55 Aviano/ 38/33 Vicenza 37/29 Naples 50/44 Okinawa Morón 55/52 45/42 Sigonella Rota 60/41 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 49/46 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 81/68 59/54 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classifieds .................. 13 Comics .........................16 Crossword ................... 16 Faces .......................... 18 Opinion ........................ 14 Sports ................... 20-24 Thursday, January 7, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY SEAL to plead guilty in Green Beret’s death BY COREY DICKSTEIN The Navy in November 2018 Group, while they were sharing a along with two Malian security Melgar only one day prior to the Stars and Stripes charged DeDolph, Matthews, house in Bamako during deploy- guards — filmed the incident with Green Beret’s death. The Navy SEAL accused of Maxwell, and another Marine ments in support of counterter- his phone, Maxwell and Mat- “Words cannot express how choking an Army Green Beret to Raider, Gunnery Sgt. Mario Mad- rorism operations in the West thews testified. deeply I regret those events and death while they were deployed to era-Rodriguez, with a series of African nation. DeDolph — who Maxwell also testified the plan how remorseful I am,” Matthews Mali in 2017 will plead guilty later crimes including felony murder, Maxwell described as employing was to culminate in a “sexual mo- testified. “The Navy expected me this month to his role in the kill- involuntary manslaughter, con- a sense of “dark humor” — lestation” of Melgar captured on to be a leader. I am tormented by ing, his lawyer said Tuesday. spiracy, obstruction of justice, hatched a hazing plan over drinks video. But that never occurred. my complacency at a time when Chief Petty Officer Tony De- hazing and burglary for their meant to embarrass Melgar for a Instead, Melgar went into my teammates required my guid- Dolph, a member of the elite roles in Melgar’s death. perceived slight shock after DeDolph placed him ance and the situation required SEAL Team 6, reached an agree- Stackhouse said he would not against another into a chokehold for a second bold, corrective action.” ment with the Navy to plead reveal the charges to which De- special operator. time. The group performed CPR Madera-Rodriguez is expected guilty to several charges in the Dolph will plead guilty. The Daily Maxwell, who and, eventually, an emergency to go to trial on the original charg- June 4, 2017, death of Staff Sgt. Beast, citing unnamed officials fa- described him- tracheotomy before rushing Mel- es in February. Logan Melgar and “accept re- miliar with the agreement, re- self as Melgar’s gar to a local clinic where he was Those who served with Melgar, sponsibility” for his actions, his ported the SEAL is expected to friend, testified pronounced dead, Maxwell testi- who was 34 when he died, de- civilian attorney Phillip Stack- plead guilty to involuntary man- DeDolph came fied.