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AMERICA PROTESTS Milley says he was wrong to participate in church walk

BY ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON — Army Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s top mili- tary officer, said Thursday he was wrong to accompany President on a walk through Lafayette Square that ended in a photo op at a church. He said his presence “created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.” “I should not have been there,” the Joint Chiefs chairman said in remarks to a National De- fense University commencement ceremony. Trump’s June 1 walk through the park to pose with a Bible at a church came after authori- ties used pepper spray and flash bangs to clear the park and streets of largely peaceful protesters demonstrating in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Min- nesota in police custody. Milley said his presence and the photographs compromised Trump nixes renaming SEE MILLEY ON PAGE 8 President ‘will not even consider’ stripping Army posts of Confederate names BY COREY DICKSTEIN the Army, which has for decades defended the naming Congress Stars and Stripes of those posts during the Jim Crow era. In late Febru- ary, Army officials foot-stomped their unwillingness to advances bills WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump in a consider the issue, saying the names were rooted in the trio of tweets Wednesday afternoon appeared to quash “spirit of reconciliation” and not meant to honor any that would any chance that the Army could change the names of particular cause. set process 10 southern Army installations named for Confederate Army officials said McCarthy hoped to get congres- generals while he remains in the White House. sional support before he committed to any changes, to change “[M]y Administration will not even consider the re- though the service has the power to change the names names of naming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military In- of its installations without the input of lawmakers or bases stallations,” Trump wrote in his tweets, which did not other federal officials. ALEX BRANDON/AP mention the Confederacy. “Our history as the Greatest But the conversation appeared to end Wednesday. A Page 6 Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Nation in the World will not be tampered with. Respect defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Mark Milley said Thursday his our Military!” said Wednesday afternoon that it was unlikely McCar- presence on a walk that ended Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secre- thy or Esper would challenge Trump on the issue. Soldiers stand in a photo op at a church with tary Ryan McCarthy signaled this week that they were White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on in front of the President Donald Trump last open to a “bipartisan conversation” on the potential re- Wednesday called the issue an “absolute nonstarter” for Airborne Corps week created an incorrect naming of posts, as demonstrations spread across the Trump, adding the president would veto any legislation Headquarters sign perception about the military’s aimed at addressing systemic racism in passed that included direction to rename one or all of at Fort Bragg, N.C. involvement in domestic politics. the country. It marked a dramatic change in stance for SEE RENAMING ON PAGE 6 JOSHUA COWDEN/U.S. Army PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES

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BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes Cleaning mold, reducing toxic exposure and providing mainte- nance still need improvement in the military’s ongoing efforts to provide safe housing for service members and their families, ac- cording to a watchdog report. Officials for the Defense De- partment’s inspector general re- viewed eight housing-related IG reports issued from 2014 to 2017 for its latest audit released Tues- day. The report stated that while progress has been made across a wide variety of concerns, there is still room for service officials to improve the quality of barracks and family housing available on military bases. In those eight reports, the IG made 110 recommendations and 19 remain open. The audit took a deeper look at “a nonstatistical sample of 16 rec- ommendations from five reports to assess whether policies and controls over the maintenance and inspection of government- owned and privatized housing were in place to ensure the safety of service members and their families,” according to the report. Out of the 16 recommendations that were reviewed in the audit, 10 still remain open. SCOTT T. STURKOL/U.S. Army “While several corrective ac- tions were taken related to health The South Post Family Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis.. An audit released Tuesday found progress has been made on correcting mold and and safety policy for military maintenance problems in military housing but there is still room for improvement. housing, such as developing or revising DOD or service level reforms to improve base housing. and DOD officials did not issue vice did so again in 2018 because but the repairs did not resolve the housing policies and procedures, Though after congressional testi- revised guidance for mold con- of a lack of funding. Inspections issue. completing repairs and using a mony in December from military trol and remediation and for in 2019 were not comprehensive The commandant’s office for joint service working group to families, military service offi- radon evaluation and mitigation because the Army limited the Naval District Washington re- identify improvements in facil- cials and the leadership of private because of confusion over which time for inspections at four bases. sponded in agreement with the ity inspection and maintenance housing management companies, office was responsible for imple- Army officials responded that findings and offered a timeline programs across the DOD, many lawmakers from both political menting recommendations to this will be managed properly in for resolution, according to the deficiencies in radon and mold parties agreed that more can be issue policies and because issu- 2020, according to the report. report. remediation, comprehensive done to protect families. ing or updating guidance was not The Air Force skipped annual Other open recommendations inspections and repairs to iden- Reports from the IG, as well as a high priority, according to the health and safety inspections at covered issues related to poli- tified health [and] safety defi- the Government Accountability report. two bases because the service cies and instructions, preventive ciencies still existed,” according Office, have played a role in iden- The deputy assistant secretary reallocated resources for dam- maintenance and environmental to the report. tifying problem areas within base of defense for facilities manage- age caused at Tyndall Air Force health and safety. Military housing, which is housing. ment disagreed with the IG’s Base, Fla., during Hurricane “If DOD management does not primarily managed by private Open recommendations in findings, and responded that Michael in October 2018. Those address previous recommenda- companies, came under public Tuesday’s audit report primarily a joint-service working group bases will be inspected with re- tions that were made to improve scrutiny nearly two years ago involved the DOD, Army and Air has been established and meets ports available by July, according when Reuters published an in- Force, as well as the Navy’s Joint quarterly to review outstanding to the report. military housing, the DOD will vestigation that revealed the Base Anacostia–Bolling in Wash- IG recommendations for facility At Joint Base Anacostia–Bol- continue to expose military fami- sometimes dangerous conditions ington, D.C. Auditors allowed maintenance and inspections. ling, the base commander did not lies to health and safety hazards of homes on bases, such as ro- for affected agencies to provide The report also found that the take corrective actions to proper- at installations around the world,” dent and insect infestations, mold feedback to the report prior to its Army did not complete compre- ly label electrical panels in a bar- according to the report. growth from poorly repaired public release. In some instances, hensive and independent annual racks because it was considered The report did not make any water intrusions and toxic levels there was agreement on what inspections to comply with health a low funding priority, according new recommendations, but en- of exposure to lead, asbestos and needed to be done and a timeline and safety requirements in 2017, to the report. That commander, couraged that all open recom- other hazards. provided. Others refuted the IG’s 2018 and 2019. The Army skipped typically a Navy captain, also mendations be resolved. Since then, Congress has in- assessment. two installations in 2017, citing made repairs to poor lighting in [email protected] tervened and created a series of The report cited that Army higher priority work. The ser- barracks hallways and rooms, : @Rose_Lori 18-year-old Marine collapses, dies during physical training

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY ical Center. Emergency services Camp Pendleton, while on a run Twentynine Palms. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Stars and Stripes at the base administered CPR to and died May 11 at a local hospi- According to the Navy report, in September 2018. Moores and transported him to tal, according to the Navy’s mis- there were two deaths in fis- He had wanted to be a Marine WASHINGTON — An 18-year- the medical center, 1st Lt. Dan- hap summary report posted this cal year 2019 related to physical since he was a child, according to old Marine died two weeks ago iel Linfante, a spokesman for 2nd week. The Marine Corps was un- training in the Marine Corps, and his online obituary. He is survived during physical training at Camp by his father Matthew Moores. Lejeune, N.C., marking the third Marine Division, said Wednesday able to provide the Marine’s name three in fiscal year 2018. Since member of the service to die this in a statement. Wednesday. The third death also 2010, there have been about two There were no elevated heat year while exercising, according Moores is the second Marine happened in California, as Ma- to three deaths each year associ- advisories on the day that Moores to a new Navy report. to collapse and die during physi- rine Pfc. Tyrell J. Audain, 19, died ated with physical training. died, according to Linfante. His Pfc. Ethan M. Moores collapsed cal training in May. A sergeant April 15 after he collapsed during Moores was a machine gunner death is under investigation. May 27 during fitness training collapsed May 8 in Oceanside, a physical fitness test at Marine with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine [email protected] and died at the base’s Naval Med- Calif., near Marine Corps Base Corps Air Ground Combat Center Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM General: Conditions for withdrawal not met

BY COREY DICKSTEIN pushed back on such an option but will stan,” McKenzie said, referring primarily the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which Stars and Stripes offer the president the plans, nonetheless, to al-Qaida. ended May 24. McKenzie said the Taliban according to reports by The New York The Taliban has regularly fought against have since “ramped back up” operations WASHINGTON — U.S. Central Com- Times and The Washington Post, citing Islamic State terrorists in Afghanistan, against Afghan government forces. mand’s top general said Wednesday that unnamed officials. McKenzie said. The general said he hoped he will soon he cannot recommend a full withdrawal Trump, who has long called for a with- The U.N. wrote in a report last week that see the Taliban and Afghan government of American troops from Afghanistan by drawal from Afghanistan where U.S. troops the Taliban had not severed its vast ties to begin long-sought negotiations, which he mid-2021 unless the Taliban demonstrate have been fighting al-Qaida and might have actually strength- hopes could lead to a long-term cease-fire. they no longer support al-Qaida forces nearly 19 years, has ened them in recent months. The Feb. 29 The two sides have begun informal ne- there. not confirmed publicly accord explicitly calls for the insurgent gotiations and have taken some steps out- The United States is on track to draw that he ordered plan- group to renounce al-Qaida and cut off any lined in the Feb. 29 agreement toward down its force size to about 8,600 troops ning for a full draw- support to the terrorist group. more formal discussions, including the re- by next month, a stipulation agreed to in down. But on May 26, Some 400 to 600 al-Qaida fighters re- lease of hundreds of prisoners. The Afghan the Feb. 29 accord signed with the Taliban, he told reporters that main in Afghanistan, where they operate government was not a party to the Febru- Marine Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, the he wanted troops out in 12 of the nation’s 34 provinces, accord- ary agreement, but agreed to some terms CENTCOM commander, said Wednesday. “as soon as reason- ing to the U.N. That includes al-Qaida’s top laid out in it. But the Taliban has yet to meet conditions able. Over a period of leader and successor to Osama Bin Laden, McKenzie said the coming weeks will laid out in that agreement, including crack- time, but as soon as mark a “very critical time” as the two ing down on terrorist groups, which McK- Ayman al-Zawahiri. reasonable.” sides edge toward a dialogue. But he said enzie said would make him comfortable in McKenzie The U.N. report also accused the Taliban On Wednesday, he worried the Taliban might not live up recommending a full drawdown of Ameri- of consulting with al-Qaida throughout its McKenzie reiterated the U.S. long-stated to the concessions it claims to be willing can forces from Afghanistan by May 2021, claim that it maintains troops in Afghani- negotiations with the United States. The re- to make — either with the United States or a time marker also placed in that deal. stan to ensure terrorist networks cannot port said the Taliban “offered guarantees the Afghan government. “If conditions would allow, we’re pre- use that country to plan attacks against that it would honor their historical ties” to “I think the Taliban needs to demonstrate pared to go to zero” by May, McKenzie Americans. The United States invaded Af- al-Qaida. It described that long-standing that they’re going to be faithful partners,” said in a video conference hosted by the ghanistan in the weeks following the 9/11 alliance as “deep” and often “personal,” the general said. “We don’t have to like Washington-based think tank Middle East attacks on New York and Washington by including intermarriages and family ties. Institute. “If asked my opinion, those con- al-Qaida. U.S. and allied troops have fought Meanwhile, the Taliban has honored the Taliban, we don’t have to believe the ditions have not been fully met.” there ever since. Since 2015, U.S. troops in its commitment in the agreement not to Taliban. What we need to do is watch the McKenzie’s remarks come just weeks Afghanistan have primarily trained and attack American and other foreign coali- Taliban and see what they do. … [but] It’s after news reports indicated President advised Afghan forces, but a small group tion forces, McKenzie said. However, it unclear to me yet they are fully embracing Donald Trump had demanded the Penta- also targets terrorists. has launched regular, aggressive attacks this and are ready to move forward. We’ll gon draw up plans to fully withdraw troops “The threat to the United States is not against U.S.-backed Afghan military and know more in the days ahead.” from Afghanistan by the Nov. 3 presiden- the Taliban, it’s never been the Taliban, it’s security forces. [email protected] tial election. Top Pentagon officials have the entities they allow to live in Afghani- Violence across the nation dipped during Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Hospital Afghanistan War critic outside of Tata is nominated for Bagram is Pentagon policy post demolished Bloomberg News would replace John Rood at the Defense Department if con- WASHINGTON — President BY J.P. LAWRENCE firmed by the Senate. Rood was Donald Trump has nominated Stars and Stripes ousted in February after play- Anthony Tata, a retired Army ing a minor but important role KABUL, Afghanistan — A brigadier general and occasional in Trump’s impeachment saga. hospital outside America’s larg- Fox News commentator, to a top Rood certified to Congress last est base in Afghanistan has been job at the Pentagon as he eyes a May that Ukraine was eligible razed after it was irreparably reduced troop presence in Af- to receive $250 million in secu- damaged in a Taliban attack last ghanistan and escalating tensions rity assistance, aid that was later year, when the militants tried to from China to Iran. temporarily blocked by the White breach Bagram Airfield, officials The White House announced House. said. his nomination as undersecretary Since the president asked him “Due to the unsuitability of the of Defense for policy on Wednes- to take the job, Tata divested buildings for future use and the day. The announcement cited his from his company, Tata Leader- safety hazards they presented “extensive uniformed service.” ship Group, a business leadership to anyone who might venture Tata, a West Point graduate development consultancy, and on to the site, Resolute Support who retired from the Army in signed an ethics letter identifying obtained permission from the 2009 after 28 years on active the names of his clients in case (Afghan Ministry of Defense) to duty, has publicly advocated for any of them have business ties clear the remaining structures,” withdrawing U.S. combat troops with the Pentagon during his ten- NATO’s RS mission said in a from Afghanistan and Syria and ure, according to a person famil- statement Tuesday. replacing them with private con- iar with the matter. The hospital, which had a gate tractors — a controversial view BRANDON POMRENKE/U.S. Army He was granted a top secret onto the base, was being rebuilt in the eyes of many military and clearance last year as part of his “to serve the Afghan people,” Afghans wait in line to be seen at the South Korean hospital at policy professionals. private sector work and it has U.S. officials said around the time Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in 2011. “History supports presidential since been updated to a top se- the Taliban attacked it on Dec. 11. authorization for the use of pri- cret/sensitive compartmented in- Two Afghan civilians were killed The medical facility was the Afghan military, locals said. vate military contractors during formation clearance, the person in the attack, which aimed to funded and run for more than a The Taliban attack dealt a final transition operations to help the said. penetrate Bagram Airfield, and decade by South Korea until the blow to the facility. U.S. and its allies achieve strate- Since his retirement from the at least 80 people were injured, Afghan Defense Ministry took it “The hospital was slowly, slow- gic aims,” Tata and private secu- Army in 2009, Tata has served including five service members over in 2016. ly ruined,” said Abdul Shokour rity mogul Erik Prince wrote in a as the secretary of North Caroli- from the Republic of Georgia, a Under the South Koreans, up to Qudousi, governor of the district 2019 piece published by FoxNews. na’s Transportation Department, coalition partner. 11 doctors worked at the facility, near Bagram. com. “Now is the time to begin the chief operations officer of The Georgians, who helped providing care to hundreds of pa- “It was left alone, and then got the transition, secure our vital in- the District of Columbia Public prevent the Taliban from getting tients every day, the U.S. military destroyed,” he said. terests, and husband our precious Schools and the superintendent of onto Bagram, were only slightly said in a statement in 2018. resources.” the Wake County public schools Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this injured, their commander, Lt. Col The hospital sat unused and report. Tata, who was deputy com- system in North Carolina. Giorgi Jincharadze, said at the had fallen into disrepair after the [email protected] manding general of U.S. forces He is also the author of several time. South Koreans handed it over to Twitter: @jplawrence3 in Afghanistan from 2006-2007, thrillers. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Pentagon could pay billions in defense contractor leave claims

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY work due to the coronavirus pandemic. request is “in the digits of billions they might get a one-time shot and want to Stars and Stripes Without Congress providing funding to of dollars,” on the lower end, Lord said. make sure what the entire situation is,” she cover the claims, the Defense Department Lord also said one primary defense con- said about the claims. WASHINGTON — The cost of helping would have to pay out the money from its tractor had informed them that the con- The Pentagon’s estimated figure is based defense contractors keep their employees own budget, which could cause negative tractor estimated its impacted cost to be up on information from talking with contrac- on the payroll during the coronavirus pan- impacts to the military, said Ellen Lord, to $1.5 billion for the company and associ- tors about the issues they are facing, and demic could cost the Defense Department the undersecretary of defense for acquisi- ated suppliers. they also have DOD employees talking tens of billions of dollars if Congress does tion and sustainment. Costs associated with operating during with management teams and collecting not step in with additional funding, the un- “While the department may be able to the pandemic but not covered by section further data, Lord said. dersecretary overseeing acquisitions told use other appropriated funds to reimburse 3610, such as purchasing personal protec- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., said he House lawmakers Wednesday. contractors, the cost for 3610 is likely well tive equipment or stop-work orders, is es- The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco- beyond the department’s resourced ability timated to cost that contractor more than believed because Congress had already nomic Security Act, or CARES, includes to do so without significantly jeopardizing another $1 billion, Lord said. given authorization for the section that he section 3610, which authorizes the Defense modernization or readiness,” she told the No contractors have submitted a claim expected there would also be support for Department to reimburse leave claims by House Armed Services Committee. yet under section 3610 due to the lack of the funding. defense industry contractors for keeping The Defense Department’s estimates of appropriations from Congress, Lord said. [email protected] employees on their payroll who could not how much supplemental funding it could “I believe that they’re concerned that Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Pentagon to give Ukraine $250M in aid to counter Russia

Stars and Stripes the front line of strategic competition with misinformation,” the Pentagon said. 4,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed. Russia,” it said. The aid package was announced weeks The Pentagon will provide $250 million The funds would help strengthen Ukrai- in military assistance to Ukraine during Half of the sum will be contingent on after the Defense Department notified nian combat capabilities and save lives, the next fiscal year to strengthen its capac- Ukraine making more progress in de- Congress about plans to provide Ukraine the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a ity to counter Russian aggression, it said fense reforms, including strengthening with equipment including mobile battle- statement. The ministry and the country’s Thursday. civilian control of the military, increasing field radar systems, ambulances, secure armed forces “are sincerely grateful” to The funds, given through the Ukraine transparency and competition in weapons communications equipment, and patrol their American partners, it said. Security Assistance Initiative, are ear- procurement and the defense industrial boats armed with 30 mm autocannons for In the past, the U.S. has provided lethal sector, and bolstering internal controls to service in the Black Sea, where Russia has marked for additional training, equipment military equipment to Ukraine’s military, reduce corruption, the statement said. a clear advantage over Ukraine’s navy. and advisory efforts for Ukraine’s security including anti-tank Javelin missiles, sniper forces, the Pentagon said in a statement. The funding will also support Ukraine’s Russia seized and annexed Ukraine’s rifles, grenade launchers and counterartil- “This reaffirms the long-standing de- cyberdefense and strategic communica- Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and Kiev con- fense relationship between the United tions capabilities, “in order to counter tinues to battle Russian-backed separat- lery radars. States and Ukraine — a critical partner on Russian cyber offensive operations and ists in the east of the country where about [email protected] PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 MILITARY Bills call for panel to study renaming posts

BY COREY DICKSTEIN worked together to craft the bill. Stars and Stripes “My effort’s going to be to allow the local communities … to par- WASHINGTON — The Sen- ticipate in whether or not they ate’s initial version of the 2021 want to do this. So, we have a long Pentagon policy bill directs ways to go on that issue.” the establishment of a three- The inclusion could set up a year commission charged with fight with Trump over the NDAA, studying ways to strike honors the annual bill that sets Pentagon to the Confederacy at military policy and directs its spending. installations, Senate Armed Ser- White House Press Secretary vices Committee staffers said Kayleigh McEnany said Wednes- Thursday. day that the issue was a “nonstart- A draft of the 2021 National er” and she vowed Trump would Defense Authorization Act voted out of the committee Thursday veto any bill that would change morning would build an eight-per- military installations’ names. son panel “to study and provide Trump wrote in a tweet earlier recommendations concerning Wednesday that he would “not the removal [of] names, sym- even consider” name changes. bols, displays, monuments and In a tweet Thursday, Trump paraphernalia that honor or com- appeared to foot-stomp the memorate the Confederate States issue, writing: “THOSE THAT of America” from military posts, DENY THEIR HISTORY ARE the committee said. That would DOOMED TO REPEAT IT!” CHRIS SEWARD/AP Two members of the House include changing the names of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, both former Army officers, put out Armed Services Committee on 10 southern Army bases named word that they are “open to a bipartisan discussion” of renaming Army bases like North Carolina’s Fort for Confederate generals from Thursday introduced similar Bragg that honor Confederate officers associated by some with the racism of that tumultuous time. the Civil War. President Donald legislation in their chambers Trump balked at that proposi- that would create a commission tion on Wednesday as calls grew to study the issue. The measure to strip those posts of their long- was co-sponsored by Reps. An- standing names amid nationwide thony Brown, D-Md., and Don Renaming: White House says name change demonstrations against racial Bacon, R-Neb., who are veterans inequalities. and issued statements supporting Senate Armed Services Com- striking Confederate names from would dishonor fallen troops from those bases mittee aides, who spoke Thursday military installations. on the condition of anonymity to “The symbols and individuals FROM FRONT PAGE Polk in Louisiana; Fort Gor- claimed renaming the Army discuss the bill before its contents that our military honors matter. It don in Georgia; Fort A.P. Hill, posts would dishonor soldiers are published, said the creation of the installations in question. matters to the black soldier serv- Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in who died in battle after deploy- the commission to study the topic She said that would include the ing at an installation honoring Virginia, and Fort Rucker in ing from those installations. had bipartisan support, but not all National Defense Authoriza- the name of a leader who fought Alabama. “To suggest that somehow members agreed. The topic was tion Act, which is required to to preserve slavery and oppres- Trump’s tweets Wednesday these forts are inherently rac- added into the bill on Wednes- set annual Pentagon policy and sion. It matters to the culture came as a growing chorus of ist and their names need to be day, just days after Army Secre- funding. of inclusivity and unity needed Army veterans called for the changed is a complete disre- tary Ryan McCarthy signaled he In his tweets, Trump sin- for our military to get the job spect to the men and women was open to starting a discussion gled out Fort Bragg, N.C., Fort renaming of the bases. A peti- done,” Brown said in a prepared who the last bit of American about the names of the 10 posts. Hood, Texas, and Fort Benning, tion on change.org calling for statement. land they saw before they went For years — and even as recently Ga., as “legendary” and “very the renaming of the bases had The House “National Com- overseas and lost their lives was as late February — Army officials powerful bases” that “have be- more than 14,000 signatures mission on Modernizing Mili- come a great part of the great Wednesday afternoon. these forts,” she said. refused to consider changing the tary Installation Designations” posts’ names. American heritage and a his- Retired Army Gen. David Pe- Trump’s tweet also comes as bill would review and make tory of winning, victory, and traeus was the latest prominent an Army official said Wednes- Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., recommendations on renaming chairman of the committee, told freedom.” veteran of the service to call day that the service would military installations and other reporters on a conference call Fort Bragg was named in for the change, saying it was an consider banning Confederate Defense Department property Thursday that he was among 1918 for Gen. Braxton Bragg. “easy, even obvious decision.” memorabilia on its installations, within a year. The commission those who opposed its inclusion. Fort Hood was named in 1943 “These bases are, after all, such as displays of the Confed- would be made up of members of Inhofe avoided providing his for Gen. John Bell Hood. Fort federal installations, home to erate battle flag. No decision Congress as well as individuals personal opinion on installations Benning was named in 1918 for soldiers who swear an oath to has been made on that prospect, carrying names of Confeder- appointed by the military service Brig. Gen. Henry Benning. All support and defend the Con- according to the official who ate generals, but he said local secretaries. three were slave owners who stitution of the United States,” was not authorized to discuss communities and state officials Just hours after McCarthy sig- saw mixed results as military Petraeus wrote in an editorial private deliberations and spoke should be directly involved in naled his support for a discussion leaders, according to histori- published Tuesday in The At- on condition of anonymity. any process that could change on the installations’ namesakes ans. Bragg, for example, was lantic. “The irony of training The Marine Corps earlier long-standing installation names on Monday, Defense Secretary stripped of his command after at bases named for those who this year was the first military and have “veto authority” on any Mark Esper, a former Army sec- losing the Battle of Chattanooga took up arms against the United service to issue such a ban. The potential changes. The 10 posts retary, also said he was open to in Tennessee in 1863. Hood, too, States, and for the right to en- Navy said Tuesday that it would in question have carried their such a conversation. The Army would lose his command after a slave others, is inescapable to begin the process to bar the names since the 1910s and 1940s. has the ability to change the loss in the Battle of Nashville in anyone paying attention. Now, open display of the Confederate “Sometimes we don’t agree on names of its installations without late 1864. belatedly, is the moment for us battle flag from its bases, ships, some issues. This is one we don’t input from Congress or other fed- The other posts named for to pay such attention.” submarines and aircraft. agree on,” Inhofe said just after eral authorities. Confederate generals are: During the White House [email protected] Camp Beauregard and Fort press briefing, McEnany Twitter: @CDicksteinDC praising how well Republicans [email protected] and Democrats on the committee Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Senator wants nonveteran presidents restricted from Arlington burial

BY NIKKI WENTLING military. it, has proposed to restrict eligi- that no burial space should be Trump and Vice President Mike Stars and Stripes Duckworth, an Iraq War veter- bility criteria. If fewer veterans reserved for individuals who are Pence have not served in the an and retired U.S. Army officer, and service members can be bur- not service members or veter- military. Duckworth has been a WASHINGTON — Sen. longtime critic of Trump and his Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., wants introduced legislation Wednesday ied there, open spots shouldn’t go ans — even if he or she served as to prohibit U.S. presidents and to bar nonveteran presidents and to presidents or vice presidents president or vice president of the medical exemption from the Viet- vice presidents from being bur- vice presidents from Arlington. who haven’t served, Duckworth United States,” Duckworth said nam War draft. ied at Arlington National Cem- The cemetery is nearing capac- reasoned. in a statement. [email protected] etery unless they’ve served in the ity, and the Army, which operates “This legislation makes sure Current President Donald Twitter: @nikkiwentling Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Military brothers compete in TV’s ‘The Titan Games’

BY DAVID EDGE The season two premiere aired “It was a combination of every Stars and Stripes May 25, drawing 3.4 million view- aspect of fitness tested at one ers, the entertainment publication time,” said Eric Palicia, without A pair of service member sib- Variety reported. The show was revealing how he or his brother, lings who last year went head-to- recorded in February but broken who is 10 years younger than he head in the final of a military best up into 10 episodes. is, did in the competition. warrior competition have taken The sports reality show, hosted Last year, Noah Palicia, the DEBORAH ARAGON/U.S Air Force part in “The Titan Games,” which by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, airman, beat his soldier brother, is now airing on NBC. last year put competitors through Eric, to win the DOD’s Alpha Brothers Air Force Capt. Noah Palicia and Army Lt. Col. Eric Palicia Lt. Col. Eric Palicia, an en- challenges that included dragging Games world championships. No- competed in September 2019, in the Alpha Warrior competition at gineer with U.S. Army Europe, 350 pounds of metal chains up a ah’s wife posted a message on the Retama Park near San Antonio. and his younger brother Air 30-foot incline, vaulting across a Titan Games Instagram saying Force Capt. Noah Palicia, a C- 15-foot gap, and pushing their op- that the Palicia brothers should the older Palicia, with a laugh. NBC on Mondays at 8 p.m. East- 130 instructor pilot stationed in ponent off a platform two stories be on the show, and that got the “When we go up against each ern Standard Time, and on the Yokota, Japan, competed against above the ground. The winner of ball rolling. other, everything is the same. We American Forces Network on Olympians, members of elite law each round moves ahead until one “The fun thing about my broth- have the exact same strategy and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. in Europe and enforcement teams, multisport man and one woman are crowned er and I, during competitions is it comes down to who can execute the Pacific. athletes and others for the tele- titans and receive $100,000 in that we are essentially the same it faster and better.” [email protected] vised challenge. prize money. person, he is just Eric 2.0,” said “The Titan Games” airs on Twitter: @DavidEdge96798393 Taiwan intercepts Chinese jets in airspace after US flies over

BY JOSEPH DITZLER The ministry said its aircraft to a separate ministry statement. website. of its own aircraft involved. “Our Stars and Stripes had “broadcast warnings” to the Taiwan media citing online flight Golf9, a Twitter user who aerial reconnaissance and patrol Su-30 Flankers within the Taiwan trackers reported the U.S. flight tracks military flights in the aircraft took full control of the Taiwan reported intercepting air defense identification zone, or originated in Okinawa at 8:53 Western Pacific, tweeted at 10:15 aircraft and actively drove [them] several Chinese fighter jets on ADIZ. The Focus Taiwan news a.m. a.m. Tuesday that the southbound away from the response area,” Tuesday, the same day a U.S. mil- website said the ministry issued It’s not clear if the U.S. and Clipper had skirted Taiwan’s the statement said. itary transport plane overflew the Chinese military flights were western coast. Taiwan News that statement at 12:30 p.m. An ADIZ is a defined area ex- island, according to the Taiwan linked. The Air Force’s 18th wrote Tuesday that U.S. military tending beyond national territory Ministry of National Defense. The same day, a U.S. C-40A Wing at Kadena Air Base, Oki- jets rarely fly over Taiwan’s air- Chinese fighters “briefly en- Clipper transport plane, a mili- nawa, did not immediately reply space, preferring instead to fly in where unidentified aircraft may tered Taiwan’s southwest air- tary variant of the Boeing 737- to an emailed request for further international waters around the be intercepted before they cross space” and were intercepted that 700C commercial airliner, flew information on Thursday. Boe- island. into sovereign airspace. morning, a ministry statement over the island with permission ing builds Clippers for the U.S. The ministry’s statement did [email protected] said Tuesday. and without landing, according Navy, according to the company not identify the type or number Twitter: @JosephDitzler S. Korea firm fined $68.4M in US military fraud case

Stars and Stripes Citing plea documents, the Justice Department said SK SEOUL, South Korea — SK paid about $2.6 million to a fake Engineering & Construction Co. construction company that sub- Ltd., one of South Korea’s larg- sequently funneled the money est engineering companies, has to a contracting official with the been fined $68.4 million in a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It then military bribery and fraud case submitted false documents to the involving a multimillion-dollar Army to cover up the fraud, the contract at Camp Humphreys, government said. the Justice Department said. SK E&C also admitted that em- The company pleaded guilty ployees had obstructed or tried Wednesday in the Western Dis- to obstruct federal investigations trict of Tennessee to one count into the scheme by withholding of wire fraud and was sentenced to pay $60.6 million in criminal requested documents and infor- fines — the largest such fine ever mation, burning documents and imposed by the federal district trying to persuade an individual court — and $2.6 million in res- not to cooperate with U.S. author- titution to the Army, according to ities, according to the statement. a statement. As part of the plea agreement, SK E&C also must pay $5.2 mil- SK E&C agreed to cooperate fully lion in civil penalties to the United in all matters relating to the mis- States as part of a separate False conduct and to implement a com- Claims Act settlement, which the pliance and ethics program to Justice Department said it cred- prevent future violations of U.S. ited against the criminal fine. federal law throughout its op- In 2008, the company won a erations, the Justice Department major contract for land and infra- said. structure development, includ- SK E&C, which could not im- ing water and sewage systems, at mediately be reached for fur- Camp Humphreys, as the former ther comment, also agreed not to remote outpost was being trans- pursue U.S. federal government formed into the U.S. military’s contracts during a three-year flagship base on the divided probation period. peninsula. [email protected] PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 MILITARY Unit in Poland 1st with ‘upgunned’ Strykers

BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON 340 miles to the west took part in Stars and Stripes the Allied Spirit exercise, an ef- fort to bolster cooperative defense BEMOWO PISKIE TRAIN- efforts in Europe. ING AREA, Poland — Not far Russia remains a threat to the from Russian territory, U.S. sol- Continent, particularly through diers at this Polish base have its use of cyberattacks and infor- been putting the Army’s newest mation warfare to expose and ex- “upgunned” Stryker combat ve- ploit vulnerabilities, the Heritage hicles through their paces. Foundation report said. Half of the unit’s Strykers have It was Moscow’s intervention a 30 mm gun and the other half in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula have an anti-tank Javelin Weap- that prompted the Army to speed on System, said Lt. Col. Andrew development of its light armored Gallo, 3rd Squadron commander vehicles in 2015, after realizing with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, that the machine-gun-armed and commander of the Enhanced Stryker was outmatched by Rus- Forward Presence battle group. sian BMP-3 tracked infantry The regiment uses the infantry fighting vehicles. carrier variant to deploy its fight- The Russian vehicles are ers and engage enemy forces, armed with a 100 mm low-ve- Gallo said. It is the first and only locity gun, and BTR-82 wheeled unit in the Army to get the vari- transporters carrying either a 30 ants with enhanced weaponry, mm autocannon or a 120 mm gun which were first deployed to Eu- mortar. rope in late 2017. Last week, the “The Russians, it turns out, had squadron used them in live-fire upgraded and fielded significant exercises here, about 50 miles capabilities while we were en- south of the Russian enclave of gaged in Iraq and Afghanistan,”

Kaliningrad. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn was quoted TIMOTHY HAMLIN/U.S. Army “Unlike other Stryker brigade as saying in January 2017, while combat teams in the Army, (the serving as the Army vice chief of U.S. soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment maneuver in a “Dragoon” Stryker during a live-fire gunnery EFP battle group) has signifi- staff. training event in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, last month. cantly enhanced lethality, which Late last year, the service an- is critical based on any potential nounced plans to install anti-elec- and air-burst rounds at double the a huge boost in firepower, com- equipment into battle. The Gen- emerging threats we may face in tronic warfare systems in more range of machine guns mounted pared with the once-standard eral Dynamics-made Stryker has this area,” Gallo said. than 300 of its Europe-based in the Common Remote Weapons M2 .50-caliber machine guns. a top road speed of over 60 mph In nearby Kaliningrad, Mos- Strykers to protect from adver- Station, or CROWS. The 30 mm cannon is also paired and a range of over 300 miles, the cow plans to reestablish a “fight- sary attempts to cripple GPS- The CROWS-J Stryker is with an M-240B, which can be Army has said. er aviation regiment and naval based systems in the event of a equipped with Javelin anti-tank dismounted and used by soldiers “Both [variants] are used at the assault aviation (bomber) regi- conflict. missiles, which the Army has said maneuvering on foot, said Sgt. same time, each one is special- ment,” The Heritage Foundation, “Dragoon” Strykers, named have a qualified range of 2,500 Daniel Torres, a Stryker vehicle ized for certain situations, but a conservative U.S.-based think after the 2nd Cavalry Regiment meters and are “highly lethal” to commander. they both enhance mobility on tank, said in an October report. and armed with 30 mm Medium tanks and other targets. For Torres, the best thing about the battlefield,” Torres said. The live-fire event comes as Caliber Weapon Systems, can fire The weapons improvements the vehicle is its speed and capac- [email protected] U.S. and other NATO forces about high-explosive, armor-piercing give the eight-wheeled vehicles ity to carry troops and all their Twitter: Manny_Stripes Milley: General’s statement risks the wrath of a president sensitive to criticism

FROM FRONT PAGE told reporters on June 3 that he to the coronavirus pandemic, to his commitment to a military di- had opposed Trump bringing ac- raise the matter of his presence vorced from politics. tive-duty troops on the streets of with Trump in Lafayette Square. “My presence in that moment the nation’s capital to confront He introduced the subject to his and in that environment cre- protesters and potential looters, audience of military officers and ated a perception of the military Trump castigated him in a face- civilian officials in the context of involved in domestic politics,” to-face meeting. advice from an Army officer and Milley said. “As a commissioned Just this week, Esper and Mil- combat veteran who has spent 40 ley let it be known through their years in uniform. uniformed officer, it was a mis- spokesmen that they were open He said all senior military take that I have learned from, and to a “bipartisan discussion” leaders must be aware that their I sincerely hope we all can learn of whether the 10 Army bases words and actions will be closely from it.” named for Confederate Army watched. His statement risked the officers should be renamed as “And I am not immune,“ he wrath of a president sensitive to a gesture aiming to disassoci- said, noting the photograph of anything hinting at criticism of ate the military from the rac- him at Lafayette Square. “That events he has staged. It comes as ist legacy of the Civil War. On sparked a national debate about Pentagon leaders’ relations with Wednesday, Trump tweeted that the role of the military in civil the White House are still tense he would never allow the names society.” He expressed regret at after a disagreement last week PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP to be changed, catching some in having been there and said the over Trump’s threat to use fed- the Pentagon by surprise. lesson to be taken from that mo- eral troops to quell civil unrest President Donald Trump walks with members of his staff and The Marine Corps last week ment is that all in uniform are not triggered by Floyd’s death. Cabinet to St. John’s Church on June 1. Army Gen. Mark Milley, moved ahead with a ban on pub- just soldiers but also citizens. After protesters were cleared chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, said Thursday his lic displays of the Confederate “We must hold dear the prin- from the Lafayette Square area, presence at the event “was a mistake that I have learned from.” Army battle flag on its bases, and ciple of an apolitical military that Trump led an entourage that in- the Navy this week said it plans is so deeply rooted in the very es- cluded Milley and Defense Sec- left the White House he thought has hailed as a “leadership mo- a similar ban applied to its bases, sence of our republic,” he said. “It retary Mark Esper to St. John’s they were going to inspect dam- ment” for Trump akin to Winston ships and planes. Trump has not takes time and work and effort, Episcopal Church, where he held age in the Square and at the Churchill inspecting damage commented publicly on those but it may be the most important up a Bible for photographers church and to mingle with Na- from German bombs in London moves, which do not require thing each and every one of us and then returned to the White tional Guard troops in the area. during World War II. White House or congressional does every single day.” House. Milley’s comments at the Na- The public uproar following approval. Milley also expressed his out- Esper had not said publicly that tional Defense University were Floyd’s death has created mul- Milley used his commencement rage at the Floyd killing and urged he erred by being with Trump at his first public statements about tiple layers of extraordinary ten- address, which was prerecorded military officers to recognize it as that moment. He told a news con- the Lafayette Square event on sion between Trump and senior and presented as a video message a reflection of centuries of injus- ference last week that when they June 1, which the White House Pentagon officials. When Esper in line with social distancing due tice toward African Americans. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Army Week events help lift spirits of soldiers in Japan

BY THERON GODBOLD troops took part in the new Army Stars and Stripes Combat Fitness Test, a series of events designed to simulate com- CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Sol- bat activity. /Stars and Stripes diers taking part in Army Week For example, hurling a 10- PHOTOS BY THERON GODBOLD competitions this week at the pound medicine ball simulates Soldiers catch their breath after completing a five-mile run with eight obstacle stations during an Army home of U.S. Army Japan were throwing equipment over an Week competition at Camp Zama, Japan, on Tuesday. doing more than demonstrating obstacle or helping a buddy to feats of strength. climb a wall. Other proxy work- Everyone maintained social dis- They were releasing pent-up outs include a three-repetition tancing during the events. energy, lifting their spirits and maximum deadlift, hand release Even with the stricter safety mixing with comrades — with push ups and a sprint-drag-carry guidelines, soldiers were happy to safeguards — after months abid- series. be out and doing something with ing by restrictions aimed at In the end, Capt. Patrick So- friends and coworkers. keeping them healthy during the rensen, of Grand Ronde, Ore., “Since this whole [coronavirus] global coronavirus pandemic. took first place in the combat fit- thing, it’s good to see different “If you look around, people ness competition. He works for units together,” said Pfc. Dwight were depressed, but now they’re U.S. Army Japan’s information Zuniga, of Brooklyn, N.Y. “It’s with their comrades getting in management directorate. good healthy competition.” a good workout,” said Sgt. Doug The Army will make the new Day 2 pitted 23 teams of five Pistner, a medic from Minne- combat fitness test its official against each other in the Func- apolis. “That not only helps their gauge of soldiers’ physical fit- tional Fitness Team Competition. physical well-being, but also their ness in October, according to the Events included a run of nearly mental health.” Army’s website. Lt. Col. Roberto five miles, interspersed with The three events began Monday Herrera, lead planner for Army eight activity stations includ- under hazy skies, with the aroma Week at Camp Zama, said that the ing an obstacle course and litter of bleach in the air. Equipment set fitness events were a good way for carry. Herrera called those two out for the Army Combat Fitness soldiers to familiarize themselves the hardest of the day’s events. Test portion was wiped clean in with the test. First Sgt. Christopher Lett, preparation for the competitors. Herrera said that safety and from Mobile, Ala., the captain of “We’re sanitizing everything sanitization were major factors in the winning team, said that his after we use it,” Pistner said. planning the event. During Army group relied on more than physi- Army Week, an annual series Week, troops were expected to cal fitness for the win. of events that marks the Army’s monitor their own health, Her- “We had to get the right people birthday, was trimmed from rera said. Participants’ tempera- with the right mental mindset,” the usual four days to three this tures were checked and they had he said. “It was the soldiers who year because of health protection to answer a series of health-relat- have exhibited the ability to per- safeguards in place to curb the ed questions. Finally, the equip- form under pressure and not coronavirus. This year marks the ment was sanitized frequently quit.” A soldier works through an obstacle course during a functional Army’s 245th year. and anyone other than the actual [email protected] On Monday, more than 100 participants wore face masks. Twitter @GodboldTheron fitness test competition at Camp Zama, Japan, on Tuesday. USAF tentatively plans to announce master sergeant promotions by end of July

BY JAMES BOLINGER wake of the coronavirus restric- AND MATTHEW KEELER tions, such as those that have de- Stars and Stripes layed airmen and their families moving to new duty stations. The Air Force tentatively plans “It’s going to be great for me to name its new master sergeants and my family because we have next month, announcements de- been waiting awhile,” Davis said. layed for months because of the The master sergeant promo- coronavirus pandemic. tion board began meeting June 1. New master sergeants may be It was unable to meet March 23 notified by the third week of July, as originally scheduled thanks to in time to sew on their rank by movement restrictions imposed Aug. 1, the date they traditionally by the Defense Department to do so, according to emails from curb the coronavirus’ spread. the Air Force Personnel Center The July time frame for an- in San Antonio shared with Stars nouncing the promotions is tenta- and Stripes. tive, according to an email from Tech. Sgt. Matt Davis, who Chief Master Sgt. Dan Hoglund at works in public affairs for 7th Air the personnel center. He said that Force at Osan Air Base, South he will announce when the dates Korea, is eligible for promotion are locked in or changed. and has a good shot of getting mas- Airmen anticipating a promo- ter sergeant, he said Tuesday. tion to technical sergeant or staff He said that moving ahead with sergeant may be notified by the promotions is one way to get the second week of September, ac- Air Force back on track in the cording to the personnel center. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Military eyes easing restrictions in Japan

BY SETH ROBSON clared by USFJ commander Lt. Bravo conditions. Kanagawa prefecture and part camping and surfing. Stars and Stripes Gen. Kevin Schneider on April New coronavirus cases in of Tokyo prefecture, U.S. Army They may also purchase take- 6, is currently set to expire after Japan dropped sharply from the Japan commander Maj. Gen. Viet out food from restaurants with YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan Sunday. start of the month and have re- Luong said in a Monday update to only one person per family al- — The U.S. military could soon Any decision on moving to mained low. coronavirus rules. lowed inside at a time, he said. begin easing its health safe- Bravo will be conditions based, Between June 1 and Wednes- Stallings said in his Wednesday The commander of Yokosuka guards in Japan as the number of and it will then be up to individual day, the country reported 367 new post he would bring back services Naval Base, Capt. Rich Jarrett, new coronavirus cases there con- commanders to decide whether to infections and a total of 17,251 and liberty opportunities in stag- said to expect long lines when the tinues to fall. follow USFJ’s lead, Marine Gun- cases since reporting started in es, slowly and methodically. installation’s barber shops open Sasebo Naval Base commander nery Sgt. Derek Carlson, a USFJ January, according to the World “I want to thank everyone Saturday for the first time in Capt. Brad Stallings, in a Face- spokesman, said in a telephone Health Organization. On Wednes- for their resiliency and support nearly three months. The Navy in book message Wednesday, said interview Thursday. day, there were 41 new cases and throughout this trying time,” he March relaxed its grooming stan- U.S. Forces Japan was expected “It’s not like even if it does hap- three deaths. In all, 919 people in said. “Although we will be able dards on hair length to promote to lower its health protection pen this week that everything is Japan have died of coronavirus- to do more things, a great deal of social distancing. condition from Charlie to Bravo going to take a hard slide back to- related causes. personal responsibility is still re- “There’s a lot more hair on peo- on Friday and extend the public wards normality,” he said. “Every Some commanders in Japan quired by each of us to keep this ples’ heads and it’s taking a little health emergency itself through commander … will take the time have already started loosening virus outside our fence lines.” bit longer,” Jarrett said. July 14. However, the post was to assess his mission and the safe- restrictions. The Army, for ex- Starting Friday, personnel at Also on Saturday, Yokosuka updated Thursday to say Bravo ty of his people, dependents and ample, has authorized soldiers Sasebo may indulge in a range of will reopen its gyms — but only was expected “sometime soon” service members to ensure their and others attached to its posts to activities within Nagasaki prefec- for active-duty Navy and Japan without mentioning an extension. measures are the right measures travel and patronize off-base res- ture, Stalling said, including driv- Maritime Self-Defense Force Charlie indicates sustained for their location.” taurants in a limited area. ing, sightseeing, shopping, shore sailors. transmission of a disease. Bravo The Department of Defense Service members stationed at and river fishing, hiking, golfing, means there is merely increased advises personnel to continue to Camp Zama, Sagami General biking, running, walking, kayak- Stars and Stripes reporter Caitlin Doornbos contributed to this report. community transmission. practice social distancing and Depot and Yokohama North Dock ing, canoeing, paddle boarding, [email protected] The health emergency, de- avoid unnecessary travel under may now travel within most of swimming, going to museums, Twitter: @SethRobson1 USS Kidd returns to sea after outbreak BY WYATT OLSON the roughly 330 crew members Stars and Stripes who contracted the coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 re- The USS Kidd got underway spiratory disease. Wednesday from San Diego after The Navy has not disclosed the being sidelined at port since late exact number of Kidd crew mem- April dealing with a coronavirus bers who tested positive. outbreak. A skeleton caretaker crew re- The guided-missile destroyer mained aboard the ship as its sail- is scheduled to return to its mis- ors went ashore for treatment and sion supporting counternarcotics quarantine. On May 19, 90 sailors operations in the Caribbean and confirmed to be free of the virus Eastern Pacific Ocean in the U.S. relieved the caretakers. Southern Command’s area of re- The ship’s crew had begun a sponsibility, the Navy said in a regimen of deep cleaning the statement Wednesday. ship even before docking in April, Kidd was one of the two Navy and it was thoroughly disinfected ships hit hardest by the corona- while in San Diego, the statement JOSEPH MILLAR/U.S. Navy virus. The aircraft carrier USS said. Theodore Roosevelt spent two In an open letter to the San A sailor returns to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd at Naval Base San Diego after completing a months in port on Guam contend- Diego region, Cmdr. Nathan coronavirus quarantine on June 5. ing with an outbreak that infected Wemett, the Kidd’s commanding more than 1,150 sailors, killing officer, thanked the local com- region helped us do that by ex- as support from military leader- port received from the US Makin one. The carrier returned to reg- munity for helping the crew with tending your collective arms and ship, shipmates along the water- Island, USS Shoup, USS Stock- ular operations last week. recovery and return to sea. helping us respond to and recover front, and area businesses, we dale, USNS Miguel Keith and Kidd arrived at Naval Base “Our priority was — and re- from this insidious virus. fought this invisible enemy and other Navy personnel. San Diego on April 28 to provide mains — to take care of our Sail- “With the care of military and cleaned our ship.” [email protected] medical care for those among ors,” he said. “The San Diego local health professionals, as well Wemett specifically cited sup- Twitter: @WyattWOlson 2 test positive for virus after arriving in South Korea from US

BY KIM GAMEL respiratory virus. ever, he tested positive on the sec- pendents, contractors and other cern that it is becoming more Stars and Stripes USFK has implemented a strict ond test and has been moved to an U.S. and South Korean civilian difficult to trace infections amid process aimed at preventing the isolation barracks outfitted with employees. a series of cluster outbreaks in SEOUL, South Korea — Two spread of the virus by troops trav- negative pressure rooms, USFK Most have recovered, but the Seoul and surrounding areas more U.S. troops tested positive eling to South Korea from abroad. said in a press release. military has seen a recent spike after the numbers had declined to for the coronavirus after arriving All troops must be tested upon The second service member in infections among troops ar- single digits last month. in South Korea from the United arrival, then placed in mandatory arrived on Osan Air Base on riving from the United States for “As the virus is spreading States on government-chartered two-week quarantine or isolation Monday, where he immediately new assignments on the divided quickly, there is a limit in con- flights, the military said Thurs- depending on the results. moved into a quarantine facility. peninsula. taining the spread just by track- day, raising to 34 the total num- A second negative test is re- He tested positive for the virus South Korea, meanwhile, re- ing people who have made ber of cases affiliated with U.S. quired before release from on Wednesday and remains in corded 45 new cases on Wednes- contact with COVID-19 patients,” Forces Korea. quarantine. the Camp Humphreys isolation day, including 40 local infections, senior health official Yoon Tae- The confirmation of the new One service member had nega- barracks, according to the press for a total of 11,947, according to ho said during a daily briefing. infections came as South Korea tive results in his first test after release. the Korean Centers for Disease “Therefore everybody must fol- struggles to contain a series of arriving on Osan Air Base aboard USFK has reported 34 coro- Control and Prevention. low sanitary guidelines to slow recent local outbreaks that have the Patriot Express on May 27, navirus cases since late Febru- That marked a slight decrease the expansion.” threatened to curtail its much- so he was transported to Camp ary, including 10 active-duty from the previous day, but health [email protected] lauded progress in containing the Humphreys for quarantine. How- service members, military de- authorities have expressed con- Twitter: @kimgamel Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK 1.5M more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits

Associated Press have seemed unthinkable.” ers that made them eligible for Last week’s jobs report showed aid for the first time. These fig- WASHINGTON — About 1.5 that employers added 2.5 million ures aren’t adjusted for seasonal million laid-off workers applied jobs in May, an unexpected in- variations, so the government for U.S. unemployment benefits crease that suggested that the job doesn’t include them in the offi- last week, evidence that many market has bottomed out. cial count. Americans are still losing their But the recovery has begun The weekly reports on applica- jobs even as the economy appears slowly. Though the unemploy- tions for unemployment benefits to be slowly recovering with more ment rate unexpectedly declined track layoffs. But they don’t di- ELAINE THOMPSON/AP businesses partially reopening. from 14.7%, it is still a high 13.3%. rectly account for hiring, which The latest figure from the And even with the May hiring can offset layoffs. The surprise A customer walks out of a U.S. Post Office branch and under a Labor Department marked the gain, just one in nine jobs that job gain in May suggests that banner advertising a job opening in Seattle earlier this month. 10th straight weekly decline in were lost in March and April some employers are recalling applications for jobless aid since have returned. Nearly 21 million laid-off workers. aid last week, up from just four records dating to World War II. they peaked in mid-March when people are officially classified as Private real-time data also the week before, though the state Even as restaurants, bars and the coronavirus hit hard. Still, the unemployed. points to steady, if modest, rehir- data isn’t adjusted for seasonal gyms reopen, they are doing so pace of layoffs remains histori- Even those figures don’t - ing. Data from Kronos, whose trends so it can be volatile. Cali- at lower capacity. And consumer cally high. ture the full scope of the dam- software tracks workers’ hours, fornia, New York and Massachu- spending on such services re- The total number of people who age to the job market. Including shows that the number of shifts setts reported sharp increases. mains far below what it was be- are receiving unemployment aid people the government said had worked has recovered steadily Florida, Georgia and Texas, some fore the viral outbreak. fell slightly, a sign that some peo- been erroneously categorized as since bottoming in mid-April. of the earliest states to reopen Unemployment benefits are ple who were laid off when res- employed in the May jobs report Shifts worked have risen 25% their economies, reported large providing significant support taurants, retail chains and small and those who lost jobs but didn’t since then, recovering nearly declines. for jobless Americans, with total businesses suddenly shut down look for new ones, 32.5 million half the work that was lost to In February, the economy fell payments having reached $94 bil- have been recalled to work. people are out of work, econo- the pandemic-induced business into a deep recession, according lion in May — six times the pre- The figures are “consistent with mists estimate. That would have shutdowns. to the National Bureau of Eco- vious record set in 2010 just after a labor market that has begun raised May’s unemployment rate “The growth in shifts worked … nomic Research, the association the previous recession. This time, what will be a slow and difficult to 19.7%. indicates that furloughed employ- of economists that is the official the benefits include an additional healing process,” said Nancy Thursday’s report also shows ees are being called back to work arbiter of recessions. The Federal $600 a week from the federal gov- Vanden Houten, an economist at that an additional 706,000 peo- as each state opens up,” said Dave Reserve estimated Wednesday ernment. But that extra benefit is Oxford Economics. “Still, initial ple applied for jobless benefits Gilbertson, a Kronos executive. that the economy will shrink 6.5% set to end July 31, and the Trump jobless claims remain at levels last week under a new program Twenty-four states reported this year. That would be, by far, administration opposes extend- that at the start of the year might for self-employed and gig work- a rise in applications for jobless the deepest annual contraction on ing it. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Many forces behind alarming rise in US cases

BY MIKE STOBBE numbers elsewhere. Associated Press Abbott, who has recently begun wearing a mask in public, has NEW YORK — States are roll- shown no intention of pumping ing back lockdowns, but the coro- the brake on reopening a state navirus isn’t done with the United where conservative protesters in States. May pressured him to speed up Cases are rising in nearly half the timeline on getting hair sa- the states, according to an Asso- lons back in business. ciated Press analysis, a worrying On Friday, Texas is set to lift trend that could worsen as people even more restrictions and let return to work and venture out restaurant dining rooms reopen during the summer. at nearly full capacity. In Arizona, hospitals have been • Alabama — In Alabama, told to prepare for the worst. Texas outbreaks in nursing homes and has more hospitalized COVID-19 poultry plants helped drive state patients than at any time before. numbers upward, though there And the governor of North Caro- was a drop more recently. But lina said that recent jumps caused that may change — there is evi- him to rethink plans to reopen dence of community transmis- schools or businesses. There is no single reason to sion in the capital, Montgomery, explain all the surges. In some which has become an emerging cases, more testing has revealed hot spot, said State Health Officer more cases. In others, local out- Scott Harris. breaks are big enough to push “I think reopening the economy statewide tallies higher. But ex- gave a lot of people the wrong im- perts think that at least some are pression … that, ‘Hey everything due to lifting stay-at-home orders, is fine. Let’s go back to normal,’” school and business closures, and Harris said. “Clearly, it is not other restrictions put in place that way. Really, now more than during the spring to stem the vi- ever, we need people to stay 6 feet rus’s spread. apart, wear face coverings and The virus is also gradually fan- wash their hands.” ning out. Montgomery hospital intensive “It is a disaster that spreads,” care units are as busy as during said Dr. Jay Butler, who oversees CHARLES KRUPA/AP flu season. coronavirus response work at the Rep. Steve Woodcock has his temperature taken as he arrives for a legislative session “I can assure you that Mont- U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Durham, N.H., on Thursday at the Whittemore Center at the University of New Hampshire. gomery’s cases are not going and Prevention. “It’s not like down, and if our community does there’s an entire continental seis- said Kimberly Powers, an associ- not take this seriously, the virus mic shift and everyone feels the ate professor of epidemiology at will continue to spread, and at shaking all at once.” the University of North Carolina. some point, our medical capac- The virus first landed on the Vaccine test set for July On Saturday, the state recorded ity will reach its limit,” Dr. David U.S. coasts, carried by interna- its highest single-day increase, Thrasher, director of respiratory tional travelers infected abroad. Associated Press injections begin are results with 1,370. While testing has therapy at Jackson Hospital, said For months, the epicenter was of how the shot has fared in grown in the last two weeks, so in a statement. The first experimental in northeastern states. More re- smaller, earlier-stage studies. has the rate of tests coming back • Arkansas — Arkansas has cently, the biggest increases have COVID-19 vaccine in the positive. also seen increases in cases, United States is on track to But Moderna’s announcement been in the South and the West. suggests that those studies are “These trends moving in the hospitalizations and the percent- The AP analyzed data compiled begin a huge study next month wrong direction is a signal we age of tests that come back posi- to prove if it can fend off the making enough progress for by The COVID Tracking Project, the company and the NIH to need to take very seriously,” said tive. But the state’s situation is a volunteer organization that col- coronavirus, its manufactur- North Carolina’s top health of- a complicated story of different er announced Thursday — a get ready to move ahead. lects coronavirus testing data in Moderna launched its vac- ficial, Mandy Cohen, who, along outbreaks at different times, said long-awaited step in the global with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, the U.S. The analysis found that cine test in mid-March with an Dr. Nate Smith, director of the in 21 states as of Monday, the vaccine race. has urged the public to take pre- initial 45 volunteers. The com- Arkansas Department of Health. rolling seven-day average of new The vaccine, developed by cautions to protect themselves. After a peak in April, levels the U.S. National Institutes of pany said that it has finished cases per capita was higher than But some state residents are were low until spikes began about Health and Moderna Inc., will enrolling 300 younger adults the average seven days earlier. not on board. three weeks ago — mainly in be tested in 30,000 volunteers in its second stage of testing, Here’s what’s driving increases “I think they should start open- the cities of Rogers and Spring- — some given the real shot and has begun studying how in some of the states with notable ing stuff a little bit more,” said dale in the northwest and in De and some a dummy shot. older adults react to the vac- upticks: Jason Denton, an electrician from Queen further south. The cases Moderna said that it has cine. These initial studies • Arizona — Republican Gov. Greenville who said that one of have been concentrated among already made enough doses check for side effects and how Doug Ducey ended Arizona’s his main concerns was getting to Hispanics and those who work in for the pivotal late-stage test- well people’s immune systems stay-at-home order May 15 and the gym. chicken production facilities. ing. Still needed before those respond to different doses. eased restrictions on business- “That’s like my therapy,“ he The chicken plants never were said. es. Arizona residents who were closed, Smith said. Republican • Texas — Few states are re- cooped up for six weeks flooded Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednes- Phoenix-area bar districts, ignor- ties that, if implemented today, week. booting faster than Texas, where day said that the state will move ing social distancing guidelines. could still make a big difference,” The state also passed another hospitalizations surged past 2,100 into a new phase of reopening, The state began seeing a surge said Humble, a former director of grim milestone last week, record- on Wednesday for the first time starting Monday. of new cases and hospitalizations the state Department of Health ing it s 1,000th death. during the pandemic. That’s a about 10 days later. Services. Meanwhile, Arizona hospitals 42% increase in patients since • Looking ahead — Experts “It seems pretty clear to me Testing has been increasing on Tuesday reported that they Memorial Day weekend, when are wondering what will happen that what we’re seeing is directly in Arizona, which increases the were at 83% of capacity, up from restless beachgoers swarmed in the next week or so in the wake related to the end of the stay-at- chance of finding new cases. But 78% the previous day. That could Texas’ coastline and a water of nationwide protests following home order,” said Will Humble, the proportion of tests that come force affected hospitals to cancel park near Houston opened to big the death of George Floyd at the executive director of the Arizona back positive has also been on the elective surgeries. Rules estab- crowds in defiance of Republican hands of police. Public Health Association. rise. lished under an executive order Gov. ’s orders. The protests were outdoors, It wasn’t just that the order The AP analysis found that Ducey issued in April said that Texas’ percentage of tests com- which reduces the likelihood of ended: There were no require- Arizona had a rolling average of hospitals wanting to resume elec- ing back positive has also jumped virus spread, and many partici- ments to wear face masks, no fewer than 400 new cases a day at tive surgeries had to have at least to levels that are among the na- pants have worn masks and taken major increases in contact trac- the time the shutdown was lifted, 20% of their beds available. tion’s highest. State officials point other precautions. But it’s still a ing to spot and stop evolving but it shot up two weeks later and • North Carolina — In North to hot spots at meatpacking plants lot of people close together, chant- outbreaks and no scale-up of in- surpassed 1,000 new cases a day Carolina, more testing plus more and prisons in rural counties, ing, singing and yelling. fection control at nursing homes, by early this week. Hospitaliza- people out and about during re- where thousands of new cases “Hopefully we won’t see a big he said. tions have also risen dramati- opening seem to be the main have cropped up, but have not of- spike. But those data aren’t in “Those are missed opportuni- cally, hitting the 1,200 mark last drivers of recent case upticks, fered explanations for a rise in yet,” Humble said. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 NATION Trump OKs embargo on tribunal workers probing US military

BY DEB RIECHMANN Kayleigh McEnany said in a AND MATTHEW LEE statement. “The ICC was estab- Associated Press lished to provide accountability for war crimes, but in practice it WASHINGTON — President has been an unaccountable and Donald Trump lobbed a broad- /AP ineffective international bureau- JOHN ROARK, THE IDAHO POST-REGISTER side attack Thursday against the cracy that targets and threatens International Criminal Court by Investigators search for human remains Tuesday at Chad Daybell’s residence in the 200 block of authorizing economic sanctions United States personnel as well 1900 East, in Salem, Idaho. and travel restrictions against as personnel of our allies and court workers directly involved partners.” in investigating American troops The executive order authorized and intelligence officials for pos- the secretary of state, in consulta- Relatives: Bodies found are 2 kids sible war crimes in Afghanistan tion with the treasury secretary, without U.S. consent. to block financial assets within The executive order signed by U.S. jurisdiction of court person- missing in Idaho since September the president marks his adminis- nel who directly engage in inves- tration’s latest attack against in- tigating, harassing or detaining BY REBECCA BOONE the Post Register in Idaho Falls two sets of human remains. Then ternational organizations, treaties U.S. personnel. The order also Associated Press that “both children are no longer finally, relatives reported that the and agreements that do not hew authorizes the secretary of state with us.” children they have been fighting to its policies. Since taking office, to block court officials and their BOISE, Idaho — The bodies of Relatives of JJ, who was 7 to find for months were dead. Trump has withdrawn from the family members involved in the two children uncovered in rural when he vanished, and 17-year- Daybell’s attorney, John Prior, Idaho are a boy and his big sister Paris climate accord, the Iran investigations from entering the old Tylee Ryan sent a joint state- didn’t immediately respond to a who have been missing since Sep- nuclear deal and two arms con- United States. ment to Phoenix television station request for comment. A judge set tember, relatives said Wednesday, trol treaties with Russia. He has McEnany said that, despite re- KSAZ-TV confirming the deaths bail at $1 million during a short bringing a grim end to a search pulled the U.S. out of the U.N. peated calls by the United States and asking for privacy. court hearing Wednesday. Human Rights Council and the that captivated people worldwide It’s another gruesome turn in In court documents, Madison and its allies, the ICC has not em- U.N. Educational, Scientific and but no fewer questions about a a case that had dragged on for County Prosecutor Rob Wood braced reform. She alleged that Cultural Organization, threat- case that has put their mother months without answers and said he believes Chad Daybell ei- ened to leave the International the court continues to pursue po- and her husband behind bars. grew ever stranger with its ties to ther concealed or helped hide the Postal Union and announced an litically motivated investigations Authorities have not released the couple’s doomsday beliefs and remains knowing that they were end to cooperation with the World against the U.S. and its partners, the identities of the bodies dis- the mysterious deaths of their for- about to be used as evidence in Health Organization. including Israel. covered on the property of Chad mer spouses. court. Wood said the first body “The International Criminal “We are concerned that adver- Daybell, who married the chil- But developments were rapid was hidden or destroyed some- Court’s actions are an attack sary nations are manipulating dren’s mother, Lori Vallow Day- this week: Investigators searched time on or after Sept. 8 — the last on the rights of the American the International Criminal Court bell, a few weeks after the kids Chad Daybell’s property for evi- known day that Tylee was seen people and threaten to infringe by encouraging these allegations were last seen. dence, they found children’s bod- — and the second on or after Sept. upon our national sovereignty,” against United States personnel,” But Joshua “JJ” Vallow’s ies, and prosecutors charged him 22, the last known day that JJ was White House press secretary McEnany said. grandfather Larry Woodcock told with destroying or concealing seen. Cristobal remnants head toward Canada after battering Midwest

Associated Press Midland, Mich., where the threat morning. The city of Holland cording to the county’s emergen- evening on Lake Michigan be- of flooding was enhanced by the along Lake Michigan activated cy management office. cause of the possibility of strong HOLLAND, Mich. — Severe failure last month of two dams thunderstorms accompanied storm warning sirens as winds The weather service issued a winds creating waves of 6 to 10 along the Tittabawassee River reached speeds of 70 mph, ac- gale warning through Wednesday feet . by winds approaching 70 mph following days of heavy rains. battered lower Michigan late In Detroit, dark un- Wednesday as the remnants of leashed a downpour before brief- Tropical Storm Cristobal moved ly yielding to the sun in the early out of the Midwest and into evening, which was followed by Canada. another round of rain accompa- Cristobal ended a trek from nied by strong winds and hail. the Gulf of Mexico up through About 430,000 customers of the the midsection of the U.S. that state’s electric utilities, Jackson, caused flooding across the region, Mich.-based Consumers Energy downed trees and power lines and and Detroit-based DTE Ener- damaged homes and businesses gy, were reported to be without in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri power late Wednesday. and Iowa. A line of thunderstorms pushed By Wednesday evening, about through Ottawa County in west- 2 inches of rain had fallen on ern Michigan on Wednesday Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 NATION Trump is resuming With tables turned, Ocasio-Cortez plays defense in her primary fight

Associated Press Reed, the chamber’s senior politi- age, the other her opposition to fundraising events cal strategist. Amazon’s plan to build a jobs-rich WASHINGTON — It’s Rep. The congresswoman’s cam- headquarters in a Queens neigh- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s turn Associated Press paign declined to make her avail- borhood in the district, which the Ahrens. “Donors are eager to to defend her record and battle support the campaign and our able for an interview. Her pollster, company abandoned in 2019. WASHINGTON — President accusations that she’s lost touch party.” Celinda Lake, said Ocasio-Cortez “She voted against the interests Donald Trump is resuming in- with her district. Republican Party and Trump stands little of my neighbors,” Caruso-Cabre- person fundraising events after The out-of-nowhere winner of campaign officials held virtual chance of ra said in an interview, citing the a three-month hiatus as his cam- 2018’s most spectacular election fundraising events during the losing. bill’s money for the unemployed paign works to maintain a cash upset, the New York Democrat “They’re and small businesses. Congress advantage over Democrat Joe pandemic, but in-person events faces a June 23 primary in which out of touch approved the legislation. Biden that it believes is vital to featuring the president are far her chief rival, a former Re- with the dis- Caruso-Cabrera has cast Oca- victory in November. more lucrative. Trump is plan- publican, has adopted the man- trict,“ Lake sio-Cortez as a divisive elitist Trump is traveling to Dallas on ning a steady stream of fundrais- tra “AOC is MIA.” The mighty said of the Thursday to raise more than $10 ers to keep his campaign flush who ignores the district, which with cash through Election Day. U.S. Chamber of Commerce has chamber, the also covers parts of the Bronx. million for his campaign and the launched a digital ad, with Eng- Republican Party, according to a The fundraising trip also nation’s larg- Caruso-Cabrera said that after marks the president’s first formal lish and Spanish versions, asking est business Congress approved the corona- GOP official who spoke on condi- why Ocasio-Cortez isn’t support- tion of anonymity to discuss the return to political activities since Ocasio-Cortez organization. virus bill and the pandemic was the pandemic and comes ahead of ing “good-paying jobs in the tech Ocasio- ravaging New York, Ocasio-Cor- plan. He’ll hold another event Sat- industry.” urday at his private golf course in Trump’s planned resumption of Cortez began airing a TV spot this tez “stayed in a luxury apartment As Congress’ youngest woman New Jersey. political rallies later this month. week that underlines the impor- in D.C. with a Whole Foods in the and one of its most recognizable The moves come at a critical Trump said the first event would tance of turnout in what’s likely lobby.” faces, the 30-year-old former ac- moment in the campaign. Trump’s be next week in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be a low-turnout primary. “Lis- Ocasio-Cortez, the only Dem- reelection plans have been rocked followed by rallies in Florida, tivist and bartender remains a ten, if we want change, we’ve also ocratic vote against the relief by the coronavirus pandemic, a Texas and Arizona — all states heavy favorite to win. Yet with got to vote for it,” she said. legislation, said in a debate last severe economic recession and led by Republicans who have ag- her hard-left views, her celebrity “She knows how dangerous pri- week that she opposed it because weeks of nationwide protests over gressively relaxed social distanc- status and job losses that have maries can be and she’s taking it its help for large corporations racial injustice. That’s added to a ing restrictions. staggered her New York City dis- seriously,” said Sean McElwee, was a gift “for Donald Trump sense of urgency to build on the Trump’s return to the fund- trict during the coronavirus pan- who conducts research for pro- and his friends.“ She also said more than $250 million Trump raising circuit comes after his demic, her opponents say they gressive candidates. the bill denied benefits to many already has in the bank to over- cash intake slowed during the sense weak spots. The chamber and Michelle immigrants. come stiff headwinds. pandemic. He barely eked out a “There’s a real contrast here Caruso-Cabrera, Ocasio-Cor- She said the Amazon head- “There is definitely pent-up ex- lead over Biden in April, taking between AOC’s record, what tez’s top challenger, are focusing quarters plan guaranteed no jobs citement for in-person fundrais- in $61.7 million, compared to the she’s done for the district, and chiefly on two things. One is Oca- for district residents and would ers,” said Republican National $60 million Biden raised with the this perception of her being this sio-Cortez’s March vote against a have cost taxpayers money and Committee spokesman Michael Democratic National Committee. Hollywood glam girl,” said Scott $2 trillion economic relief pack- boosted rents. PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 MILITARY A look at some of the military’s best photos of 2019

Stars and Stripes cently named winners of the annual Defense Media Guard District 8 in New Orleans, La. Awards. Others included Samuel King of the 96th Test The awards program is open to military personnel A lightning bolt rips through a purple sky above the Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., who was named and civilian employees of the DOD and military ser- amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha DOD’s top civilian photographer for his work, includ- in a photo that helped earn Petty Officer 2nd Class vices, who work as graphic artists, photographers, vid- ing an image of an Air Force bugler framed by the eographers, communicators and writers. Kyle Carlstrom the 2019 military photographer of the gold fringe of a U.S. flag. All of the 2019 winners and their portfolios can be year award. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Magee Carlstrom, of Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., won the defense communicator of the year award for seen at https://www.dvidshub.net/awards/dma/2019. was one of nine Defense Department personnel re- his video, photography and writing work with Coast [email protected]

SAMUEL KING JR./U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Giovanni Wilson, an honor guard at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., plays taps during the 50th annual explosive ordnance disposal memorial service in May 2019. This photo and others earned Air Force civilian photographer Samuel King Jr. the Defense Media Activity’s civilian photographer of the year award.

KYLE CARLSTROM/U.S. Navy Seaman Rakeem Williams stands watch during a lightning storm aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha on Nov. 18. The photo was part of a portfolio that earned Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom honors as the Defense Media Activity’s military photographer of the year for 2019.

EUGENE OLIVER/U.S. Air Force Moody Mud Run participants swim under a barbed wire obstacle in Ray City, Ga. , in one of the photos that earned Airman 1st Class Eugene Oliver the Air Force’s military photographer of the year.

JENNESSA DAVEY/U.S. Marine Corps ALEX MANNE/U.S. Army Gunnery Sgt. Saul Moreno monitors in-flight operations in Wellton, Ariz.,in April 2019 . The photo helped earn Cpl. Jennessa Davey the A U.S. Army soldier patrols through a village in Afghanistan on Nov. 4 in a photo from the portfolio that Marine Corps’ military photographer of the year award . earned Staff Sgt. Alex Manne recognition as the Army’s military photographer of the year. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 The 1975’s Matty Healy Music, Page 32

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Travel — 22-29 Health — 30 Video games — 31 Books — 34-35 Crossword — 38 PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: GADGETS & CHARTS GADGET WATCH Waterproof phone case passes the pool drop test

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Instead of a list, your tasks appear as circles with all the content guilt-free. for perfect sound to get out and Online: satechi.net; $79.99 cute, matching graphics in each. The idea is to Rather than directing you back to the website, the phone’s microphones to hear keep your streak of tasks going for as long as pos- Pocket saves the text of each article so you can you for perfect calls. Essentially, The Kangaroo Water + sible. read without internet connectivity. And when I all the phone’s functionality Climate Sensor is a great device The way it works is you pick a variety of things don’t want to stare at the screen after a long day worked as expected. to send you alerts, which could you want to do (or don’t want to do) and once you at the computer, I opt to have the article read out The back has a clear, hard- potentially save you a small complete each one, you press the circle. You can loud to me. coated covering over the phone’s fortune. pick something generic, like reading, or you can If you want different fonts, a permanent saved optical lenses, and one of the When it comes to smart home assign a length of time to your reading and how library or no advertisements, premium costs $5 a most critical features to make devices, easy setup is the key, many days per week you’d like to do it. month. (Butler) the phone work perfectly is the along with working well and the If you do your task every day, yes, you create integrated touchscreen fi lm. new habits, but you also build streaks. Like, I’ve Increase productivity: BlockSite price. The sensor works with the You have to have a lot of trust Kangaroo Security companion had vegetables every day for 16 days! The thought While Pocket is great for bookmarking articles to take your pricey device in of losing my streak often forces me out of bed to app to detect problems and send I come across during my workday, there are some water; the Catalyst waterproof instant alerts if water is detected fl oss just to keep it going. specifi c websites I fi nd myself returning to during cases earn that trust for iPhones Streaks is only available for iOS and it costs in areas it shouldn’t be along offi ce hours. The biggest culprit? Social media. as well as simi- with changing temperature and $4.99. (Garin) Enter BlockSite, a Chrome extension that re- lar products for humidity. stricts access to certain websites. I gave Block- AirPods and Temperature and humidity Manage tasks: Todoist Site the URLs that tend to distract me the most iPads. readings show you a lot, assum- Todoist is exactly what it sounds like: a to-do — Facebook, Instagram and Twitter — and bam! Online: ing that your thermostat’s set- list. Simply write in tasks you want to complete, The websites are gone. When I try to visit them, catalyst- tings are consistent. If the sensor add due dates and check them off as you go. I receive a web page with a cheeky message like case.com; detects a big change, something I admit I’m a physical planner person; I prefer “No way, Jose,” or “What do you think you’re prices is wrong. A push notifi cation to writing to typing and had trouble transitioning to doing?” vary by your smartphone will alert you digital calendars. Surprisingly, I found that To- BlockSite is completely free, but to be hon- device of the temperature change or if doist actually complements my analog calendar. est, I’d probably pay for it. It’s like having your water as little as 1 millimeter is Every morning, I jot down any assignments, boss over your shoulder, reminding you that detected. meetings or chores into my planner. Then I take even though you’re at home, you’re still working. The sensor works on its own my notes and input them into the app, which lets (Butler) KANGAROO/TNS and does not require a hub, con- The Kangaroo Water + Climate necting directly to your existing Sensor detects possible water Wi-Fi. ON THE COVER: “Da Five Bloods,” directed by Spike Lee, is a new fi lm on Netfl ix. leaks and sends an alert directly Online: heykangaroo.com; Netflix to your phone. $29.99 Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 WEEKEND: TELEVISION

in alignment with who I am than some of the more dramatic work, believe it or not. Ramy, you’ve said you never set out to make a show about Muslim representation. It’s “Ramy’s” weird little world. But the show hits all these universal chords about self- Stars of TV’s 1st Muslim American sitcom worth, family and just the daily struggles of being a less-than-fabu- lous human. weigh in on Hollywood’s longtime neglect trying to strike this balance: How do you Youssef: There’s such little content keep what worked and how do you innovate (by Muslims) for Muslim audiences, BY LORRAINE ALI at the same time? I really cannot think of so a show like ours is almost in this Times any other way we could have done it, at slot to represent and cover things in the level that I feel we did, without Maher- a certain way. But we don’t. We con- o one looked more surprised than “Ramy’s” Ramy Youssef when he shala. He was always so much part of the sistently (tackle) things that can’t be won a Golden Globe — over Michael Douglas, no less — for his perfor- “Ramy” world. explained adequately in one conver- mance in Hulu’s comedy about an aimless, Muslim American millen- Ali: I was nervous every day because I sation or one news headline. When Nnial in suburban New Jersey. just wanted to make sure I was doing right you say it really shouldn’t work but it And no one was more shocked than Youssef when Mahershala Ali signed on by the show. You want to make sure you’re does, that’s exactly the point. That’s for season two of the half-hour series, in a central role, playing a Sufi sheikh. not throwing things off. That would be hor- the balancing act that’s always really “I thought maybe someone made a mistake,” joked Youssef, “Ramy” co-cre- rible, if you watch the show and you’re not exciting for me. ator, writer, director and star. “I mean, ‘Moonlight’ and then my show?” even Sheikh Ali. You’re Mahershala. Like, Part of that duality means view- “It was no mistake,” replied Ali. terrifying. I wanted it to feel real and for ers who’ve never been in an Islamic The performers, who spoke over the phone on the eve of the new season’s May people to walk away thinking, “That made center or been involved in con- 29 release, may come from different ends of the entertainment spectrum, but sense. I’m glad they came together to do it.” versations between friends about both have broken barriers in TV and fi lm. Because so often you get combinations what is and isn’t haram are all of a Ali became the fi rst Muslim actor to win an Oscar when he was honored where the people guest star on television sudden part of this new world. It’s for his supporting role in 2016’s “Moonlight.” Youssef is behind the fi rst Arab shows or do fi lms together — names, big simple but groundbreaking. and Muslim American sitcom. But the true miracle, at least for those stuck in entities or whatnot — and it just doesn’t Ali: It was sort of a shock to me Hollywood’s conventional thinking, is that “Ramy” is funny and irreverent. work. I wanted “Ramy” to work. that I’ve been Muslim for 20 years, The comedy follows the rumpled, 20-something Ramy Hassan (Youssef) as he It does. In fact, I think it’s even better and it’s taken 20 years to have the seeks meaning and purpose in everything from porn to Friday prayer. Ali stars than season one. Were you a fan? experience that I did with “Ramy.” as Sheikh Ali, who serves as a spiritual guide for the meandering, aimless soul . Ali: Yes. I loved that it felt like it was I converted like a year before speaking to me specifi cally as a Muslim. 9/11, and I had just started work- “Ramy” is a clever and fresh explo- some editing, because Mahershala I was seeing an experience up there that ing professionally. My fi rst name is ration of race, xenophobia and fi nding insists on talking all the time. The guy didn’t feel too far removed from my own Mahershala. I was born with that, one’s identity in a country that’s is wiling out. ... of a young Muslim man, searching. Also so I changed my last name to Ali. So continually grappling with its own cul- Mahershala Ali: (laughs) As long as you could fall in love with the character, I’m working on the television series tural DNA, with complex issues and you make this all about me. And we’re really root for him, even though he was “Crossing Jordan.” I remember shifting paradigms at its core. just going to call next season “Ali.” probably going to make the wrong choice. when those planes hit those towers, I Sheik Ali and Ramy are an odd Youssef: “Ali!” Oh, my God, dude. Youssef: He tends to lack direction at had only two lines over the next two pair. The imam is thoughtful and I’m so down. Kill “Ramy.” Season 3 times. Yes. episodes. disciplined. Ramy is self-centered and is “Ali,” without hesitation. But really, Mahershala, we associate you with Going from, “Do not tell anybody impulsive. Together they show what you don’t see many practicing Mus- serious Hollywood dramas and prestige you’re Muslim” in 2001 to 2020, it takes to survive and thrive as an lims in Hollywood. When we ran into TV like “True Detective” and “House of when you’re playing an imam on African American father, a modern each other, he said, “Tell me if you Cards.” A comedy is probably the last television, doing your prayers in Ara- Muslim and a brown kid with con- ever need anything.” And, “We should place folks expect to see you. bic and then praying between setups, siderably lower career drive than his get some food together sometime.” Ali: Well “Green Book” is like a comedy. on set, it’s just mind-blowing. immigrant parents. And I was like, really? So we did get In its heart, that whole fi lm is chemistry The leap and the change ... I never Here, Youssef and Ali discuss their some food, and that’s when I said: “Re- and timing. I also did “Room 104.” But I imagined being on a set, and then unexpected partnership . member when you asked me to let you can see why people are surprised because at a given time of the day, look to Los Angeles Times: One of the know if I needed anything? Well ...” for the most part, the work they’re familiar your left, the right and there’s like a most respected and sought-after tal- Was there a concern that Maher- with is heavy drama. But if you know me, couple of dudes over there making ents in Hollywood joined your little shala’s presence might overshadow I’m an absolute idiot. I’m super silly, goofy, prayer together after they just left show for season two, Ramy. How in the show? cracking jokes all the time. I like to laugh craft services. the name of Allah did you pull that Youssef: We had a really special and make light of things. I’m sure I’m off? fi rst season, and second seasons, funny, I think, at times. Ramy? Ramy Youssef, left, and Mahershala Ramy Youssef: I’ll explain if you everyone knows they are some of Youssef: Um ... Ali star in the Hulu series “Ramy.” could just help us out a little and do the hardest things to pull off. You’re Ali: OK, but (“Ramy”) is actually more HULU/TNS PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: MOVIES

BY ANN HORNADAY  The Washington Post

hen Spike Lee phoned in for an (those rack-focus dolly shots, those double- communities with corona. You can tie that interview last week, New York edit hugs). together without having to work.” was still in the throes of dem- Lee has also been fearless about mak- Inimitable Spike Lee touches abound Wonstrations against police bru- ing polemical work, and speaking out throughout “,” which features tality, a lockdown brought on by COVID-19 about politics off-screen, regardless of the one of his most familiar stylistic fl ourishes: and the civic unrest and economic crisis blowback he might receive in Hollywood a stirring prologue and epilogue, in this that have ensued. or from his audience. Given the huge and case featuring Muhammad Ali and Martin But Lee, who was calling from his home diverse turnouts at the nationwide dem- Luther King Jr. — both of whom criticized on the Upper East Side, was in a surpris- onstrations over the past two weeks, is he the Vietnam War, both of whom were ingly exuberant mood. “Wednesday [June optimistic that systemic change is at hand? reviled for doing so at the time, and both of 3] was the fi rst day nobody died from co- The answer, he says, is all about fol- whom have been sanitized into sentimental rona,” he said, citing data regarding con- low-through. “Let’s not get (ahead of) heroes over the ensuing decades. fi rmed deaths published by the New York ourselves,” he warns. “Let’s see what’s The decision to include King in “Da City Department of Health and Mental happened when we wake up on Nov. 4. 5 Bloods” was particularly personal for Hygiene. What’s more, he had taken a bike Because regardless of what’s happening Lee. The civil rights leader was a senior at ride to mayoral residence Gracie Mansion now, if Agent Orange gets reelected, then Atlanta’s Morehouse College when Lee’s a few days earlier that considerably raised it’s been in vain.” father was a freshman; Lee graduated his spirits. “Agent Orange,” as Lee’s fans know, from Morehouse in 1979 with Martin Lu- “I had a mask on, trying to be in-cog- is the fi lmmaker’s preferred name for ther King III. “Dr. King wasn’t just talking negro,” he recalls with a wry laugh. “And President Donald Trump. It’s also a deadly about how immoral the Vietnam War was,” it was a great sight for my sore eyes to see chemical that was used as an herbicide and Lee insists. “He was talking about Dow my fellow New Yorkers — white, brown, defoliant in Vietnam, where “Da 5 Bloods” Chemical and all the other people who red and black — unifi ed and speaking up takes place. The movie stars Delroy Lindo, were profi ting off the war, who were mak- against the powers that be.” Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters and ing napalm and Agent Orange. And I think He was even more heartened by what Norm Lewis as veterans who return to the that’s why he got assassinated. Not because he saw on CNN all week. “It happened all country to recover the remains of their he was trying to desegregate counters or across the United States of America, not fallen squad leader (played in fl ashbacks all that other stuff. When he started speak- just New York,” he says excitedly. “It’s all by ). Along the way, ing against the war, they were like, ‘This over ... Baltimore, D.C. — I mean, even they embark on a scheme reminiscent of guy gotta go.’ ” places where there are no black people! John Huston’s “The Treasure of the Sierra Film fans will recognize more than a Salt Lake City, Utah. Des Moines, Iowa. ... Madre,” one of Lee’s all-time favorites. few shoutouts to “Apocalypse Now” in Many more places that don’t have a large Although it obeys the conventions of war “Da 5 Bloods,” which features at least minority population. But they’re out there, fi lms and caper fl icks, “Da 5 Bloods” also two straight-up homages to Francis Ford too. I haven’t seen this since I was a kid recognizes the disproportionate sacrifi ce growing up in the ’60s.” of black soldiers in Vietnam, who were Coppola’s 1979 fi lm. Lee had just graduat- Having a conversation with Lee is akin drafted, sent to the front lines, killed ed from Morehouse and was preparing to to a dance: He is as sharply observant and and court-martialed far more often than attend fi lm school at New York University coruscatingly critical as the fi lms he’s their white peers. Lee, who with Kevin when that fi lm came out. He was working Spike Lee talks been making since his groundbreaking Willmott retooled Danny Bilson and Paul as an intern at Columbia Pictures in Los debut in 1986 with “She’s Gotta Have It.” De Meo’s script that had originally been Angeles. But, like most of his movies, he possesses about white characters, fi rst heard about “I was at the fi rst screening,” he recalls ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ his an underlying current of humor that can the project as he was preparing to direct fondly, trying to fi nd the ticket stub while instantly disarm even his harshest detrac- “BlacKkKlansman” in 2017. Although he he talks. “Twelve noon, the Cinerama role as an artist in tors. His new movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” which couldn’t have known then that the themes Dome, Sunset Boulevard. Every time I see begins streaming on Netfl ix on Friday, of “Da 5 Bloods” would be so germane in Francis he says, ‘Spike, you’ve told me this tumultuous times exemplifi es what makes him so distinc- 2020, he says, “It doesn’t take a great leap story a million times already!’ But it’s true! tive as a director: He’s one of a handful of to make a correlation between what hap- That was one of the most exhilarating fi lmmakers who have refi ned their own, pened to black and brown boys in Vietnam experiences I’ve ever seen in fi lm.” instantly recognizable cinematic language and what’s happened to black and brown CONTINUED ON PAGE 21

Director Spike Lee, from left, on the set of “Da 5 Bloods,” with Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Norm Lewis. Netflix Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 WEEKEND: MOVIE REVIEWS Black vets return to Vietnam in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Spike Lee’s war drama may be fl awed, but it arrives at a time when it feels urgent

BY ANN HORNADAY The Washington Post pike Lee’s new movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” arrives at a time when the director’s singular voice couldn’t Sbe more needed. In a rousing, gorgeously modulated prologue that we’ve come to expect from a Spike Lee Joint — this one offering a whirlwind tour of the protest movements of the 1960s and the violent pushback they received from government and law enforcement — it looks as if the 63-year- old director has made another fi lm that uncannily meets its moment. If the ensu- ing, relatively conventional drama doesn’t always live up to that early promise, its moments of stinging insight and soaring cinematic rhetoric once again prove why Lee might be America’s most indispens- able fi lmmaker. Case in point: The seamlessly graceful transition from that electrifying opening montage to the present day, when four Vietnam veterans gather in a fancy Ho Chi Minh City hotel for a reunion and a mission. Eddie — a wealthy car dealer played by Norm Lewis — is treating his buddies to the trip, on which they intend to recover the remains of their squad leader. As they embrace and give each other the business, snippets of their characters emerge: Otis (Clarke Peters) is watchful and reserved; laid-back Melvin (Isiah Netflix Whitlock Jr.) works on keeping it mel- From left, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors star in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.” low; and Paul (Delroy Lindo) possesses the kind of taut, tightly coiled energy that could go off at any minute. graphs to illustrate tutorials on everything the screen with a scenery-chewing per- That 1971 album, of course, was a mas- The group obeys all of the conventions from the brutality of the My Lai Massacre formance that has madness and music at terpiece, both within the context of pop of war pictures of yore — the strategizer, to the glory of 400-meter hurdles champ its core. (The rest of the Bloods remain music and the political upheavals of that era. “Da 5 Bloods” may go over the top the quiet one, the clown, the hothead Edwin Moses. frustratingly under-drawn.) But he re- in its messianic depiction of Boseman’s — and that includes the man they are try- In the hands of any other fi lmmaker, verts to male-gaze cliche when he enlists character, who becomes increasingly ing to fi nd: “Stormin’ Norman,” played in such didactic digressions might drag down stunningly beautiful actresses — Melanie — and improbably — more Christ-like as fl ashbacks by Chadwick Boseman, didn’t the narrative. But Lee’s passion and fl uen- Thierry and Le Y Lan — to play the only the mysterious circumstances of his death just lead them in battle but elevated their cy make them far more engaging than the two women in a movie that interrogates are (unsurprisingly) revealed. But he collective consciousness about serving putative drama of “Da 5 Bloods,” which is themes of greed, loyalty, self-sacrifi ce delivers one of the fi lm’s most memorable their country, while also disproportion- at its least involving when it’s at its most and the racism that led to so many black and powerful moments in a fl ashback, ately dying in a war that wasn’t their fi ght. generically formulaic. Although he has soldiers serving and dying in Vietnam, as when he describes living in a police state In addition to fi nding Norman’s impro- clearly learned from the mistakes made in well as masculinity itself. his starchy, unfocused World War II fi lm “Da 5 Bloods” is most invigorating when back home. “Every time I walk out that vised grave, the friends have a hidden door,” he says, “I can feel how much I agenda, involving a cache of gold once in- “Miracle at St. Anna,” Lee still stumbles Lee is most sharply polemical, whether here and there when choreographing the it’s during that vibrant prologue, or when ain’t worth.” Today, that line lands with a tended for the U.S. forces’ South Vietnam- potent, dispiritingly prescient thud. ese allies. “Da 5 Bloods” owes as much to action sequences and multiple fi refi ghts. he stops to drop some knowledge in Danny Bilson and ’s script, interstitial fl ashes of history, wisdom and “The American War is over,” a char- “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” and acter announces early in “Da 5 Bloods,” which Lee rewrote with Kevin Wilmott, is exuberant wit. Although Lee’s frequent “Three Kings” as it does to “Apocalypse referring to the Vietnamese people’s often stilted and overstuffed. One second- collaborator Terence Blanchard has writ- Now,” which Lee exuberantly invokes in name for the confl ict. Spike Lee is here ary cast of characters in particular has ten an orchestral score that swells with a movie that wears its infl uences proudly, to remind us that the war for America if not always subtly. Changing up aspect a tendency to pop up with perfunctory, old-school triumphalism during the fi lm’s rages on. ratios and mixing in 16mm fi lm stock and unconvincing convenience. most melodramatic moments, it’s the Mar- iPhone footage to delineate time periods, Lee has cast some of the best charac- vin Gaye songs — all of them culled from “Da 5 Bloods” is now streaming on Netflix. The film is rated R for strong violence, grisly images Lee gives “Da 5 Bloods” his usual jolts ter actors in Hollywood to play his title “What’s Going On” — that serve as “Da 5 and pervasive coarse language. Running time: 154 of visual energy, interjecting still photo- characters; Lindo especially commands Bloods’ ” most powerful musical motif. minutes.

FROM PAGE 20 the project. knee of a white police offi cer in “There were some people who position of individual artists and Lee says that he cast Laurence “ ‘Malcolm X’ was Norman Minneapolis, he responded al- were saying that Spike put these their proper creative response, Fishburne and Albert Hall in Jewison’s fi lm. And he grace- most days later with a breathtak- quotes in the movie for the audi- he says, is a private decision. “School Daze” and “Malcolm X” fully bowed out. He didn’t have ing 94-second short fi lm called ence member to make a choice,” “As I’ve gotten older and more on the strength of their support- to do that,” Lee says, adding that, “3 Brothers — Radio Raheem, Lee says. “That was not the in- mature, I can understand that ing performances in “Apoca- to this day, their conversation Eric Garner and George Floyd,” tent at all. Before Malcolm X got every artist has their own path,” lypse Now.” He gives credit to has remained private. “Without in which he intercut the deaths assassinated, (he and) Dr. King he says. “And there are some Coppola and Oliver Stone for saying exactly what he said, you of Garner and Floyd with footage were trying to fi nd a common artists — and I’m not making casting actors of color in their know, he kind of acknowledged from the 1989 fi lm “Do the Right ground, where they could unite any judgments — they think that Vietnam movies, which were that maybe he was not the person Thing,” in which Radio Raheem, their different points of view. But their gift to God is their talent breakthroughs compared with to direct that fi lm.” played by Bill Nunn, dies while they were united in the freedom and to entertain people, and they John Wayne’s “Green Berets” Far from being despondent in a police chokehold. of black folks. So the end of ‘Do make a conscious decision to and other whitewashed histories about coronavirus and political Refl ecting on the devastating the Right Thing’ was not saying leave politics out of it. And that’s of the war. He says he has “noth- unrest, Lee says, he feels he was parallels of fact and fi ction in “3 to the audience, ‘Pick one or the their choice. ing but love” for both directors, “built for this.” Since New York Brothers,” Lee takes a moment other.’ I felt that you could put “But I do think that history has especially Stone, who served in went into shutdown, he has been to clear up what he says has both of them together.” showed us that when times have Vietnam. Speculating that Stone isolating at home with his wife, been a 30-year misunderstand- Does Lee feel compelled to been rough, they’ve produced may not have felt qualifi ed to Tonya; their grown children, ing about “Do the Right Thing,” make a particular movie in light some of the greatest music, mov- tell the black soldiers’ story, Lee Satchel and Jackson; and their which ends with two quotes of these extraordinary times? ies, plays and whatnot from art- compares him to Norman Jewi- Yorkshire terrier, Ginger. about violence, one from Mar- “No,” he says fl atly, although he ists who feel that it’s their duty to son, who had intended to direct When the video emerged of tin Luther King and one from suggests he might be inspired comment or hold up a window to “Malcolm X” before Lee took on George Floyd dying under the Malcolm X. to make another short fi lm. The the evil that’s going on.” PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe Destinations opening up, but should you go?

BY SUNNY FITZGERALD the airport, prolonged time spent in the Special to The Washington Post enclosed space of a plane, lack of physical distance from other passengers and using or travel lovers weary of shel- the restroom. tering in place, the news that If you’ll be fl ying, examine airline poli- popular destinations such as Ice- cies on passenger spacing (no, they’re not Fland and Greece and parts of the all leaving the middle seat empty), mask Caribbean will be reopening to interna- requirements and disinfection proce- tional tourists is encouraging. But before dures. you book any trips, you’ll have to examine Entry requirements and costs the policies of each country carefully and Each destination will determine its own answer some important questions. Be- entry requirements, and those are subject cause Iceland is one of the fi rst countries to change, so look for updates. Be aware to announce it will reopen to American that, even within a country, requirements travelers (no later than June 15,) we’ll may vary. For example, anyone arriving look at these issues from the perspective in — including Americans from of traveling there. other states — must quarantine for 14 State of the pandemic in the destination days. Chunhuei Chi, director of the Center for As noted above, visitors to Iceland will Global Health at Oregon State University, iStock have to quarantine or take a coronavirus says one of the important indicators of test if they haven’t already. The Ministry whether a destination is truly ready to Iceland’s Seljalandsfoss Waterfall should soon be accessible to international tourists. for Foreign Affairs says the Icelandic reopen is the number of daily new novel government will cover the cost of the tests coronavirus cases. “Before considering rate is higher than 99 percent. Iceland. It’s also a good place for physical for the fi rst two weeks. Visitors arriving a visit (anywhere), look at the statistics If you plan to travel internationally this distancing and outdoor recreation; it’s the after that will bear the cost, which will from that country,” he says. “Make sure summer, it’s wise to inquire with your least densely populated country in Europe likely be less than $225 per test, according the daily new cases for the most recent travel provider about which activities and and its main attractions have always been to government sources. two weeks are extremely low or close to accommodations are available before you its fi re and ice offerings. “People come Your health zero.” Iceland has reported a low number decide on a destination. to Iceland for nature — not theme parks, Chi recommends that people with of cases — 1,806 total, with just four new Border control and space cinemas or other places where you’re chronic or respiratory conditions post- cases over the past two weeks. Consider how visitors to the country confi ned,” says Connolly. pone travel for now, and he suggests that Chi also recommends that travelers will be screened, and how many people Getting there even those without existing conditions assess the quality of the health care facili- you may be mingling with. Visitors to Ice- Your intended destination may have might want to wait a few weeks to see how ties and the capability of the destination to land, for example, will have three options the coronavirus under control, but if a things play out. “You don’t want to be the treat visitors. A look at the country’s coro- on arrival: a coronavirus test (children fl ight is required to reach it, Chi says, “the guinea pig,” he says. By the second half of navirus recovery and fatality rates might are exempt from testing), quarantine at biggest risk is getting there.” Factors that August, Chi believes the travel industry help you determine whether you’ll fi nd their own cost for 14 days, or proof of a make air travel to Iceland or anywhere will have had time to test and improve good care there. In Iceland, the recovery test taken before boarding their fl ight to else risky include possible exposure in coronavirus-related safety measures. An abundance of berries adds flavor to summer in Europe

he crowning glory of an alcoholic punch made of local Cheshire (late July) and Skill- many a trip is the chance white and sparkling wines and inge, Sweden, where the Krus- to sample regional strawberries, or a slice of straw- barsfestival is held each year Tcuisine. As spring in Eu- berry cake. Online: erdbeerfest- around the start of August. rope makes way to summer, the erbach.de Mulberries: Sicily’s history of fi rst crops of fruits and berries Gooseberries: this bitter- cultivating mulberries is suspect- are appearing at produce stands sweet green berry was popular ed to date back to the times of the and farmer’s markets. Communi- in the England of yore, when ancient Greeks or Phoenicians. ties often celebrate with festivals many wines and desserts were Production really took off with (not this year, of course), at produced the coming of the Saracens, who which it’s possible to sample the with it. grew mulberry trees for their pickings in their freshest form With a taste leaves upon which silkworms and as part of the drinks, meals reminiscent feed. Sicily is no longer a center and snacks favored by locals. of Muscat of silk production, but the berry Even if your travels don’t grapes, continues to thrive there. Moro, coincide with the harvesting today it’s or gelso as they’re referred to cycle, many culinary specialties an inspired locally, are the stars that shine in iStock showcasing the local source of choice for the shaved ice drink called the pride are available year-round. crumbles, granita, available particularly Strawberries: Although the Karen Bradbury jams and in the east between Messina and competition. Online: tinyurl. fresh or in the form of juice, German state of Hesse ranks tarts. Catania. When made into jam or com/yctpzwft wines and liqueurs, or as part only fi fth in terms of acreage At the a liqueur, mulberries can even go Black currants: The taste of of the traditional jelly dessert planted with strawberries, one Egton Bridge Gooseberry home with you. one of Europe’s favorite berries known as kisiel. Online: tinyurl. of its cutest towns so loves this Show, success in competitive Bilberries: This smaller varia- is barely known to American pal- com/yd3vho8x sweet and seedy late-spring gooseberry growing has been tion of the blueberry grows in ates. In 1911, the cultivation of Lingonberries: This berry treat that it holds a festival in celebrated for two centuries and abundance in the wilds of Monte- black currants was banned in the grows all over Scandinavia, and their honor. Erbach, a part of counting. Each year at the start negro. High in antioxidants and U.S. due to their role in the pro- is particularly loved in Sweden. the larger town of Eltville, lies of August (but not this year), the vitamin C, their benefi ts have duction of a fungus harmful to Also known as cowberries or directly on the Rhine about 10 sleepy village of Egton Bridge in been touted by doctors and heal- pines. Although the blanket ban whortleberries, they are bit- miles west of Wiesbaden. For North Yorkshire hosts a contest ers of then and now. The dark has since been lifted, permis- ter in their raw state, but once more than 100 years, strawber- to see who can grow the biggest blue berry proliferates in the far- sion from local authorities is still transformed to a sauce, they’re ries have been cultivated there gooseberry. In a show that was fl ung Prokletije mountain massif, required in some localities. The an essential accompaniment to and in the surrounding Rheingau believed to have fi rst been staged particularly around the lakeside berry known as Johannisbeere many traditional dishes from region, from which they would in 1800, growers from all corners town of Plav, located in Montene- in German gets its name from meatballs to stuffed cabbages to make their way to the tables of of England compete for biggest gro’s newest national park. the fact that it ripens around the potato pancakes. nobility throughout Europe. Er- berries in terms of weight. W in- The Plav Days of Blueberries religious and folk holiday Johan- Once the berries ripen, which bach has venerated this tasty red ners are regaled with prizes in take place for 10 days at the end nistag, or St. John’s Day, on June usually isn’t until August, they’re fruit since 1935 with a fest. the form of crockery, glassware of July and early August, and 24. sold all over the country. Look While the 75th edition of its and gardening equipment. Some what was once a small rural While Russia remains the for them at roadside stands or annual Strawberry Festival will of the event’s leisurely paced side festival is nowadays accompa- world leader in terms of pro- farmers markets. no longer take place June 12-16, events include walks and runs, nied by a full-fl edged cultural duction of this berry, second Can’t get to Sweden? Make way the town still makes for a won- a raffl e, and live music. Online: program including parades of place goes to Poland. If passing to your nearest IKEA, where lin- derful place for a stroll — and egtongooseberryshow.org.uk marchers in traditional costume, through, be sure to seek out gon sylt (lingonberry jam) is sold maybe one of the local cafes will Other places celebrating the art exhibitions, sporting compe- and sample both black and red by the jar. Online: swedishfood. be serving up an Erdbeerbowle, gooseberry include Goostrey in titions, live music and a picking currants (porzeczka), either sold com/lingonberries Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Europe ON THE QT DIRECTIONS Address: Edelsteinminen Steinkaulenberg, Im Staeb- el, 55743 Idar-Oberstein TIMES Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; last tour 4 p.m. COSTS Between 4-7 euros depend- ing on age for the mine tour; military discounts available. A price list is on their website. FOOD Snacks are available at the gift shop. INFORMATION Translation headsets in English, French, Dutch, Danish, Polish and Chi- nese are available for free. Phone: 06781 47 400 (for reservations) Online: wei- herschleife-steinkaulen- bergwerk.de/index.html

PHOTOS BY BRIAN FERGUSON/Stars and Stripes — Brian Ferguson A display at the end of the tour of the Steinkaulenberg mine in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, shows the types of gems that can be found there. Uncovering a world of beauty Get an up-close look at a working gem site at Steinkaulenberg mine near Baumholder

BY BRIAN FERGUSON Stars and Stripes ike a scene from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” gems line the cave walls in Steinkaulenberg mine in Idar-Oberstein, Lwhere visitors can get an up-close look at the only open gem mine in Europe. About 20 minutes from U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder and an hour from Ramstein Air Base in Germany, the mine includes glittering rock crys- tals, amethysts, smoky quartz, calcite, and other gems and colorful rocks. A large amethyst gem hangs from the ceiling in the Steinkaulenberg Upon arriving, my oldest daughter and I parked mine in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, the only gem mine in Europe that at the lot about 500 meters from the mine site. The is open for tours. walk to the mine takes visitors through a forest lined with wooden birdhouses. Not having a reservation, we inquired about a tour of the mine. Luckily, they had space, but it’s advisable to make reservations. Donning our hard hats and coronavirus masks, we headed toward the cave. There were only six of us on the tour. A small radio helped us translate the Gates to the Steinkaulenberg mine can be seen on tour in English as we went. the trail in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. The cave was cold and unfortunately we didn’t bring jackets. At one point, my daughter tapped me reserve a time to do a little digging and treasure on the shoulder to inform me that she could see her hunting themselves in the gem fi eld. As I didn’t breath. call ahead, all the spaces were full for the day. My The low ceiling and dripping water made me daughter was disappointed, but my back was some- happy to have the hard hat. Gemstones clustered what relieved. A visit to the gift shop and about along the walls, and as we navigated our way 40 euros later, all was well. The shop provides an through, the tour guide provided insight into the array of stones and jewelry for purchase. mine’s creation and excavation. When planning a trip to the mine, don’t be like Spotlights illuminate the visitor tunnels and me — call ahead to make a reservation. The mine, many of the larger gemstones, so taking photos which closed for a while due to coronavirus restric- was easy. The tour lasted about an hour, which tions, reopened May 15 with social distancing was plenty of time to see almost everything in the measures in place. icebox of a mine. [email protected] Visitors to Steinkaulenberg mine can also Twitter: @BrianFerg57 A tour guide shows the size of the Steinkaulenberg mine. PAGE 24 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Uncorking memories Quarantine offers traveler a chance to taste souvenirs of past vacations

BY NATALIE B. COMPTON The Washington Post t was the summer I got my braces off. I’d just graduated from the eighth grade and my family was going on vacation to Europe, our third trip to the continent. IMy journal from 2005 noted, “I’m 23 years old trapped in a 14 year old body help!” Most of that frustration came from being a maniacally boy-crazy 14-year-old, but the sentiment also rang true for some of my other tastes. For example, at 14, I wanted to start a travel wine collection. The source of the inspiration has been lost in the black hole of the past. Each time we traveled, I took a notebook to document the adventure. And yet while my journal from 2005 included minute details like the scores of my soccer games and what I was reading, they failed to include when, where and why, on our family trip to Barcelona, I asked my parents if I could buy a bottle of wine to save until I was of legal drinking age. Whatever the catalyst, I ended up leaving Spain that year with a cheap bottle of red I hoped would age well. The purchase started a new tradition of bringing wine home from vacations as a souvenir. Over the next seven years, my The writer’s wine and travel collection grew because I had the incredible journals in her Washington, D.C., apartment in March. privilege of traveling regularly, in large part thanks to my dad’s “Million-Miler” status NATALIE B. COMPTON/The Washington Post from his frequent business travel, which earned us “free” fl ights each summer. like if you dumped some Tabasco into I memorialized the trips through pho- Barcelona; 2005 Corsica, France; 2008 red wine, and maybe some olive juice, tographs, cringe-inducing travel journals The wine: 2003 Loxarel Ops; organic, too. The wine: 2006 Domaine Saparale, and bottles of inexpensive wine I schlepped unfi ltered; cabernet sauvignon, merlot In short, the wine was not good. Corse Sartene; Nielluccio and Sciacca- home for inappropriate, indefi nite keeping. and Ull de Llebre blend rello blend At my childhood home, I took over a shelf The trip: The summer of 2005, my Santorini, Greece; 2007 The trip: During the summer of 2008 family went to Spain and the South of I was 17 years old and had been work- in a coat closet near the garage. That closet The wine: Ageri semi-dry rose white France where I juggled my interests of ing as both a sign holder for a sandwich wine; no year given was sweltering in the Fresno summer heat, seeing the works of Gaudi and eating shop and a lifeguard at a neighborhood The trip: On our family’s trip to and I stored my bottles upright (news to gnocchi with buying phone cards to pool. In July, we landed, close to mid- Greece, 16-year-old me was heavy into me later: This is a sin in the wine-storing call my boyfriend of three days back at night, in Corsica, France, for our beach indie music and reading Dostoevsky’s world). home. vacation and learned that our luggage Besides spotting Magic Johnson’s “Crime and Punishment.” I started had been lost along the way. The plan was to save my souvenirs for recording “stop reviews” in my journal, a special occasion that warranted their yacht parked in a Saint Tropez marina Rocky start aside, I fell in love with writing down the place, noting the main Corsica for the sun, the beaches, the opening. Maybe a wedding anniversary, a and reading “The Catcher in the Rye,” this trip was pivotal because it was highlights and giving the overall experi- mountains, the cliffs and, now that my milestone birthday — something big enough when I decided to start collecting wine ence a star rating. I gave Santorini fi ve parents were letting me drink a glass or to justify cracking my travel treasures open. on vacation. stars. The highlights? Our hotel break- two with them on vacation, the wine. Over the years there was plenty to celebrate, I had absolutely no idea what to look fast and visiting black sand beaches. It was on the French island that my and yet nothing sparked the urge to uncork for in a bottle, just that it needed to be Lowlights: “The cruise crowd” and wine collecting took a more serious “bed bugs?” any of the improperly stored wine. cheap and have a cool label. turn. I started keeping track of all the Somewhere between getting a fake Then 2020 happened. The tasting: It’s diffi cult to focus on “zesty” Vermentino, “earthy” Niel- tattoo and swimming in the Aegean, I luccio and “sweet” muscats that we Life does not look anything like I’d pre- the nuanced fl avors and aromas of a wine when you are constantly picking bought a bottle of rose at a tourist shop, tried during our trip. I learned French dicted when I bought that fi rst bottle of wine cork shards out of your mouth. along with a bar of soap, for a total of 10 phrases such as “wine for keeping” so in Barcelona. I’m living alone, recovering I learned this when the cork of my euros. Solid pick. It had to be good 13 I could ask the wine shop owners how from a breakup and hiding from a pan- watershed wine crumbled into pieces years later. to choose a bottle that would be good in demic. in my attempt to open it. As crumbled The tasting: Opening it on a pandem- the future. As my consumption of alcohol went up (ap- cork wedged itself between my teeth, ic weeknight, the smell was so sweet Somewhere during our trip, I bought I could tell it was going to be a syrupy a 7.15 euro bottle of 2006 Domaine parently with that of the rest of the world), I searched “is it dangerous to ingest cork?” situation. Even the color reminded me Saparale for my collection, and another and trips to the grocery store became Search results said no, so the tast- of marmalade. to drink on our last night of the trip. We increasingly stressful, I started eyeing the ing went on according to schedule. If The label explained that it was named didn’t fi nish the latter, so I tried to see if cabinet of my kitchen where my souvenir there wasn’t a pandemic making it feel for “the freshness of the Cycladic I could stash it in my carry-on bag. wine collection is now stored. ludicrous to go to the grocery store for summer winds and the long Santorini I wept at the airport when we were While the wines had been saved for a something as nonessential as a coffee vinifi cation tradition.” heading home to California — partly special occasion, I never said it had to be a fi lter to stop the cork from pouring into When I bought this bottle of rose, because the airport security agents made me throw out the opened wine happy one. I grabbed an Ikea wine glass and my wine glass, this would have gone I had no idea what “semi-dry” wines differently. What I’m saying is I’m now were. At 29 years old, the sugar gave me bottle and partly because I felt that a bottle opener and disentombed the souve- a person who eats cork. a headache immediately. I’ll drink just Corsica changed my life. nirs. These are the tasting notes and travel I can also say the muddy brown liquid about anything, but I couldn’t stomach Over the next decade, I’d have many memories from six of the bottles, in the was tannic. I can say it was defi nitely this. I dumped the contents of my glass similar moments: feeling myself click order they were purchased. red wine. I can say that it tasted a lot and moved on to the next experiment. CONTINUED ON PAGE 25 Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Europe

FROM PAGE 24 The tasting: The wine was as into place while on a trip. Travel crystal clear as fruit juice from unearthed clues about who I was concentrate and smelled like the supposed to be. bottom of a wet wine cask. Tak- The tasting: At 11 p.m. on a ing a big whiff was like dunking Wednesday night nearly 12 years my head into a just-retrieved later, I fi red up and called long-lost barrel at sea. It was my parents 2,700 miles away. It musty and vaguely fruity. felt poetic to open a wine from The wine tasted wet. I realize my favorite family vacation wet isn’t a fl avor, but I couldn’t destination with them present help thinking it was somehow (virtually, at least). wetter than other wines. I got I broke the cork in half as I notes of dripping wet, red Jolly wrestled it from the bottle. My Rancher, plus some lemon juice. parents yelled cheers through Rhodes, Greece; 2011 their home computer as I sipped the brick-colored wine. The wine: 2006 Villare 100 “That’s not bad wine!” I percent Amoryano/Mantilari yelled. “Wow! That’s so nice!” The trip: In the summer of It was something I’d be happy 2011, I was 20 years old and re- to drink at a restaurant. The ally going through it. A journal wine had notes of red berries entry on day 10 of our trip to and tobacco, fl avors you might Halki, Greece, opened with predict a wine to have. “I’M A MONSTER.” I had both The bar had been set so, so ringworm and sun poisoning. low. This win meant a lot. Covered in a speckled rash, I still found inspiration to wax po- Provence, France; 2009 etic about the idyllic ocean views from our apartment rental. The wine: 2007 Domaine On day 11, we went to Rhodes, DAVID EDGE/Stars and Stripes Berthet-Rayne, Chateauneuf- an island we visited in 2003 that du-Pape; organic; red Rhone A head-on prawn, calamari, branzino, salmon and a roasted pike perch fi let, served with rice and I’d considered my favorite place blend of Grenache, Mourvedre, roasted vegetables at La Cantinetta in Wiesbaden, Germany. in the world for years. The place Cinsault and Syrah made such an impression on me The trip: At 18 years old and that I made Rhodes a part of gearing up for college, I was a every digital password for the typical teenage nightmare the better part of a decade. summer of 2009. For example, A break from boxed pasta The tasting: The fi rst word I’d ditched a doctor’s appoint- that came to mind when I tasted ment during class my senior year this wine was lime. You know, a of high school and secretly got typical red wine fl avor. It was so La Cantinetta in Wiesbaden is Italian worth the price a tattoo. In cursive French, the tart, so spunky, a little peppery. permanent token of my youthful It also reminded me of a cherry- angst says “life is hard.” fl avored throat lozenge. BY DAVID EDGE That summer, my family, I kept the wine open for days Stars and Stripes my French tattoo and I went to to come, and the limey-ness died Mallorca, Spain, and Provence, down. The wine transformed f you’re looking for good Italian food in a France. into something good and tasty. pleasant atmosphere, La Cantinetta is worth AFTER For once, I decided to mention With some air, the wine became checking out. HOURS my wine purchase in my travel my second favorite of the lot. Located in the heart of the Wiesbaden journal. I shopping district, about fi ve miles from the Army’s GERMANY “I am SO excited for today’s Final tasting notes Hainerberg area, La Cantinetta is an upscale es- activity,” I wrote. “We’re going to When I decided to start drink- tablishment offering a variety of Italian dishes, in- Avignon then ... Chateauneuf-du- ing my souvenir wines during cluding homemade pastas, and an array of proteins Pape!!” the pandemic, I thought I’d open like rabbit, veal and several types of seafood. The only reason I knew about all 12. It’d be a bacchanal of good The drink menu is also extensive, including the wine region of Chateauneuf- and bad wine to pass the time. more than 20 wines from all over Italy. The beer du-Pape was because my sister’s The inspiration came from selections are mostly German but there are a few boyfriend at the time had told us needing wine to drink, but the Italian ones to choose from as well. The restaurant about it before the trip. Because I real joy was reliving priceless has a full bar, so mixed drinks or cocktails are idolized him, I took that informa- travel memories. available. tion as gospel. I wept reading my mom’s Because of the coronavirus restrictions imposed We visited a wine shop in Avi- entry in my 2009 travel journal by the German state of Hessen, seating was out- gnon where I bought a couple of when she wrote down thoughtful side-only when I went there for lunch with a friend bottles for my collection. I wrote life advice on our fl ight to Paris. in early June. La Cantinetta’s mixed dessert plate, above, and in my journal after: “The wine I laughed out loud or cringed I ordered the mixed pasta plate, which consisted mixed pasta plate, below. tasting isn’t as great as I put it up seeing what moments a younger of gnocchi gigante, or giant gnocchi, fi lled with to be. Oh well.” version of myself considered truffl es and served with a truffl e cream sauce; The tasting: I was shocked worth writing down. by the spicy, meaty fl avor of the triangoli — triangular stuffed pasta — fi lled with All of these family trips, and asparagus and burrata cheese, in a pistachio pesto wine immediately. the ones I’d take alone as an The wine was funky and beefy. with zucchini and roasted almonds; and large, adult, molded me into the person ravioli-like cappellacci, fi lled with dry aged beef There were maybe some pepper- I’ll be for the rest of my life. corn fl avors in there. I ques- and green asparagus. Those were drizzled with a As I went to open the seventh parmesan sauce and sprinkled with roasted bacon. tioned my sanity. bottle, a pang in my heart gave After keeping it open a few All the pasta was homemade. me pause. The naive, hopeful, Apologies if you are now yearning for an Italian days (I don’t have a wine stopper, deranged teenager who started and the cork all but broke), the meal and have only your average box of dry pasta this collection stopped me from and a jar of tomato sauce in the kitchen. wine turned thicker, sweeter and burning through them too fast. My companion ordered the fi sh plate — a head- more port-like. Not great. Right now it’s hard to imagine on prawn; calamari; branzino, or European sea when the pandemic will truly bass; salmon; and pike perch fi let roasted with the Hvar, Croatia; 2010 end and we can all go back to LA CANTINETTA The wine: Plavac; “quality doing the things we love. I have skin on. That came with rice and roasted veg- table red wine”; no given year to remind myself that the “new etables. Location: Goldgasse 13, 65183 Wiesbaden The trip: Our Europe trip normal” of drinking wine at For dessert we ordered the Dolce Misto, which is Hours: Open daily from noon to 11 p.m. when I was 20 included fi ve days home alone, talking to myself a mixed plate of desserts. On the plate was a small Prices: Starters were 8 to 14 euros, main in Paris and a week in Croatia. aloud, seeing my family solely creme brulee, tiramisu, panna cotta, zabaglione, courses were 15 to 40 euros, and desserts In France, we packed in mu- through a screen, is temporary. and mixed fruit and cream. were around 7 euros. They accept credit seum visits and drank “LOTS When that day comes that we The food at La Cantinetta is a little pricey — our cards. OF NICE WINE,” according to can share wine together again, meals and wine came to 80 euros — but it was Menu: German with English description my notes. In Croatia, we visited I may want to pour my friends well-prepared and presented by servers who are under each item. beaches and explored tiny towns. a glass of the 2002 Domaine de very attentive without being annoying. The meals More information and to reserve: la-can- On the Croatian island of Terrebrune I bought in 2006 on were also very tasty, although my companion and I tinetta.com. The website is in German, Hvar, I picked up a rustic bottle our family trip to the south of both felt that it could use a little more seasoning. English and Russian. — David Edge of table wine with no date or France. I’ve waited 14 years to [email protected] mention of its grape contents. drink it; I can wait a little longer. Twitter: @DavidEdge96798393 PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe Post-COVID adventure awaits England lockdown prompts visions of mother-daughter foodie hike through Slovenia

BY SARAH FREEMAN it emerged from the collapse of Yugoslavia in the Bloomberg 1990s, western Slovenia was known as Carniola, after its prized pollinator. or as long as I can remember, my refuge in troubled times has This is stage seven of a new, 186-mile Julian Alps Hiking Trail that circumnavigates Slovenia’s been nature — the wilder, the better. Particularly the mountains, loftiest peaks in Triglav, Europe’s second-oldest thanks to girlhood adventures with my mum in Austria’s national park. Ramblers with two weeks to spare can tackle all 16 sections. I’ll plan to take a bite out Dachstein Group and Italy’s Dolomites. Whenever I return home, of the circuit, which is serviced, for the most part, F by Slovenia’s dirt-cheap public transport. On stage even almost two decades later, my mud-caked hiking boots are slung in eight, we’ll spend $1 trundling from Bohinjska Mom’s trunk and our fl asks are fi lled before I can even unpack. Walking is Bistrica to Podbrdo on the Habsburg-era Bohinj our mother-daughter jam. It’s where frustrations are vented, the world is Railway line, a marvel of engineering that connects the Julian Alps to the Adriatic. put right, and we can return a bit lighter. Drunk on alpine air, we’ll be ready to hit the hay My curtailed, yet still gratifying, strides across Northumberland’s empty in our fi rst , a sustainable, family-run tour- ist homestead at which farm-to-table is more than a moors have fostered my own meditation during England’s lockdown. meaningless buzz phrase. Stripped of human connection, I dream not of scaling lonely peaks but of I can still remember my fi rst taste of local sweet buckwheat-rolled dumplings called struklji at one roaming Slovenia’s gentler hinterland. It’s there, on assignment in 2018, such kmetija in Tolmin (Tourist Farm Pri Kafolu, that I discovered its smiling hospitality to be as generous as its home- at stage 11 of the trail), that’s lovingly run by the Leban family and nestled in orchards. We’ll eat brewed pear brandy (which packs some serious oomph). our weight in tangy Tolminc cheese — a protected designation of origin food used as currency by local Better known as U.S. fi rst lady Melania Trump’s or Istanbul via KLM and Turkish Airlines, re- peasants to settle taxes in the 1200s. homeland, this speck of a country in Central Eu- spectively. It’s possible to fl y there via Lufthansa Onward to the next day’s walk, from Podbrdo to rope boasts a disproportionate variety of wonders through Munich to Trieste, Italy, just 35 miles from Kobarid through valleys freckled with half-tim- for its size (comparable to that of New Hampshire). Slovenia’s border. Considering its proximity to Italy, bered houses, winsome church spires and satin- Slovenia’s 23 gastronomic regions are the fruits one of Europe’s COVID-19 epicenters, Slovenia has coated cows that make for a bucolic backdrop. We’ll of its boutique vintners, alpine dairy farmers and suffered a mercifully small outbreak (around 100 refi ll our water bottles from medicinal springs and third-generation olive oil growers’ hard work. You deaths among its 2 million population). On May 18, graze on Slovenia’s very own trail mix: swollen need only look to the country’s 8,000 beekeepers, Slovenia reopened its borders to EU citizens, mak- cherries (sweetest in June) and honey-like persim- who maintain an unwritten rule to harvest just 20% ing it the fi rst European nation to declare an end to mons. of their bees’ honey, to realize how closely attuned its COVID-19 epidemic. Wrapped in craggy peaks and dripping in Slovenians are to their environment. The fact that Alpine-Italianate architecture, Kobarid is famous it’s the only EU country to have protected its native Hiking for our supper for the Battle of Caporetto, a World War I battle bee speaks volumes. With a mutual aversion to driving abroad, my immortalized in Ernest Hemingway’s 1929 novel My repurposed jars of chestnut honey, cherry mother and I would hop on a three-hour bus ride “A Farewell to Arms.” It’s also where beekeeper jam and pumpkin seed oil (a surprising hit with west from the capital, Ljubljana, with its pictur- Tilen runs a charming chalet-cum-domestic apiary, vanilla ice cream) testify to my love for Slovenia’s esque castle sitting high above the city, to Lake where guests are coaxed to sleep by thousands of cuisine. So when the time is right, with my frustrat- Bohinj. This serene cousin of heavily touristed humming bees. Tilen is capitalizing on apitherapy, ed-hiker mom in tow and a larder to replenish, I’ll Lake Bled is blessed with the same scintillating a curative cornerstone of Slovenia’s growing well- ness tourism and something ancient Egyptians be taking a foodie ramble through its Northwestern refl ections of the Julian Alps — minus crowds. I’d were fi rst to harness. Inhaling clouds of sugary air province. talk my mum into a bracing 64 degrees Fahrenheit straight from his beehive (safely on view through dip in its glacial waters. Invigorated, we’ll take Getting there a glass partition) is deeply relaxing, if you can get a two-hour gambol across Dobrava’s hummocky over the initial mask-wearing ordeal. The best pre-pandemic fl ight connections from meadows, where wildfl owers exhale perfumed the U.S. to Ljubljana passed through Amsterdam vapor and bees drone till the sun goes down. Before CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

Ljubljana Castle stands above the city skyline in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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FROM PAGE 26 The fi nal push to Bovec, on Day 3, demands a squirrel’s head for heights (and a tight squeeze of mom’s hand), as we navigate the Soca Gorge. Its namesake emerald river burbles with the valley’s endemic marble trout — grilled to perfection at Dobra Vila, Bovec’s former telephone and telegraph offi ce. Just down the road, a hazmat-suited Maja gives very hands-on tours of her Crayola-painted hives at Bee Happy. As if tastings of pine and acacia honey aren’t indulgence enough, I’ll slough off the hiker’s tan lines and any residual COVID-19 anxiety with an exfoliating honey massage. (Even with the promise of silken skin, I’m not sure mom will agree to being slathered like a giant piece of toast!) The next morning, we’ll breakfast like queen bees on Slovenian street food par excellence at Kuhnjca, a chalet- style hut in Bovec’s main square. It serves frika (cheese and potato rosti with herbs and polenta) and forest mush- rooms foraged by owner Ojan. Fueled and inspired, onward we’ll go, 40 miles south to the footsteps of the Julian Alps, where we’ll earn our foraging stripes with Vesna Veliscek, founder of SLocally. She hosts three-hour herbal walks from her homestay in Goriska Brda, a region that’s changed hands fi ve times in the past century and a half. If the weather obliges, we’ll drink in views of Venice, across the sparkling Adriatic Sea from Smartno, a medi- eval, walled cultural heritage monument primed for idle strolling. Then we’ll follow our noses down its labyrinth of lanes to Hisi Kulture’s lemon-scented balcony for an olive oil tasting. Mopping up puddles of Slovenia’s liquid gold with host Tatjana’s freshly baked bread is strangely OLIVER BUNIC/Bloomberg soothing, the perfect palate warmer for Hisa Marica’s Shoppers browse fruit and vegetables at an open-air market in 2015 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. nettle-pine nut pasta. And if it’s anything like last time, I must remember to leave room for the bed-and-breakfast’s grape: rebula. With its stucco-tiled roof, wood-shuttered which ages its orange wines in ancient amphora, and four-year-aged, cherry-wood prosciutto. rooms and soul-gladdening views over vine-terraced biodynamic Klinec, a centenary estate known for some As tempting as it would be to sleep off a long lunch hills, one could be forgiven for thinking it’s Tuscany. rich, Bordeaux-style blends and heavenly plates of wild here, I have a soft spot for Hista Stekar’s homespun Drivers on a DIY wine safari of this macro wine- asparagus. Goriska Brda’s scene is all about low-key tast- charms, a fi ve-minute cab ride away. At this working growing region can unwittingly slip across the border ings and low-intervention wines. This is the understated organic winery, a slobbery welcome from the family into Italy. To avoid this rookie error, we’ll enlist Vesna Slovenia that I miss and will loosen my belt for, as soon as pooch is paired with liberal pours of Goriska Brda’s glory again. She arranges tastings to wineries such as Erzetic, travel permits. Airports plan for crowding problems The demand for air travel is still quite low in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, down about 86% to 89% compared to the same time period last year. So why are airports preparing for the challenges of overcrowd- ing at their respective facilities? Welcome to social distancing. Right now it might not be an issue, but as the fl ying public slowly returns to the air, it will become a case of too many people and not enough space. Where once offi cials were fi ne with packing in customers like sardines — ticket counters, secu- rity checkpoints, seating at the gate — social distancing and the lack of usable space will certain- ly make things diffi cult. “If we can’t make a safe, healthy and comfortable pas- senger experience coming out of this, we are going to end up with a protracted downturn,” Chris Oswald, senior vice president of technical and regulatory affairs for the trade group Airports Council International-North America, told Travel Weekly. U.K.-based company Veovo unveiled a solution last month that enables passengers to book specifi c arrival times for airport checkpoints. The company says it would adjust available time slots for checkpoint reservations in real time based upon wait times, allowing for even distribution. Said Miami International Airport’s director of information systems Maurice Jenkins: “It’s going to be a challenge. There’s no magic pill for it.” — TravelPulse PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Pacific

ON THE QT DIRECTIONS Drive toward Tarague Beach on Perimeter Road on , Guam. There’s a small sign advertising the B- 52 relic on the roadside. TIMES Open at all hours COSTS No entry fee — Seth Robson

Ghostly ruins B-52 relic calls to aircraft buffs at Andersen AFB on Guam

BY SETH ROBSON Typhoon Paka,” the panel states. Stars and Stripes B-52s have been fl ying out of Andersen Air PHOTOS BY SETH ROBSON/Stars and Stripes Force Base since March 29, 1964, according It’s worth the short trip on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to check out the f you’re stuck on base at the home of the to the Air Force. tail section of a B-52E Stratofortress, top and above, that was blown into the 36th Wing on Guam, it’s worth a short During the Vietnam War, they launched jungle during a super typhoon in 1976. The remains look like something out of jaunt to check out the tail section of a B- from there as part of Operation Arc Light. a science-fi ction movie. I52E Stratofortress that was blown into Each was capable of carrying more than the jungle during a super typhoon in 1976. 100,000 pounds of bombs to provide air It’s only a short walk into the trees be- support to ground troops fi ghting the com- side Perimeter Road near Tarague Beach munists, 36th Wing historian Jeffrey Meyer to reach the relic, which looks a bit like a wrote in an April 25, 2012, article on Anders- crashed fl ying saucer. en’s offi cial website. When the relic was discovered in the During the 1970s and 1980s, B-52s fl ew out jungle in 1997, people initially thought it was of Guam during Operation Bullet Shot and part of a famous plane known as the “Old Linebacker I and II. 100,” which was displayed at the base’s Arc “With 153 B-52s on the ramp, Andersen Light Memorial from 1974 to 1983, the sign AFB became the single largest source of states. combat airpower the world has ever seen,” he In fact, the tail is from a Grey Ghost, as wrote. aircraft with an aluminum and white anti- Since 2004, Air Force bombers such as the fl ash paint scheme were known on the island. B-1B Lancer, B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 “This contrasted with the operational ARC Spirit have been frequent visitors to Guam. LIGHT B-52Ds that were painted camou- On July 21, 2008, six crewmembers of a fl age and black,” an information panel next to B-52H, call sign Raider 21, died when their the relic states. aircraft went down about 30 miles northwest The Grey Ghosts were used as ground of Guam, Meyer wrote. instruction training airframes and then for “Raider 21 is one of fi ve B-52s lost from ac- fi refi ghting and rescue training. cidents in the waters around Guam over the The tail, which had been cut off the air- aircraft’s history here. Additionally, during craft after it was scrapped, was blown into the Vietnam War a dozen B-52s left Ander- the jungle by Super Typhoon Pamela when it sen AFB for ARC LIGHT missions and never struck Guam in 1976 with 150 mph winds. came back,” he wrote. “Later the encroaching jungle concealed [email protected] A sign on Perimeter Road near Tarague Beach at Andersen Air Force Base, it until rediscovered in 1997 after Super Twitter@ SethRobson1 Guam, marks the resting place of the tail section of a B-52E Stratofortress. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Pacific Making the most of herbs

BY BECKY KRYSTAL The Washington Post As I write this, I’m sitting on my patio staring at my herbs. The basil, parsley, thyme, rosemary, cilantro and oregano (back from a one-year hiatus!) are polite and restrained, for now. In a pot of its own, the sage, so large it’s practically a tree at this point, threatens to take over, well, everything. Soon the others will start to catch up, and I’m going to need to use a lot of them, pronto. The need to burn through a ton of herbs is a conundrum many of us face whether we are growing our own or had to buy bunches for a recipe that only used a little bit. Thankfully, herbs are delicious, versatile and prime for long-term preservation. Here are some ideas to use the bounty.  Make pesto, or other herb-heavy sauces Pesto is the most obvious, so PHOTOS BY MATTHEW KEELER/Stars and Stripes we might as well get it out of the way fi rst. Basil reigns at the top The ribs and brisket platter from La Mesa Flying Geckos in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, is a combo worth sharing with friends or family. of the list, but cilantro, mint, dill and parsley are all fair game. Don’t be limited by thinking you must do a single-herb pesto, either. Mix and match based on A flavorful celebration your supplies or taste. Thankful- ly, it’s pretty easy to adapt pesto on the fl y, tasting in between ad- Delicious barbecue awaits at Flying Geckos in South Korea ditions in your food processor.  Preserve them for the long term BY MATTHEW KEELER The good thing about herbs is Stars and Stripes you don’t have to use them right or those living on or near Camp now if you don’t want to. There Humphreys, it’s diffi cult to over- AFTER are ways to hang on to them for look the large building outside the HOURS cooler times ahead. I fi nd that pedestrian gate that belongs to the The tender ribs and brisket from La Mesa pesto freezes extraordinarily F well (I leave out the cheese and La Mesa Mexican restaurant. SOUTH KOREA Flying Geckos are smoked for four and 11 The popular sit-down restaurant had its hours, respectively. typically use pecans or walnuts name plastered on nearly every exterior instead of pine nuts), so if that’s wall. Unfortunately, as restrictions were the only thing you choose to do, enforced to protect personnel from the you’ll be more than pleased. spread of the coronavirus in March, the Drying herbs is another possi- restaurant closed its doors for good when its bility. Tie them together in small lease expired. bunches with twine or string The good news is that all is not lost. La and hang them in a dry spot with Mesa’s owners merged its Mexican-inspired good air circulation. You want to menu, along with its staff, with Flying Geck- check them daily, according to os, another restaurant they own nearby, “Cooking With Herbs” by Susan closer to the Dongchang-ri gate. Belsinger and Carolyn Dille, and Established about a year ago and becom- you’ll know when they’re ready if ing a success for its smoked ribs and brisket, they crackle and crumble when Flying Geckos absorbed what remained of rubbed between your fi ngers. La Mesa, said manager Hong Jae-sun, and The brisket fries appetizer from La Mesa You can extract further mois- has since rebranded as La Mesa Flying Flying Geckos offers a taste of both sides La Mesa Flying Geckos is convenient to ture by drying them on a baking Geckos. of the menu: Mexican and smoked meat. Camp Humphreys and has ample parking. sheet in a 200-degree oven for 3 The restaurant is open year-round; doors to 5 minutes. Then you can store open every day at 11 a.m. and food orders might hope for from a smokehouse. The ribs them — off the stem but still as are accepted until 9:30 p.m. The bar, which and pulled pork are smoked for four hours, whole leaves — in a clean jar serves a wide variety of beer and cocktails, the brisket is smoked for 11 hours and the with a tight-fi tting lid. will remain open until the last customer chicken entree is smoked for two hours, ac- LA MESA  Steep them leaves, Hong said. cording to the chef. Herbs can be used to fl avor a The idea of a Mexican-style menu merged The house sauce smothering the ribs, FLYING GECKOS variety of liquids, for enjoyment while tasty, has a slight Asian inspiration. A now or later. One of the most with an assortment of smoked barbecue Location: 53-1 Wonjeong-ri, Paeng- very small amount of spices was detectable, straightforward is an herbal tea initially posed a personal quandary: Which seong-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi- but not overpowering. (or ptisan), whether you decide to item to choose? But I came for the smoked do, or GPS 36.970714, 127.041087 The establishment has plenty of space and steep fresh or dried herbs. meat and forced myself to look past the Hours: Open daily at 11 a.m; last food chicken tacos, my favorite dish. an additional building to host larger parties Another option is to make just next door. The patio provides outdoor order 9:30 p.m. an aromatic simple syrup, the Geckos’ options for smoked meats consist Prices: Mexican entrees range from of ribs and brisket, each starting at 19,000 seating with large umbrellas, a fl ower gar- standard 1-to-1 mix of sugar and 13,000-20,000 won; smoked entrees won (about $15), and pulled pork and den, a swing and an open view to watch the water. range from 16,000-19,000 won per chicken for 16,000 won each. sun set over Camp Humphreys. Of course, there’s always ice serving Sharing a meal with my wife, we agreed Bring your friends, family or co-work- cream. Steep fresh herbs in your Dress: Casual on the ribs and brisket platter for two for ers as their English menu has something cooled, or cooling, ice cream Directions: Roughly half-mile from 35,000 won. The meal came with multiple to potentially satisfy anyone, even the kids. base. Mint naturally goes with sides, including fries, pork beans, coleslaw Flying Geckos’ menu includes various piz- Camp Humphreys’ Dongchang-ri gate; chocolate chunks or freckles, and buttered toast, enough to satisfy us both zas, pastas, salads and calzones, each for walking or a taxi recommended. though you can expand your and bring a few scraps home to our favorite roughly 15,000 won. Information: Phone: 031-691-6699 horizons to think about pairing pup. [email protected] — Matthew Keeler thyme with lemon and/or honey The meats were extremely tender, as you Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 and basil with blueberry. PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: HEALTH & FITNESS

Other tips  No days off: While it’s sometimes easy to think you “deserve a break,” keep in mind that a break day can disrupt your healthy habits and routine. Obviously, some workouts and practices do require breaks — for example, I’ll run every other day or every third day because I feel this time is needed for my recovery. That being said, living an active and healthy lifestyle is much easier if you try to view that as simply “how it is” instead of viewing it as a chore. Living healthy is an investment.  Do things you enjoy: It’s hard to stick to a workout you hate. Try a few differ- ent things and fi nd some- thing that works for you.  Cut bad habits: Things like excessive drinking, unhealthy eating, and smoking can set you back from seeing improvement. Try to limit these things in your daily life. Cold turkey is one method, but even moderation can lead to benefi ts.  Track your success: Keep a notebook that tracks your pushups, use an application like Strava to compete with yourself when running, stand in front of the mirror and fl ex iStock your muscles — do what- ever you can to remind yourself that the hard work you’re putting in is work- Set bigger exercise Add a simple exercise Carefully pick vitamins ing. You’re getting health- 5 simple ways goals, stick to them to your day, every day and actually take them ier, stronger and faster — remind yourself so that to improve your My personal goal has been I’ve never been one for a I’ve tried taking vitamins in you can stay motivated. to run 100 miles a month. That traditional or long workout the past. I’d get a bottle, pop  Don’t let diet hold you might sound like a lot, but con- routine; however, by focusing them for a day or two, and then back: I’m by no means a health in a world sistency has been the biggest on something easy and simple, forget about them. ‘healthy eater,’ but I am contributor for me success- I’ve found that 10-15 minutes By adding vitamins to my conscious of a few things fully reaching that benchmark can make a big difference. quarantine routine, taking that I need to get every each month. I’ve never been a of coronavirus I do at least 100 pushups a them right after my 10-minute day. One thing I focus on runner and I’ve got some minor day and have found that the daily workout with a protein- is protein for the sake of knee problems, but simply get- time between sets has gotten heavy snack, I’ve fi nally been BY SPENCER MCKEE recovery, so much so that ting out there and moving at my shorter over time. For me, this able to take them consistently I’ve built eating high-pro- The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) own pace has helped me stay on seems to give me a quick full- enough to actually see the ben- tein snacks, like yogurt, track. body workout at a level that at efi ts. I take a multivitamin, a s the world starts to into my daily routine. Whatever your goal is, make least maintains muscle mass. vitamin B complex, extra B-12, reopen, many changes Between a $2 pre-made it seem like a stretch goal. If you Another daily workout I’ve and a supplement with omega Oikos Pro Fuel smoothie related to the presence miss your goal the fi rst month , done in the past is the ‘8-min- 3, 6, and 9. That specifi c mix and an Oikos Triple Zero Aof COVID-19 are likely adjust the goal accordingly. ute abs’ routine from decades was built around what the in- yogurt (plus some healthy still impacting your life. There’s You’ll see benefi ts from staying ago. The video is free on You- ternet said would give me more cereal on top), I know I’m a chance you’ve got more time consistently active, whether it’s tube . Jump rope routines are energy and boost my mood, and on your hands and fewer options swimming miles a day or simply also a great option. it seems to work. getting 80% of the protein regarding how you spend it. By add- walking around the block. This step takes 10 minutes a Again, I’m not a nutritionist the average person needs ing simple health-focused habits to One goal that I’ve found suc- day. Everyone can make time and have no medical back- to get throughout the day your daily routine, you’ll be using cess with in the past is to hike for that. I’d recommend doing ground, but this mix seems to before noon.  this time to better yourself, likely at least once a week on a new the exercise earlier rather work for my personal goals. Do it for a week : A habit boosting your immune system in trail. Plot out your trail a month than later to get the benefi ts of Consider your own goals and can’t be formed overnight. the meantime. ahead of time and pick some- increased blood fl ow to start consult a nutritionist to come up Anything new I’m trying, Here are a few things I’ve done thing you can look forward to. your morning. with a plan that works for you. I’ll generally try to add to my daily routine for about during the past couple of months a week. If I still don’t like it that I feel have benefi ted me from at that point or haven’t seen a physical and mental health Drink water Find a hobby that also serves as a social outlet any benefi ts, I’ll move on. standpoint. To be clear, I’ve got no One side effect of working In times where social interaction has been so limited, it can be  Listen to podcasts: Your medical training and have no expe- from home is that I’ve been easy to feel alone. brain needs a workout, too. rience with nutrition. The following crushing fl avored seltzers. The By making sure I work rock climbing into my routine frequently, The right podcast is a great recommendations are solely based variety keeps me from getting I’m able to participate in a healthy activity that also involves being way to stimulate thought. It on what has seemed to help me, and bored and some products, like around one or two other people in a controlled, non-invasive way. also helps me pass the time I hope they help you, too. Coca-Cola’s ‘Aha!’ line, offer Granted, that particular activity might be easier for me, as a Colo- while performing a simple Author’s Note: I’m just some guy added benefi ts like 30 MG of rado resident, than for you in your location. Whether you’re run- workout task. I also really on the internet. It’s recommended caffeine derived from coffee or ning with a friend or playing video games with a buddy from your like to listen to a podcast that you consult a medical profes- green tea. couch, a social hobby is important to maintain in some capacity. that involves conversation, sional before making any changes Drinking an adequate For an added mental boost, pick a hobby that you can as I fi nd this fi lls a social to your diet, vitamin intake or exer- amount of water benefi ts almost improve in. This improvement will have you feeling productive as purpose, as well. cise routine. every organ in your body. your skills improve. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES

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Hard to swallow Shark RPG’s clumsy controls diminish Maneater hype of being the apex predator of the sea

BY GIESON CACHO idea of growth. Players need to level up their shark which are clumsy at best and frustrating at worst. Con- The Mercury News into adulthood before she can destroy grates and other trolling the shark feels cumbersome, as players change obstacles to explore the wider city of Port Clovis. the shark’s swimming angles by looking in a particular o matter if it’s “Jaws,” “The Meg” or “Deep The bull shark’s goals are twofold. The fi rst is that direction. It’s comparable to the controls system of Air Blue Sea,” we secretly root for the sharks. she wants to be the ultimate apex predator of the sea. Combat titles, but clumsier and with the added dimen- Sure, the humans are the heroes who eventu- That means growing into a megashark that is feared by sion of fi ghting on the water’s surface. That’s evident Nally slay the primal creatures, but it’s the sperm whales and orcas in the gulf. The other driv- in the chaotic battles against hunters who go after the monsters of the deep that catch our . ing factor is revenge. The bull shark has one target in bull shark after she dines on enough humans. Trying All teeth and muscle, they fascinate us. The fi ns knif- mind — Scaly Pete, the larger-than-life fi sherman who to breach and slam atop boats isn’t the smoothest of ing along the water grab our attention like a train horn. gutted her mother. moves, and diving down into the depths for safety and Their breaching above the water Despite its intriguing premise, Maneater will have another attempted breach is awkward. is like a fi reworks show blasting problems keeping players’ interest beyond the novel The locomotion and traversal lacks fl uidity, and out of the sea. Maneater takes fi rst hours. It’s fun to be a shark and watch the ani- those issues spill over into ocean life combat. Battling that innate attraction to sharks mal’s growth, but the mission design is pedestrian and cetaceans, other sharks and gators involves dodging and lets players live out a power monotonous. Most of the time, players have to either attacks when enemies blink yellow and then counter- fantasy as the predator. devour humans, a fearsome rival or the favorite food of attacking. It’s not the most complex system and can be In this open-world shARkPG an apex predator. In addition, players will come across unwieldy, especially with the lack of a hard lock-on. — that’s publisher Tripwire collectibles such as license plates, nutrient caches or Maneater’s fl aws are smoothed over partly thanks Interactive’s reference, not mine landmark signs. to the narration of comedian Chris Parnell. The nar- — players take on the role of a fe- Some of these side quests have upgrades that give rative is framed as a Discovery Channel-type nature male bull shark. A hunter named the bull shark such essential evolutions as shadow fi ns show, and as the game follows the bull shark through Scaly Pete kills her mother and and bone tails. These act like pieces of armor and gear her adventures, Parnell chimes in with nautical facts scars it. In retaliation, the bull shark pup bites off that the shark dons while in different grottoes, which and biting critiques on humanity’s relationship with Pete’s hand and escapes into the bayou. are safe zones in each region of Port Clovis. The bone nature. From there, players control the fi sh as she survives set is geared toward defense while the shadow series is This smart commentary is partly carried over to in the wild. The bull shark has to constantly eat. Her all about attack power and speed. The bioelectric gear the locale of Port Clovis, which is a fi ctional gulf city initial prey are catfi sh, grouper and box turtles, and excels at stunning enemies that swarm players. that’s part Louisiana and part Florida. The opinion- this diet provides nutrients, fueling the shark’s growth. The bull shark can mix and match the evolutions or ated narrator stabs at the excess and weirdness of both Chowing down on the wildlife is how the pup matures it can use a full set for a bonus that makes it unstop- states. It’s almost enough to make players look over the into a teenager. From there, she can attack bigger pable in certain scenarios. When paired with three of control issues and mission design that hold Maneater animals such as alligators that would have given her the right organ upgrades, players can overcome any back from being a great open-world title. problems in the beginning. adversary on the seas. The bull shark can even tumble The whole process makes Maneater feel like a fi shy across land, chowing down on humans who venture too Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo answer to Pac-Man. The developers, Blindside Inter- close to shore. Switch active and Tripwire, block off early areas behind this Another problem with Maneater is the controls, Online: tripwireinteractive.com/maneatergame PAGE 32 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: MUSIC

The 1975’s Matty Healy has an adorable new puppy and a bonkers new album

BY MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times atty Healy ruffled his grown-out Mohawk and took a drag from a cigarette as he gazed through a window at the spring- Mgreen English countryside. “I suppose I think of this as my second rehab stint,” said the 1975’s frontman, who spent several weeks in a Barbados facility in 2017 addressing his heroin addic- tion. This time, of course, he was referring to quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic, for which he’s holed up in a remote studio complex north of Oxford. “At the beginning, the news was rolling in 24/7 and you’re watching it like it’s a disaster movie. Then it kind of faded into something ... else. But familiar.” Healy, 31, was meant to be touring arenas in the U.S. right now behind “Notes on a Conditional Form,” the 1975’s follow-up to 2018’s “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships,” which topped the U.K. album chart and was named album of the year at the Grammy-equivalent Brit Awards. Instead, he’s been sitting around thinking about him- self — about his tendency toward narcissism, his com- fort with being depressed, his determination to continue the work of mindfulness that he began three years ago in rehab. “I needed to upgrade my iCloud storage today on my iPad, so I was going through old pictures, and every time I saw one of me where I’ve got this certain face on, it was like there was someone else there,” he said over FaceTime from the studio. “That inability to be present in the moment — it was like a ghost in the photo.” He laughed. “Sorry, man, I don’t know why I’m telling you all this,” he said. “I think it’s because I just don’t know how to promote this record.” How could he? CONTINUED ON PAGE 33 Chuffmedia Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 33 WEEKEND: MUSIC REVIEWS Rage, yes, but also empathy on ‘RTJ4’

BY MIKAEL WOOD buting in 2013, “RTJ4” delivers now. The bleak but muscular yesterday — from redlining to Los Angeles Times on its promise of timeliness with production, much of it by El-P mandatory sentencing to imbal- lyrics about somebody texting (with help from Little Shalimar anced access to health care un the Jewels was sup- “Stay safe” (as 2 Chainz puts it in and Wilder Zoby), layers squelch- — helped create the injustices posed to be on the road a guest verse in “Out of Sight”) ing synths over fractured beats we see today. (Like Run the right now with Rage and about the police brutality in a way that never quite allows Jewels’ earlier albums, “RTJ4” RAgainst the Machine that Killer Mike describes in you to decide what was pro- is available to download for free — two of music’s most politically “Walking in the Snow.” grammed and what was played from the duo’s website, though engaged groups barnstorming “You so numb you watch by hand. it has already encouraged more Run the Jewels the country in the run-up to a the cops choke out a man like Yet the men rap in the kind than $100,000 in pay-what-you- presidential election that feels me / Until my voice goes from of crisp, booming cadences that want donations to the National RTJ4 (BMG/Us) more consequential every day. a shriek to whisper, ‘I can’t have all but disappeared from Lawyers Guild’s Mass Defense Alas, the tour was delayed breathe,’ ” he raps, “And you hip-hop in the age of Drake Program.) did the damage.” until 2021 as a result of the sit there in house on couch and and his countless sing-rapping The result is hardly dry or aca- The vulnerability in that COVID-19 pandemic. Yet watch it on TV / The most you inheritors. Killer Mike and El-P, demic: The palpable anger cours- line calls to mind Killer Mike’s America’s other emergency sped give is a Twitter rant and call it a in their mid-40s, come by their ing through tracks like “Yankee recent speech at a news confer- up Run the Jewels’ plans: On tragedy.” old-school flows honestly: Each and the Brave” and “JU$T” feels ence alongside Atlanta’s mayor, June 3, amid nationwide protests Then again, when in the past was active for years before they as cleansing as an acid bath. Keisha Lance Bottoms, in which sparked by the killing of George decade would those lines not formed Run the Jewels — El-P Fury isn’t the only sensation he told demonstrators that he un- Floyd by Minneapolis police, have seemed timely? By say- as part of New York’s Company the group articulates on its most derstood their rage over Floyd’s El-P and Killer Mike announced ing “I can’t breathe” in a song Flow and as a solo artist running emotionally complex album so death yet tearfully urged them they were releasing their new recorded months ago, Killer his own indie label, Definitive far. In “Goonies vs. E.T.,” El-P “not to burn your own house album two days early. Mike appears somehow to have Jux; Killer Mike as a member of raps about the pressures city life down for anger with an enemy.” “F- it, why wait,” the rappers anticipated one of Floyd’s final Atlanta’s Dungeon Family collec- can exert on a romance; an addi- His appeal went viral online wrote in a statement. “The world sentences; he’s also quoting Eric tive who scored a hit in 2001 with tional track with an unprintable even as some condemned it as is infested, so here’s something Garner, who died in similar cir- his cameo on OutKast’s “The title has Killer Mike pondering an accommodationist’s message. raw to listen to while you deal cumstances in New York in 2014. Whole World.” the residual effects of casual That Mike himself seemed torn with it all.” Run the Jewels’ music is all Lyrically, the two seek to lay violence: “I still can’t seem to was what gave him the air of a The duo’s fourth LP since de- about the collision of then and out how systems put in place escape the panic / PTSD, streets true leader.

FROM PAGE 32 actual rock stars with devoted fans and a clear influence on Even minus the global health crisis leading countless The 1975 pop music. Jamie Oborne, who manages the band and runs its label, Dirty Hit, said he can detect the 1975’s impact in artists to reconsider the machinery of pop stardom, “Notes Notes on a Conditional Form (Dirty Hit/Interscope) on a Conditional Form” would be hard for anyone to get his the new artists he meets. arms around. The 1975’s music, not unlike Healy’s thoughts Do you have time on your hands? Of course “Though I’ve been very cautious not to sign another 1975, in an interview, has always been something of a data dump, you do. Then there’s no excuse but to dive into only because I don’t think my mental health could take it,” with sounds and styles and textures pulled from an array of the new 22-track album from the 1975. Each he said with a laugh. scenes and eras. time you think you’ve You feel Healy’s recognition of his visibility on the new The band’s fourth LP is even more sprawling than usual, found the best song, album; even the songs narrated by characters that aren’t with 22 tracks (counting interludes) totaling 80 minutes, another comes along. him, like the God-fearing gay kid in “Jesus Christ 2005 God including an ecstatic ’80s-soul number (“If You’re Too Shy The British quartet’s Bless America,” seem shaped by the singer’s understanding (Let Me Know)”), a bruising post-hardcore rant (“People”), “Notes on a Conditional that when he takes a position, people listen. (The son of two a tender acoustic duet with Phoebe Bridgers (“Jesus Christ Form” is a typically television actors well known in Britain, he comes naturally, 2005 God Bless America”) and a jangly ’90s-guitar jam ambitious fi zzy affair, perhaps, to the role.) with some big “Empire Records” energy (“Me & You To- going from the scream- In quarantine, Healy — said to be dating FKA Twigs, who appears on “Notes” — says he’s been pondering the gether Song”). ing punk of “People” dangers of his celebrity. “Doing what I do, self-obsession is Oh, and an opening cut that sets an original monologue — urging us to “Wake the fuel of the engine, and of course people don’t challenge by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg over twinkly up! Wake up!” — to the you on it,” he said. “I mean, if I’m on smack, the guys will ambient music inspired by Healy’s hero, Brian Eno. almost sappy pop love call me out, as they did. But if it’s just being selfish, and “To be a type of band that plays a type of music — I just letter to the band, “Guys,” that closes the that’s part of my process” — here he grimaced as he made see it as cosplay,” said the singer, dressed in a long-sleeved album. air quotes — “then everybody just leaves it.” Obituary T-shirt, as he leaned down to pick up the 10-week- It’s not too far from their last collection — True to his restlessly analytical mind, Healy then won- old puppy he’s been training while in quarantine. (The dog’s 2018’s “A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relation- dered aloud if knowing you’re a narcissist makes you better name, Mayhem, nods to a Norwegian black-metal band even ships” — with familiar touches, like dubstep, or worse than someone more oblivious. And though that’s more extreme than Obituary.) orchestral sweeps, earnest ballads, a random precisely the type of question that drives the 1975’s deeply As the mastermind of one of the key acts of the streaming sax solo and even a song about America (this layered music, the singer sometimes wishes he could shake age, in which the idea of genre means less than it ever has, time the sly send-up of the religious right in Healy says he’s just trying to catch the anything-goes spirit the impulse to double back on himself. “Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America”). But One reason he’s drawn to the gleaming surfaces in “If of the day. Lyrically, too, he fills his songs — about sex and the new album is far stronger. religion and celebrity and the internet — with the preoccu- You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)” — also a hallmark of ear- As always, frontman and lyricist Matty pations of now, though he insisted, “I don’t like time-stamp- lier 1975 hits such as the Whitney Houston-ish “The Sound” Healy alternates between being utterly sincere ing my work too much. If you’re putting it too much in the — is because they remind him of music from the ’80s, he and sarcastic. He knows some people don’t zeitgeist, then you can’t get away from it. said, “when pop stars weren’t so encumbered with self- fi nd him their cup of tea — “mugging me off “Like when Katy Perry said ‘epic fail’,” he added with a awareness. I know that time had its decadence, but there’s a all across the nation” — but he’s not going to theatrical squirm, in her hit “Last Friday Night.” “I’m like, real freedom in those records.” stop the painful introspection. ‘Wow, I hate that so much.’ His approach to songwriting basically amounts to trying “Me & You Together Song” has a gorgeous, “Love Katy Perry, though.” to create the same sensation he gets out of the music he For “Notes on a Conditional Form” — which Healy co- strummy, Manchester feel and perhaps the loves. “I’ll hear a song and say, ‘Oh, we should do a song that produced with the 1975’s drummer, George Daniel — the best opening line they’ve ever written: “I can’t makes us feel like that,’ ” he said. “Then George makes a singer said he tried to remove his ego from the music and remember when we met / Because she didn’t piece of music and I emotionally react to it.” just ask questions that amount to: “Is the current set of cir- have a top on.” That vibe continues with the With Daniel, who’s also quarantining at the studio, cumstances, in terms of society and the way it’s impacting drums on fi re in “I Think There’s Something Healy’s already started work on new 1975 music — a prod- the individual, sustainable? Can the center hold?” You Should Know.” uct of his “weird compulsion to make stuff,” as he put it, as “The economy’s a goner / Republic’s a banana / Ig- Not all of it works, like the fl at “Don’t well as the knowledge that the modern pop environment nore it if you wanna,” he sneers in “People,” which also Worry” despite the vocal addition of Healy’s demands constant engagement. rhymes “Barack Obama” with “living in a sauna with legal dad, Tim. And “Yeah I Know” is downright “The days of the NME being like, ‘This is your new favor- marijuana.” irritating. ite band, and here’s one song’ — that’s over,” he said, refer- But it’s not quite the case that Healy’s new songs don’t re- But on the superb, gospel-tinged “Nothing ring to the taste-making British magazine. “People want a flect his particulars. On the band’s breakout album, 2016’s Revealed/Everything Denied,” Healy messes real-time relationship now. When I saw Cardi B communi- “I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So with his fans, admitting he was lying when cating with her audience on Instagram with zero mediation, Unaware of It,” Healy was doing a kind of postmodern riff he said he once made love in a car, thereby I knew everything had changed.” on the self-centered rock star — best exemplified in “Love undermining the band’s totemic “Love It If We As he spoke, Mayhem let out a little squeak, evidently Me,” which he went on to perform on “Saturday Night Live” Made It” from the last album. wanting to be cuddled again. in a willfully grotesque display that triggered countless He can lie to us however he wants as long as “He’s a proper quarantine pup, this one,” Healy said as he variations on “Who does this guy think he is?” from online there is music like this. resettled the dog on his lap. “Someday I’ll tell my kids, ‘You commenters. — Mark Kennedy don’t even know what this dog’s been through. You want 20 Yet the 1975’s members — the others are guitarist Adam Associated Press pounds for the shops? He didn’t even have a shop to go to Hann and bassist Ross MacDonald — quickly became when he was your age.” PAGE 34 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: BOOKS A tall tale, but it’s true ‘Lincoln Conspiracy’ recounts plot to kill president-elect en route to inauguration

BY JOE HEIM The Washington Post o entrenched and revered is Abraham Lincoln in America’s national myth that it is almost impossible to Simagine what the country would look like without his presidency. There’s the real possibility it MICHELLE WATSON/Catchlight Group wouldn’t exist at all — at least not as the still functioning, if ad- In “The Lincoln Conspiracy,” co-author Brad Meltzer tells of another time when the country was divided. mittedly strained and battered, United States. It is startling to bent ... The engineer, conductor, down the conspiracy path of South, Lincoln was so unpopular read, then, how close the nation staff, and other passengers have American history before. Their that ballots were not distributed came to losing its most conse- no idea he’s aboard. But there he 2019 bestseller, “The First Con- for him. As a result, in the elec- quential and important president is — hiding in their midst.” spiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill tion of 1860 not a single vote was before he was even sworn in. How did it reach the point that George Washington,” recounted cast for Lincoln in Alabama, In “The Lincoln Conspiracy: Lincoln was so despised that his the 1776 attempt by the Tory- Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, The Secret Plot to Kill America’s life was in jeopardy even before supporting New York governor South Carolina, Louisiana, North 16th President — and Why It agent working for Allen Pinker- he took offi ce? Why had such and New York City mayor to Carolina, Florida, Tennessee Failed,” Brad Meltzer and Josh ton, whose nascent detective antipathy toward him built up enlist Washington’s bodyguards and Texas. On Dec. 20, six weeks Mensch provide a remarkable agency had been charged with in Baltimore? And who were the in an effort to take him down. after Lincoln’s victory, South and often riveting account of ferreting out the threat against men who meant to kill him? While their Washington book Carolina would secede from the an alleged plot to kill Lincoln Lincoln and delivering him safe- In their briskly paced telling explored the divisions in colonial United States, citing in part “an in Baltimore on the way to his ly to Washington. The descrip- — each of the book’s 81 chapters America between loyalists to the increasing hostility on the part of inauguration in Washington tion of the subterfuge required is just a few pages long — the crown and revolutionaries, the the non-slaveholding states to the in February 1861. Historians to smuggle him to the nation’s authors provide a robust histori- focus of the Lincoln book is how Institution of Slavery.” still disagree on the details of capital can seem almost unfath- cal framework and explain how a deeply riven the nation is by the That is the cauldron in which the plan, including how many omable to Americans who uphold fi gure named Cypriano Ferran- slavery question. Lincoln’s election took place. conspirators were involved and the peaceful exchange of power dini, a barber to Baltimore’s elite Despite the attempts of some After his victory, letters arrived how great a threat it presented to as one of the country’s greatest and a staunch supporter of the revisionist historians to play threatening him with hanging, the president-elect. But as the au- political achievements. slaveholding South, would come down slavery as the root cause fl ogging, burning, decapitation. thors recount in the book’s open- “When he fi rst entered the pas- to be seen as the lead organizer of the Civil War, what Southern The hate-fi lled enemies of Lin- ing scene, the threat was taken senger car and she guided him to of this murderous plot. While states feared most about Lin- coln would exact their revenge seriously enough that Lincoln his seat, he pulled the brim of his Lincoln is waving to whistle- coln’s election was that he would when another Baltimorean, John was disguised as the “invalid” low felt hat down over his face stop well-wishers in the North, push for an end to the institution. Wilkes Booth, shot him on April brother of a young woman and so that no one could see it,” the Pinkerton and his detectives Just three days after his victory, 14, 1865; he died early the next sneaked into Washington early authors write about Lincoln as operate undercover in proslavery the South Carolina legislature day. But by then Lincoln had on an overnight train to thwart he boarded the train in Philadel- Baltimore and join secret Con- convened to vote on a measure succeeded in bringing an end to the anticipated attempt on his phia. “Now, he lies behind a cur- federate societies to learn more titled “Resolution to Call the slavery and saving the nation. It life. tain in one of the sleeper berths, about the threat. Election of Abraham Lincoln as can still bring a shudder to think The young woman accom- hidden from view. Because of his Meltzer, a bestselling thriller U.S. President a Hostile Act.” what might have resulted if the panying Lincoln, it turns out, unusual height, he cannot stretch author, and Mensch, a documen- Meltzer and Mensch remind fi rst assassination plot had taken was Kate Warne, an undercover out his legs, so he keeps them tarian and producer, have been readers that in much of the him before his work began. Historical battle between word, image recapped in ‘Poster’

BY REAGAN UPSHAW be pasted together into one picture, that 20th-century designer Abram Games. tising dropped drastically as television Special to The Washington Post made possible the explosion of graphic On the other hand, “The Poster” tells us advertising became ascendant, some media campaigns in the 19th century. The that during San Francisco’s psychedelic poster campaigns still broke through. The ho takes the eye takes fi rst-rate artists who turned their talents era, designers often “deliberately ignored shock value of the United Colors of Benet- all,” said Mary Lowndes to such designs traditional rules of poster design — that ton campaigns during the 1980s and ’90s, of the Artists’ Suffrage make an impres- lettering should be legible, the message with images of a priest and nun kissing “WLeague in the early sive roster. Henri communicated immediately and disturb- or a man dying of AIDS, drew plenty of 1900s, neatly summarizing the need for de Toulouse-Lau- ing colors avoided.” Those of us, stoned attention to the brand. striking graphics on the banners that suf- trec, Alphonse or not, who tried to decipher one of Victor A chapter titled “The Poster in the fragists were making for their marches. Mucha and Au- Moscoso’s trippy rock concert posters Digital Age” is a fascinating look at the Lowndes’ statement could serve as the brey Beardsley would agree with the assessment. current scene, as posters composed of motto for all those who attempt to per- were early prac- The essays in “The Poster” detail the paper or vinyl are being replaced by suade by visual means, be they propagan- titioners of an art change in images, methods and public re- digital billboards, with images that are dists for political parties or advertisers form that would sponse over the years, sometimes looking visible for a few seconds before the next selling soap. “The Poster,” edited by Gill be continued a back at “humorous” imagery that would image appears. Yet the fl eeting image is Saunders and Margaret Timmers of the century later by now seem problematic, as in a poster not the only survivor of the poster today. Victoria & Albert Museum in London, David Hockney, showing a suffragist abandoning her Social media platforms have added a new, is a beautiful and entertaining account Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. hunger strike to sample a bowl of delicious smaller dimension. Homemade posters, of the history of the medium, illustrated The history of posters has been a con- Plasmon Oats. photographed at rallies, go viral, being with examples drawn from the museum’s tinuing battle between word and image By the “Mad Men” era, poster advertis- shared, adapted and answered as they extensive collection. and between simplicity and complexity. ing had shifted from original artwork to a spread across Facebook and Twitter. In While handbill-sized fl iers affi xed to How detailed should a visual image be? reliance on photography. The commercial the end, what compels us to take note of surfaces had long been in existence, it How much of the space should be allotted artist had been replaced by the graphic such a poster — a witty slogan, or a har- was the development of the large-scale to picture and how much to lettering? designer working with a creative team monious blend of line and color? color lithographic technique, with images “Maximum meaning. Minimum within an ad agency. Nineteenth-century poster artists would composed of several pieces that could means,” was the byword of infl uential While money spent on poster adver- recognize the question as a familiar one. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 35 WEEKEND: BOOKS ‘Sandblast’ crafts engaging special ops mission

BY ROBERT H. REID — to infi ltrate the Taliban and gan’s Heroes,” but Pessin makes it real through attention Stars and Stripes stop Ibn Jihad by any means to detail and skillful storytelling. necessary. His narrative slides effortlessly from the bureaucratic n the new military thriller “Sandblast,” the A young Pentagon covert op- battles faced by Davenport to keep the mission alive and secretary of defense is assassinated when terror- erations offi cer, Bridget Daven- fend off skeptics in rival agencies to the emotional toll on ist bombers blow his plane out of the skies. The port, fi nds an Afghan-American Lt. Abdallah as he befriends men he may later have to Iattack is claimed by a charismatic Taliban leader in Army lieutenant, Faraz Abdal- kill. As Hamed the village youth, he must carry out or- Afghanistan known only as Ibn Jihad. lah, to attempt the mission. The ders that weigh heavily on the conscience of his alter ego. With the SecDef, his wife and much of his staff dead, only child of Afghan immigrant Pessin is at his best when he describes the complex the White House is in full panic mode, eager for revenge parents, Lt. Abdallah is fl uent relationship between Lt. Abdallah and his Taliban com- and terrifi ed that Ibn Jihad is planning an even bigger in the Pashto language and pos- rades, including his boss, Commander al-Souri, a Syrian terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11. sesses the physical and mental jihadi who has fought in Afghanistan for decades. Veteran broadcast journalist Al Pessin, whose nearly skills necessary for such a high- “He knew al-Souri was a terrorist, a ruthless murderer four-decade career took him from confl ict zones in Iraq risk assignment. of foreigners and Afghans alike, a man who would stop at and Afghanistan to the Pentagon and the White House, Abdallah must shed his nothing, including making him into a suicide bomber, in has crafted a page-turner about the world of spooks, California upbringing — the pursuit of his apocalyptic vision. At the same time, Faraz special ops and jihad. Army even tells his parents he had to acknowledge that al-Souri was a soldier/scholar His characters, ranging from D.C. bureaucrats to was killed in a training accident — the kind of wise, committed leader the U.S. military Afghan dirt farmers, are believable, even to readers who — and convince the Taliban that he is a simple Afghan tried to build in its ranks,” Pessin writes. have brushed shoulders with such people in the fl esh. village youth named Hamed who is willing to serve as a As the story reaches its climax, Pessin builds the In wake of the SecDef’s murder and with jihadi chatter terrorist while remaining focused on his high-risk mis- suspense to an ending which — like the Afghan War itself pointing to a new attack, the Defense Intelligence Agency sion. — is on one level a success, but on another, incomplete. dusts off a once-rejected plan — Operation Sandblast The basic plot line might seem as far-fetched as “Ho- That’s a good jumping-off point for a sequel.

The Vanishing Half All My Mother’s Lovers Hideaway The Other Bennet Sister American Sherlock Brit Bennett Ilana Masad Nora Roberts Janice Hadlow Kate WInkler Dawson A new novel explores the “All My Mother’s Lovers” is a Roberts’ latest thriller pulls Jane Austen was most un- Dawson’s latest nonfi ction construct of race in the diverging story of queerness, love and fam- you in from the fi rst page, and generous to Mary Bennet. The page-turner is really two books, lives of light-skinned black twins, ily like you’ve never seen it be- keeps you curled up with it dur- middle of fi ve sisters Austen cre- one of which is great. Dawson one of whom transitions into a fore. After the unexpected death ing any moment of free time you ated for “Pride and Prejudice” — whose riveting “Death in the life as a white woman. of her mother, Iris, 27-year-old have until the very last page. was confi ned to tedious speeches Air” tracked a deadly fog that The older, wilder twin, De- Maggie discovers fi ve letters Drama was in Caitlyn Sulli- from Fordyce’s Sermons and cloaked London in 1952 — looks siree, has little patience for their tucked into Iris’ will. The letters van’s veins. She was born into the mortifying piano solos. at Edward Oscar Heinrich, the townspeople’s obsession with are addressed to fi ve men that legendary Sullivan family, which In “The Other Bennet Sister,” Californian who pioneered crime lightness. “Her father had been Maggie has never once heard churned out generation after Hadlow gives Mary a starring investigation techniques that so light that, on a cold morning, Iris mention. generation of stars. role, a spirited character and police still use today. she could turn his arm over to Desperate to fi nd out who During a family gathering a story sure to please a market Blood spatter patterns, fi n- see the blue of his veins. But these men could possibly be, at her grandfather’s sprawling hungry for all things Austen. gerprinting, stomach content none of that mattered when the Maggie leaves behind her griev- home in California’s Big Sur, Hadlow’s debut novel opens analysis, specifi cs of decomposi- white men came for him, so how ing father and brother (as well Caitlyn played a game of hide much like the original . She fol- tion — Heinrich seems to have could she care about lightness as her new girlfriend with whom and seek that was supposed to be lows Austen’s story at a respect- been at the forefront of all of it, after that?” she is falling madly in love) forgetful, but wound up changing ful distance until the happy which Dawson demonstrates in Even as Stella, the twin who and embarks on a quest to hand her life. The perfect hiding place ending, then strikes out on her case studies that focus on his transitions after leaving their deliver each letter. was actually a trap. own. Life at Longbourn takes a splashier work, including failed hometown, sheds some of the Along her journey, Maggie Caitlyn’s kidnapping is a rivet- turn that sends Mary shifting efforts to nail comic actor Fatty burdens of being seen as black, learns she knew far less about ing and suspenseful ordeal. But among family households like Arbuckle for the death of a star- she gets in its place the psycho- both her mother and her father its aftermath and the long-term other unmarried women of the let. (The journalism professor logical toll of passing as white, of than she ever thought possible. hold it has on her life impacts era. Rescue comes with her Aunt gets credit for acknowledging the lying to those closest to her. Maggie’s relationship with Iris everything: what family means Gardiner in London. times Heinrich fell short.) “At fi rst, passing seemed so had always been strained, in part to her and her relationship with There, she begins to blossom, Less successful are the bio- simple, she couldn’t understand due to Iris’ inability to accept her loved ones, where she lives, then meets the earnest Tom graphical details Dawson uses why her parents hadn’t done it,” Maggie’s sexuality. The men her career, who she loves. Hayward and the insouciant Will in an attempt to explain why Bennett writes. “But she was Maggie meets challenge her to Reading “Hideaway” is like a Ryder, young men who seem Heinrich was driven to bring young then. She hadn’t real- see Iris not only as her fl awed mini vacation, as Roberts trans- eager for her attention. But are criminals to justice. As too ized how long it takes to become mother, but also as a human ports you from the sun-drenched they really? many stories pile up about, for someone else, or how lonely being fi lled with her own com- mountains of Big Sur to the roll- Austen fans have long been instance, Heinrich’s spendthrift it can be living in a world not plex emotions and desires. ing hills of Ireland to the bustling happy to reap the benefi ts of such son, one can almost hear Daw- meant for you.” “All My Mother’s Lovers” is streets of New York City. misunderstandings, and Hadlow son’s students at the University Issues of privilege, inter-gen- a wholly unique exploration of The romance-suspense hybrid, proves adept at delivering plot of Texas parroting her advice: erational trauma, the random- identity, sexuality and the all- one of Roberts’ specialities, will twists and social commentary . Edit, edit, edit. ness and unfairness of it all, are consuming power of love. Masad make you think hard about the The echoes of beloved passages — Chris Hewitt teased apart in all their com- is a masterful storyteller who small and big moments that gives the reader the pleasure of Star Tribune (Minneapolis) plexity, within a story that also offers complex, dynamic charac- make a person’s life zig or zag. rereading an old favorite along touches on universal themes of ters that continue to surprise us And how some things are just with the discovery of a new one. love, identity and belonging. until the very end. meant to be. — Maureen McCarthy — Rasha Madkour/AP — Molly Sprayregen/AP — Sophia Rosenbaum/AP Star Tribune (Minneapolis) PAGE 36 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: TELEVISION & DVD NEW ON DVD “Saint Frances”: Embar- Evolution of leadership rassed and frustrated with her job as a server, Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan), a 34-year-old woman, lands a nanny position to 6-year-old Frances, despite In ‘Strange New Worlds,’ Capt. Pike models humility as head of Enterprise lacking experience and a general interest in kids. Meanwhile, after hooking up with a sweet, some- BY TED ANTHONY Captain Pike — now framed through a evolved the notion of command in Star Trek what hapless 26-year-old man, Associated Press creative lens that has captured 54 years of through changing times. Jace (Max Lipchitz), Bridget gets captaining by Kirks, Picards, Siskos, Jane- And while television storytelling has n the beginning, in the Star Trek ways and Archers — may be the fi nest, most come many light years since the original pregnant and has an abortion. universe, there was only Captain After being exposed mostly to intuitive leader that the Star Trek universe series’ era, to hear the producers and actors Kirk. At least to the general public. has ever produced. tell it, “Strange New Worlds” will strive for peers who look down on her, When the Starship Enterprise fi rst well-meaning parents who don’t “Both within the show’s world and our the sensibility of the original — a spirit of whooshed across American television own, Captain Pike is a breath of fresh air,” exploration and optimism, and even nonse- understand her and men she Iscreens on Sept. 8, 1966, William Shatner’s feels ambivalent toward, Bridget Jessie Earl, whose Trek-focused “Jessie rialized, single-episode arcs. James T. Kirk was the smart leader sitting Gender” YouTube videos explore social and “We’re going to get to work on a classic fi nds a community with Frances in the captain’s chair. He was stouthearted, and Frances’ moms and through political issues, said in an episode about Star Trek show that deals with optimism eloquent, curious, fair. Kennedy-like, even. Pike last year. and the future,” Mount said from quaran- them, with herself. He was a principled explorer committed to Also available on DVD: “Pike’s lack of ego makes him a perfect tine last month in a YouTube video reveal- spreading New Frontier values to the 23rd- model of leadership worth aspiring to,” Earl ing the show. “2 Minutes of Fame”: After century stars. said. “Pike represents what Star Trek has They’ll also be exploring the rich history going viral, an aspiring stand-up And yet: Kirk could also be something of always been about: showing us what we of the original Enterprise itself, a ship so heads to Los Angeles to make it an interstellar Don Draper — brooding, ar- could be if we strove to actively pursue and storied that a mail-in campaign by fans in big. Jay Pharoah, Katt Williams, rogant, a top-down manager who earned his cultivate the best parts of ourselves.” the mid-1970s led NASA to rename the fi rst Andy Allo, Keke Palmer and privilege but also often presumed it. Despite It’s not accidental that Pike is the son of a space shuttle after it. Lovingly reconceived Valery M. Ortiz star. being progressive for his era, he could be father who taught science AND comparative to appear in the second season of “Discov- “Bad Therapy”: A therapist condescending to anyone but his top right- (Michaela Watkins) wreaks religion — an embodiment of the empiri- ery,” it is sleek and moody and rich with the hand men — and sometimes creepily appre- cism-faith equation that Star Trek and its havoc on a couple’s (Alicia ciative of the women he encountered. colors and layout that made it so compel- Silverstone and Rob Corddry) captains have always espoused. In many ling in the 1960s — updated for today’s HD But Kirk had actually been preceded as ways, in fact — even more so than Chris relationship. captain of the Enterprise by Christopher audiences but holding onto the soul of its “The Etruscan Smile”: An Pine in the movie reboots — Pike functions low-budget predecessor. Pike — a stoic, vague fi gure played by Jef- as James T. Kirk 2.0. elderly Scotsman stuck in his frey Hunter in a rejected 1964 Trek pilot, And smack in the middle, in a chair ways (Brian Cox) heads to San Both are utterly principled and commit- familiar to generations of fans, will sit who made only a fl eeting appearance in the ted to their missions. But where Kirk could Francisco to seek medical treat- Christopher Pike, charged with embodying original series, mainly so the pilot footage be arrogant, Pike is steadfast. Where Kirk ment and a relationship with his everything in a half-century of Trek that could be recycled. The character was expansive and welcomed attention, Pike estranged son. In English and made captains effective and memorable. reappeared in two recent movie is wary of it — but seamlessly claims Scottish Gaelic. James T. Kirk was a master class in lead- reboots, portrayed ably by center stage when needed. “Impractical Jokers: The ership for the 1960s, just as Jean-Luc Picard Bruce Greenwood, but was Most of all, where Kirk Movie”: Based on the truTV never a foundational fi x- was a thoughtful, more introspective model reality comedy series, The was deeply committed ture of Star Trek lore. to his responsibil- for the carpeted, richly paneled bridge of Tenderloins (Brian , Until now. the late-1980s Enterprise-D. James Murray, Sal Vulcano and ity to ship and crew Trek afi cionados — crippled by it, But yanking a thinly developed character Joe Gatto) participate in hidden were thrilled last from the beginning of Star Trek lore and camera challenges for a shot at even — Mount’s month to learn that Pike adds the offering him up as a model of leadership for redemption. Pike (now played the 2020s — well, that’s not an easy task. “Kill Mode”: An ex-freedom view of himself by Anson Mount), as a humble “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” expected fi ghter (Dave Mantel) returns his fi rst offi cer in 2021, will be doing that every week. after uncovering a scandal servant-leader “Number One” who derives In fi rst developing the character that regarding the world’s biggest (Rebecca Romijn) would evolve into Captain Pike, Trek creator company. his sense of and the still- command Gene Roddenberry described him this way: “LEGO DC Shazam: Magic evolving, pre-Kirk “He is a complex personality with a sensi- and Monsters”: In this com- not only from version of Spock the success of tivity and warmth which the responsibilities puter-animated fi lm, Shazam (Ethan Peck), of command often forces him to hide.” (voiced by Sean Astin) must save his mission but would be following directly from the That was 1964. Today, for this latest the Justice League from the evil up their seasonlong captain of the Enterprise, sensitivity and Monster Society. successes of his stints on “Star Trek: warmth are no longer hidden. They’re right “The Marshes”: A team of bi- crew. Discovery” with a there front and center, along with all the ologists (Dafna Kronental, Sarah This is very brand-new show on complexity. And Star Trek — which even in Armanious, Matthew Cooper) much in line with CBS-All Access. Called its darkest hours is about building a brighter discover a sinister presence how the captains, “Star Trek: Strange New who came after Kirk, future — is better off for it. while doing fi eld work. Worlds,” it is set in the de- “Project Blue Book Season cade before Kirk takes Anson Mount plays Capt. Christopher Pike, a once-obscure 2”: The History network’s sci-fi command. series follows Dr. J. Allen Hynek character in the Star Trek universe who is getting a deeper And as played examination in the upcoming series “Strange New Worlds.” (Aidan Gillen) and Air Force today by Capt. Michael Quinn (Michael Mount, INVISION/AP Malarkey) as they travel around the United States in search of the truth behind possible UFO sightings. “The Quarry”: A fugitive takes over a small-town preacher’s identity after killing him. Stars Shea Whigham, Michael Shan- non and Catalina Sandino Moreno. “Sniper: Assassin’s End”: Father-son sniper team Thomas and Brandon Beckett (Tom Berenger and Chad Michael Col- lins) face threats from Russian mercenaries, a yakuza-trained assassin and the CIA. “A Soldier’s Revenge”: A bounty hunter (Neal Bledsoe) searches for a missing mother (AnnaLynne McCord) while looking to destroy a Civil War major (Rob Mayes). — Katie Foran-McHale/TNS Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 37 WEEKEND: FAMILY

THE MEAT AND The teachable moment POTATOES OF LIFE How to talk to children about race amid unrest Lisa Smith Molinari

BY LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press Recruiters apply wise s an African American parent, Cassandre Dunbar lessons to today’s crisis in Charlotte, N.C. , always knew she and her husband A iding in a V-22 Osprey over the jungles of Libe- would have “the talk” with their son, the one preparing him for inter- ria in search of suitable terrain to build treat- actions with law enforcement. ment camps during the 2014 Ebola epidemic, young Army engineer Major Anthony Barbina But she never dreamed it would R had no idea that he was preparing for a job he would fi ll be necessary at 5 years old. years later. All he knew was that his skills as a burgeon- “I thought the cops were sup- ing military leader were being tested. posed to help us? Are they only help- “People were in rough shape, gaunt and haggard, ful to white people?” he asked after throwing up all the time,” Lieutenant Colonel Barbina, taking in TV coverage of protests now the Commander for the U.S. Army New England Re- and overhearing his parents discuss cruiting Battalion, described the Ebola patients treated the deaths of George Floyd, Ah- in camps that his team built during Operation United maud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. Assistance in 2014. Dunbar explained to her eldest The Ebola Treatment Units were constructed where child: “Some people have a hard they were needed most — outside affected villages, in the time understanding that skin color city of Monrovia, near an abandoned mine. The make- doesn’t have anything to do with shift facilities had space for beds and a cleaning area for what kind of person you are. I said medical personnel to change into protective gear. that, yes, cops are meant to help us “No visitors were allowed. Family members would all, but some cops aren’t good cops stand outside the fences trying to catch sight of their and the bad ones really aren’t help- loved ones.” Barbina recalled that Ebola differed from ful to people who look like us.” the novel coronavirus in that it was more diffi cult to con- Many parents of all races are tract, but far more deadly. “Most loved ones went in and struggling with similar conversa- did not come back out.” tions after a week of outrage and After completing his engineering duties and spending sadness that spilled into streets 21 days in quarantine, Barbina was asked to write up an /AP worldwide after video of Floyd’s KOKILA BOOKS, AN IMPRINT OF PENGUIN YOUNG READERS After Action Review for the Center for Army Lessons death emerged. It came after The cover of “Antiracist Baby,” a book by Ibram X. Kendi, teaches children Learned. Barbina wrote his “Top 10 Lessons Learned” months of family togetherness in as young as 5 or 6 months about racism. and submitted them, believing that his job was done. coronavirus lockdown, a time when “Never in a million years would I have thought that I kids have been cut off from schools more parents talk to children about “I’ve read threats and horrible would go back to that slide,” Barbina told me in a recent and peers. race, the more those children “tend comments online by neighbors, interview. I had reached out to ask him how Army re- To help her kids going forward, to be less overwhelmed by the teachers and people I had consid- cruitment has been affected by the COVID-19 crisis. He Dunbar has been reaching out for politics.” ered friends,” she said. “I cried told me his story that was six years in the making. guidance from child therapists, For African American mom when I saw the George Floyd video. Back in early March, Barbina was fl ying back from early childhood educators and sea- Sonya Horton in Brooklyn, N.Y. , that I cried again when I watched my a training exercise with a colleague. “We talked about soned parents. means putting it all on the line for son watch it. The look of disappoint- the coronavirus, how it could affect recruiting and our How conversations with kids her 11-year-old daughter, Samirah, ment on his face let me know that recruiters,” he said. “I decided on that fl ight, we need to about race and racism play out can a budding DJ and anti-bullying ac- he felt the world had failed him. change the way we do business.” be intensely personal for parents. tivist who attends a predominantly Again.” Back at the battalion, Barbina dug deep into his per- Many white parents in particular white private school. Ibram X. Kendi is a National sonal archives to review the “Top 10 Lessons Learned” PowerPoint slide he created after his Liberia experience believe children are too young for The sixth grader belongs to a Book Award winner, activist, his- 2014. “1. Leadership Matters — When in charge, take such discussions at age 10 or 11, said school club for black and brown tory professor and founding direc- charge. Leaders must be the calm within the storm,” the Andrew Grant-Thomas, co-founder students where they feel free to tor of the Antiracist Research and six-year-old slide read. He channeled the quiet, deter- of Embrace Race, a nonprofi t that discuss slights from classmates over Policy Center at American Univer- mined strength of Lieutenant General Darryl Williams provides resources for parents and things like how they wear their hair, sity. who led U.S. Army Africa Command through the Ebola educators. certain foods they particularly like He’s also dad to 4-year-old Imani. Crisis and is now the 60th Superintendent of the U.S. “They think that kids are too and family traditions. When his daughter was born, Military Academy at West Point. naive and fragile and will crumple Of her white classmates, Samirah Kendi found few books on race and “I wanted to model my leadership after Lieutenant the moment you even mention the racism for the very young. He wrote said: “I feel like they know what General Williams,” Barbina said. “He was calm, col- word,” he said. “By not engaging racism is but not to the full extent his own, a board book in rhyme out kids explicitly, essentially you’re lected, strong, clear and concise in crisis.” of the meaning of it. I feel like they this month from the Penguin Young Although face-to-face recruitment has been used for leaving them to fl ounder in this tidal might think making an inappropri- Readers imprint Kokila Books. wave of communication about race the past 30 years, on March 16th, Barbina instituted ate joke could be racist, but racist Titled “Antiracist Baby,” it’s one “Operation Patriot Shield,” transitioning all New England that they are receiving from a very could be imitating someone or say- of a surge of titles on racism making early age, but without you there to Battalion recruiting stations to online-only recruiting and ing a comment that’s not particu- their way up the Amazon bestseller virtual prospecting . deliberately mediate how they make larly nice.” list. Two days later, the U.S. Army closed all 1,400 recruit- sense of what they get.” Horton, whose husband is a “The data points to the fact that ing stations across the U.S. The other services followed Howard Stevenson, a clinical retired police offi cer, said they have children as young as 5 or 6 months the Army’s lead, and by March 25, all 20,100 members of psychologist in the Graduate School never “sugar-coated things” for begin recognizing race, and chil- the military recruiting force were teleworking. These un- of Education at the University of their child. dren as young as 2 to 3 years old precedented decisions have been effective force protec- Pennsylvania, works with educa- “I never feel that she’s too young start recognizing or even believing tion measures , but this did slow recruiting from March tors and families to understand the to know or to understand,” Horton in racist ideas,” Kendi said. “Typi- through May. trauma and stress of race-based said. “We live in a world where it’s cally, parents don’t even know how How will the military attract the 150,000 annual re- hate. Insights that he offered online out there, and if you’re not open and to begin to have these conversa- cruits it needs to sustain the all-volunteer force over the in 2016 have been shared by school you’re not talking about it then they tions with these very, very young months and years to come? districts around the country in the may come away with misinforma- people, let alone recognizing the Barbina says social media prospecting is here to stay. past week with parents. tion and miseducation.” importance of having these conver- His battalion had already begun recruiting through “Both verbal and non-verbal For parents, the fi rst step is sations.” social media, online job platforms, eSports tournaments, approaches infl uence what chil- checking their own feelings, Steven- Through illustrations by Ashley and other virtual communities prior to the COVID-19 dren not only know about race but son and other experts said. A good Lukashevsky, Kendi shows that crisis. Barbina said that recruiters are discovering that whether they should speak to it or second step is listening to the expe- the fi rst step toward making racial participants in online eSports and social communities are how they should manage the stress riences of parents and children of equity a reality is opening your eyes excellent military prospects. “They are technically savvy. of it,” Stevenson told The Associ- color without judgment, and accept to all skin colors. They are digital natives. They are interested in becoming ated Press. “Children watch what that racism does exist. “Antiracist Baby learns all the drone pilots, cyber professionals and engineers. their parents don’t do during racial In Myrtle Beach, S. C. , Traci colors, not because race is true,” he “They are the Army of the future.” moments as much as what they Sumter wouldn’t allow her black writes. “If you claim to be color- Read more of Lisa Smith Molinari’s columns at: actually purposely teach.” 15-year-old son to participate in blind, you deny what’s right in front themeatandpotatoesoflife.com He said research shows that the protests. of you.” Email: [email protected] PAGE 38 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 39 FACES Black Lives Matter added as Netflix genre Reality TV takes on life after 40 Netflix added a Black Lives Matter section to its genre tab on Wednesday, responding to view- ers’ interest in titles related to ra- cial injustice, discrimination and ‘Labor of Love’ breaks systemic racism. Even though the collection dating show mold with older is new, its title tag insists that it’s “more than a moment.” The woman, sperm samples streaming giant’s main Twitter account has also been posting BY LISA BONOS messages of solidarity with the The Washington Post Black Lives Matter movement. “When we say ‘Black Lives eality dating shows often test con- Matter,’ we also mean ‘Black sto- testants’ strength, bravery or confi- rytelling matters,’ ” read a Netflix dence. In a quest for love, they run tweet Wednesday morning. “With through obstacle courses, scream R an understanding that our com- through bungee-jumps and get up onstage to mitment to true, systemic change tell stories, make jokes or model. will take time — we’re starting by Rarely do these challenges include fertility highlighting powerful and com- tests. But “Labor of Love,” a new reality show plex narratives about the Black on Fox, isn’t your typical dating show. On its experience.” premiere episode last month, the show’s pro- A Netflix spokesperson says the ducer and host Kristin Davis invited the 15 company has no plans to remove male contestants to climb into a trailer and the Black Lives Matter genre tab. emerge with a sperm sample, which would be analyzed to determine whether these men JACE DOWNS/2020 Fox Media could give the leading lady, Kristy Katzmann, Coachella, Stagecoach one very important thing she’s looking for: a Kristin Davis, left, hosts “Labor of Love,” a Fox reality show starring Kristy Katzmann, a canceled for 2020 baby. single woman looking to start a family, with or without a partner. “We thought the men were just going to The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals have been can- leave over what was going to happen,” Davis 5, when Womack eliminated her, saying she to hear how deeply the men yearned to have celed this year due to coronavirus says in a phone interview, recalling that first was “mature and composed,” and perhaps families, conversations they might not gener- concerns. challenge. “We just thought they were going ally have in front of women. “too refined” for him. Well, now Katzmann Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside to run away down the driveway.” has found a more refined way to look for love “Some of them would say: ‘I feel embar- The men did not, in fact, run away. They County, Calif.’s public health of- on television. Though, yes, the show is still a rassed. All my co-workers have all these ficer, signed an order Wednesday submitted their samples, and Alan, a 39-year- bit silly and lighthearted. weekend plans about kids, and what they’re old writer from South Africa, was crowned canceling the popular festivals In Davis, who played Charlotte York Gold- going to do, and they invite me along and I’m outside Palm Springs, Calif. the most fertile. enblatt on “Sex and the City,” Katzmann has like the uncle, which is fine for a while. But Health officials are concerned Katzmann isn’t just looking for a sperm a wise guide. Davis, 55, knows what it’s like after a while, I feel sad and embarrassed,’ ” about a possible surge in corona- donor. She wants it all: a loving husband who to build a family on your own — she’s unmar- Davis recalls. “Men are socialized not to talk virus cases in the fall. wants to have children. She’s realistic, too — ried and adopted two children. Davis notes about their feelings out in the open, I get that. Coachella, a massive music and if she doesn’t fall in love on this reality show, that she and her friends would privately dis- That’s our culture in a lot of ways, and I feel arts festival, and Stagecoach, a she’s open to being a platonic co-parent with cuss the fact that they wanted children and for them that they’re holding all this in.” country music event, are typi- one of her contestants, or passing over all of Unlike “The Bachelor,” which is hyper-fo- didn’t have them yet, but “it seemed like cally held in April but were previ- them and becoming a single mother. cused on getting the lead engaged by the end there wasn’t necessarily the freedom to talk ously postponed until October. Unlike other reality dating shows that of the season, Davis says she isn’t attached to about it in a larger cultural sense.” Now, “given the projected often treat one’s 30s as nearly too late to fall a specific outcome for Katzmann. “I have no circumstances and potential, I in love and start a family — and ending up “Labor of Love” is an attempt to do that. investment in Kristy getting married,” Davis Davis reveals that, during filming, she would would not be comfortable moving alone at the end of such a journey as a fail- says. “I have an investment in Kristy getting forward,” Kaiser said. ure — “Labor of Love” is straightforward often retreat to the garage where produc- happy, being happy, being satisfied with her about the fact that many people are pair- ers could watch the show’s raw footage roll choices, having a baby, getting the things that Lady Antebellum ing off and having children later in life. At in real time, just to get a sense of what the she wants. And whatever way that works out age 41, Katzmann isn’t cast as a sad woman, male contestants, ages 36 to 46, were saying for her is whatever way that works out. ... You changes name to Lady A desperate to settle down. She’s portrayed as about how their lives had gone and what they have choices. I’m there to represent that.” Grammy-winning country a woman who knows what she wants. And if still wanted to accomplish. “They had a lot Katzmann won’t offer spoilers about how of really deep and interesting conversations group Lady Antebellum is chang- she doesn’t find it at the end of a reality TV the season ends, but she will say that she’s ing its name to Lady A, with about the subject of feeling regret that they show, she’ll make it happen on her own. happy. “I am as happy as I’ve ever been,” she members saying they are regret- didn’t think of this earlier, that they were so Katzmann went “The Bachelor” route says, adding that she’s continued on the path ful and embarrassed for not tak- once before. She was a contestant on Brad focused on career,” Davis says. She added toward motherhood since the show wrapped ing into consideration the word’s Womack’s 2007 season, making it to Week that she was “impressed and illuminated” last year. associations with slavery. In a statement Thursday on their social media , the band said that they chose the name after ‘Watchmen’, ‘When They See Us’ among Peabody winners the antebellum-style home where they shot their first band photos, and it reminded them of Southern BY ASHLEY LEE are among the winners that zoom in on sys- create that.” styles of music. temic racism in policing and the criminal “The legacy of racial injustice has bur- Los Angeles Times But they said in recent weeks, justice system. dened so many,” he continued. “I’m honored their eyes have been opened to HBO’s “Watchmen” and Netflix’s “When “If you watched their story and you felt that our narrative, our work of trying to re- They See Us,” two acclaimed TV dramas that “blindspots we didn’t even know something, I invite you to consider doing spond to that burden, to respond to the pre- existed” and “the injustices, in- tackle racism and police brutality against something,” said “When They See Us” sumption of dangers and guilt that continues black people, are among the recipients of the equality and biases black women creator and director Ava DuVernay in her to plague black and brown people, to respond and men have always faced.” 2020 Peabody Awards. acceptance speech, referring to the five ex- to the absence of truth-telling of our history, “This year’s winners are a vibrant collec- The band said it is deeply sorry onerated men portrayed in the series. was the subject of this film.” tive of inspiring, innovative and powerful for the hurt this has caused and “There’s no right way,” she continued. “Do Other winners highlight the persistence of stories. True to the spirit and legacy of Pea- for anyone who felt unsafe, un- what you feel where you are, but don’t let rape culture, the importance of immigrant body, our winners are also distinguished by seen or unvalued. the presence and resilience of many emerg- your anger and sadness after watching the rights, the urgency of the climate change cri- ing and diverse voices,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, series be all. Cases like this are happening sis and authoritarian threats to democracy, Other news executive director of Peabody, in a statement on our watch. People who are poor and in- among other pressing subjects. Italian authorities on Thurs- accompanying Wednesday’s announcement. nocent are behind bars, while the rich and Additionally, PBS’ “Frontline” and Fox’s guilty walk free and gain power. Some even “The Simpsons” were named recipients of day unveiled a stolen artwork by This year’s Peabody honorees stand out for Banksy the range of important social issues they ad- sit in the Oval Office.” Institutional Awards, honoring programs British artist that was dress — a habitual blind spot for other Holly- “There are so many problems in the world that have made a significant impact on painted as a tribute to the vic- wood awards bodies. Along with “Watchmen” that have been sustained by narratives of media programming and the cultural land- tims of the 2015 terror attacks at and “When They See Us” — both of which fear and anger ... [which] are the essential scape. Cicely Tyson was named winner of the Bataclan music hall in Paris. were shut out of the Golden Globes, for ex- ingredients of injustice and oppression,” said the Peabody Career Achievement Award on It had been “hidden well” in the ample — the documentary “True Justice: Stevenson in his speech. “To fight against Monday. The in-person awards ceremony, attic, prosecutors said. No arrests Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality” and that narrative, we need other narratives. Our originally scheduled for June 18, has been have been made. the podcast “In The Dark: The Path Home” filmmakers, our storytellers, our writers canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Compiled from wire reports PAGE 40 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Fireworks explosion kills 1, injures another

COOPERSBURG PA — Federal and state authorities on Wednesday were trying to determine what caused two tractor-trailers filled with fireworks to explode in eastern Pennsylvania, killing one person and injuring another. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents joined state investigators at the scene in Lower Milford Township to comb through the trailers and a building that were destroyed by the series of blasts Tuesday. Neighbors reported the blasts shook their homes and black smoke rose from the scene. The Lehigh County coroner has not released the name of the victim. Police probing car dealership break-ins

PLAINFIELD TOWN- MI SHIP — Burglars have targeted another western Michi- gan car dealership. The Kent County sheriff’s office was investigating a Wednesday morning break-in at a Kia dealer- ship in Plainfield Township after the lobby door was shattered, WOOD-TV reported. ROBERT F. B UKATY/AP It wasn’t immediately clear if anything was stolen. An Infiniti dealership and a Chevrolet and Toyota dealership Field flows with praise for grads were broken into overnight Mon- day. Both are in Grand Rapids. Tyler Leighton trims grass around a field of signs in a park honoring the graduates of four high schools in the Camden-Rockland region on At least six dealerships in Tuesday in Rockport, Maine. Schools around the state changed their traditional graduation ceremonies due to the coronavirus pandemic. Plainfield Township, Grand Rap- ids and Kentwood were broken workers’ desks almost a year ago, THE CENSUS police and accused Capitano of into over the weekend, according authorities said Tuesday. ramming into her vehicle, but to the television station. One per- Phuong Tang, 40, of Las Vegas, The amount of money Florida will give to Clifford Capitano said Ramsey slammed son has been arrested. could face a maximum of five Williams to compensate him for spending 43 years on her br akes, police said. years in prison and a $250,000 in prison for a murder authorities now say he didn’t 8 months for smuggler fine at sentencing June 23, U.S. $2M commit. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill Tues- US challenges planned of sea cucumbers Attorney Nicholas Trutanich day. Williams and his nephew, Nathan Myers, were Titanic expedition said . convicted of the 1976 fatal shooting of Jeanette Williams and the attempted Court documents say Tang was SAN DIEGO — A Mex- murder of Nina Marshall in Jacksonville. Clifford Williams was at first sentenced NORFOLK — The U.S. a podiatry clinic technician at ican woman who smug- to death and spent four years on death row before being resentenced to life in government will try to CA the Department of Veterans Af- VA gled endangered sea cucumbers prison. No physical evidence linked the men to the crime. Marshall, who has since stop a company’s planned salvage fairs facility in North Las Vegas, into the U.S. was sentenced Tues- died, was the only witness and her testimony contradicted evidence gathered by mission to retrieve the Titanic’s where police hazardous materials day to eight months in prison. investigators that has since called her credibility into question. wireless telegraph machine, ar- and counterterrorism teams were A federal judge in San Diego guing the expedition would break summoned on July 12 after two sentenced Claudia Castillo, 49, of federal law and a pact with Brit- envelopes were found contain- Tijuana, who previously pleaded term health,” Jon Dodd, execu- ain to leave the iconic shipwreck ing a white powdery substance. Police: Ex-mayor charged guilty to conspiracy to import tive director of the Atlantic Shark undisturbed. The powder was later determined merchandise contrary to law. She Institute in Wakefield, R.I., said with ramming car U.S. attorneys filed a legal to be baking soda and smelling also was ordered to pay $12,000 in a statement to The Providence challenge before a federal judge in restitution to the Mexican salts, and Tang admitted to inves- Journal on Tuesday. KENNER — A former in Norfolk late Monday. The ex- government. tigators that he put the envelopes Dodd is teaming with Greg LA Louisiana mayor was pedition is expected to occur by Castillo acknowledged that in on the desks. Skomal, a shark biologist with the arrested and accused of ramming the end of August. 2018 and 2019, she conspired to Prosecutors noted that Tang Massachusetts Division of Marine the back of a woman’s car during The Atlanta-based salvage firm smuggle or have others smuggle had been due to meet with super- Fisheries, and Craig O’Connell, an argument over allegedly stolen RMS Titanic Inc., plans to re- bags containing the sea animals visors that day about unexplained director of the O’Seas Conserva- property, authorities said. cover the radio equipment from a from Mexico to a self-storage absences from work, and he had tion Foundation in Montauk, N.Y . Former Kenner Mayor Phil deck house near the ship’s grand unit in San Ysidro , according to spoken earlier about employees Capitano, 54, was charged Sun- staircase. The operation could re- the U.S. attorney’s office in San getting a day off if someone left Endangered wolves day with aggravated criminal quire a submersible to cut into the Diego. From there, the animals powder-filled envelopes at the welcome 7 pups at zoo damage to property after a car rapidly deteriorating roof if the could be transported for sale. clinic. chase with Jennifer Ramsey, the vehicle is unable to slip through The worm-like sea cucumbers ex-girlfriend of Capitano’s neph- a skylight. ALBUQUERQUE are eaten as a delicacy, especially Scientists teaming up U.S. attorneys argue that fed- — Two endangered ew, news outlets reported. in China. Authorities estimated NM eral law requires the firm to get for juvenile shark study Mexican gray wolves housed Kenner police spokesman Lt. the smuggled animals had a mar- Michael Cunningham said Cap- authorization from the secretary ket value of $40,000 to $95,000 . at the Albuquerque zoo are the PROVIDENCE — Shark proud parents of seven pups, of- itano’s nephew called Capitano of commerce before conducting RI researchers from three ficials announced Tuesday. and said Ramsey was stealing research or salvage expeditions Ex-VA worker admits states are launching a five-year The pups recently came out of “disputed community property“ “that would physically alter or role in bioweapons hoax study of juvenile great white their den for the first time. from his home. disturb the wreck.“ sharks off the coast of southern The ABQ BioPark is part of a Ramsey, 39, tried to leave the The Titanic was traveling LAS VEGAS — A New England and New York’s nationwide captive-breeding net- apartment parking lot but Capi- from England to New York when NV former VA South- Long Island to better understand work that suppor ts the recover y of tano used his vehicle to block her it struck an iceberg and sank in ern Nevada Healthcare System their life cycle, according to a the endangered predators in the in and stop her from leaving with 1912 . About 1,500 people died employee has pleaded guilty to published report. Southwest. The goal of the pro- the property, Cunningham said. when the ship sank about 400 creating a bioweapons hoax by “A better understanding of gram is to make the most geneti- Ramsey maneuvered around miles off the Canadian province placing envelopes containing a these younger sharks is critical cally diverse matches to improve Capitano’s car and drove off , of Newfoundland . white powdery substance on co- for their conservation and long- the health of Mexican wolves . Cunningham said. Ramsey called From wire reports Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 41 PAGE 42 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 43 PAGE 44 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Amateur epidemiology hurts COVID-19 fight Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY TOM FRIEDEN productive rate is a deceptively simple Speed of isolating infected people. Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff The Washington Post concept — how many people each case in- Testing the right people, getting results fects — and it can suggest whether control fast and finding and isolating patients im- EDITORIAL lthough it’s wonderful to see wid- measures are working. But it is a rough es- mediately halts spread. ened interest in epidemiological timate, based on untestable assumptions, Proportion of cases arising among Terry Leonard, Editor principles that just a few months and lags by at least a week; it is of limited quarantined contacts. This is the funda- [email protected] Aago were obscure, it’s alarming utility for day-to-day monitoring or action. mental outcome indicator of a contact Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor to see the exponential rise of not only the Shifts in recommendations. When tracing program. If all new cases arise [email protected] new coronavirus but also of clueless opin- experts change their advice, they draw from among known, quarantined contacts, ions about how to track and halt the spread criticism. Although some changes reflect Managing Editor for Content spread of disease stops. Tina Croley, of disease. This endangers our efforts to [email protected] errors, many are responses to new, better Number of health care worker infec- get the epidemic under control while we information. Wearing masks is an exam- tions. In the United States, more than Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation reopen our economy. Here are six of the ple. As evidence of asymptomatic spread 72,000 health care workers have been in- [email protected] most egregious amateur epidemiology er- emerged, it became clear that infections fected and 400 have died. We must track rors and five places we should focus our can be reduced if people wear masks when Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital and reduce this number to improve care of attention instead. they are within six feet of one another, COVID-19 and other health problems and [email protected] Cases. Obsession with case counts is particularly indoors. The changed recom- to protect the people willing to risk their misleading; we estimate that only about mendation was progress, not correction of own health for the health of others. BUREAU STAFF 10% to 15% of U.S. infections are diag- a mistake. Trend in excess mortality. Informa- nosed. Attempting to predict trends from Number of staff doing contact tracing. Europe/Mideast tion on total deaths, compared weekly with this small fraction of cases without con- Tracing the contacts of infected people is historical trends and analyzed by age, race Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief sidering the distribution of cases within a [email protected] crucial to stopping spread; focus on the and ethnicity, gives essential information +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 community, who gets tested and how inten- number of contact tracers needed has be- on what’s happening with both coronavi- sively testing is done is pointless. come a distraction. I accept some blame for rus (including undetected cases) and non- Pacific Tests. Tracking the number of tests this: To indicate the scale of effort needed, coronavirus health problems and helps Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief done also provides little useful informa- I noted that for the United States to have, [email protected] target interventions. tion. It’s more useful to track the percent +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 proportionally, the same tracing force as The art and science of field epidemiol- of tests that are positive and more use- Wuhan, we would need up to 300,000. But ogy identifies where and how the virus is ful still to monitor trends in test numbers Washington far more than the number of staff, it’s the spreading and how to stop it. Overburdened Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief and positivity rates. But most important is quality of the program that matters. public health staff have been distracted by [email protected] whether testing is done the right way: soon Here are five of the most important having to generate numbers that have little (+1)(202)886-0033 after patients feel sick; intensively in nurs- things we do need to track closely to un- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News meaning and less utility. If public health is ing homes and other congregate facilities; derstand the pandemic and improve our [email protected] allowed to focus on doing the hard, meticu- and followed by prompt isolation, contact control measures. CIRCULATION tracing and quarantine. Number of unlinked infections. These lous work of field epidemiology and track- Models. The many published models of are rarely reported in the United States; ing meaningful indicators such as the five Mideast how COVID-19 might progress are based countries with effective programs track above, we will better understand and stop Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager on varied assumptions and can change them closely. Tracking the number of in- the virus. That will save lives and will re- [email protected] store livelihoods faster. [email protected] radically. Models can goad leaders into ac- fections without an identified source case DSN (314)583-9111 tion and steer specific responses, but the or event reveals the effectiveness of the Tom Frieden was director of the Centers for appropriate use is to change the future contact tracing process. Areas with un- Disease Control and Prevention from 2009 to 2017. Europe — such as how many people will die — not linked infections can control the virus by He is president and chief executive of Resolve Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager to Save Lives, part of the public health organiza- predict it. improving contact tracing and physical tion Vital Strategies, and senior fellow for global [email protected] [email protected] Reproductive number. The basic re- distancing. health at the Council on Foreign Relations. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 Trump may be down, but he’s not out. At least not yet. 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ger run the place. The struggle sessions on What newspapers Twitter and Slack channels rule. All of this shows the extent to which American journalism is now dominated by are saying at home the same moral denunciation, “safe space” demands, and identity-politics dogmas The following editorial excerpts are se- that began in the universities. The agents lected from a cross section of newspapers of this politics now dominate nearly all of throughout the United States. The editori- America’s leading cultural institutions — als are provided by The Associated Press museums, philanthropy, Hollywood, book and other stateside syndicates. publishers, even late-night talk shows. On matters deemed sacrosanct — and ‘Defund the police’ call should today that includes the view that America is root-and-branch racist — there is no room instead start wider discussion for debate. You must admit your failure to The Washington Post appreciate this orthodoxy and do penance, Weeks of sustained anger and grief after or you will not survive in the job. the police killing of George Floyd have re- Some of our friends on the right are ignited a public debate over police brutali- pleased because they say all of this merely ty in the United States. Alongside demands exposes what has long been true. But this for police reform, another demand has sur- takeover of the Times and other liberal faced: Defund the police. This provocative bastions means that there are ever fewer slogan at its most constructive represents a institutions that will defend free inquiry welcome call to reimagine public safety in STEVE HELBER/AP and the contest of ideas that once defined the United States. The Moon illuminates the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Av- American liberalism. As peaceful, impassioned protests show enue in Richmond, Va. The 60-foot-tall monument has been at the site for 130 years. no signs of receding and polls show high levels of approval for police reform, the Don’t bungle the ending of ing history. At its core, it is an expression dawn of the Jim Crow era, should hold no America’s longest war moment feels ripe to overhaul police de- of relentless optimism — in response to the weight today when even the U.S. military partments and procedures. On Monday, suggestion that things could be a little less is, at last, considering removing the names Bloomberg Opinion congressional Democrats unveiled a major bad, it says: We can do so much better. of Confederate leaders from its bases. America’s war in Afghanistan has police reform bill, and several state and This isn’t, as some wrongly claim, an dragged on too long. But the U.S. domestic local bills are being considered throughout attempt to purge the Confederacy from political calendar shouldn’t dictate when to the country. Advocates and political lead- Removing Confederate statues history, but to keep that history where it end it. ers are right to focus on concrete reforms returns squares to the public belongs: in history books and museums, Under the peace agreement signed with — especially those that don’t require mas- St. Louis Post-Dispatch not to be celebrated in the public square. the Taliban in February, the U.S. promised sive spending increases, such as updating Suppose you were strolling through to withdraw all its troops within 14 months standards on use of force and increasing Forest Park and came across a flattering Liberal institutions snuff out if the Taliban adhered to their pledge to transparency around police misconduct. statue of Adolf Hitler. Or Fidel Castro. Or cut all ties to al-Qaida. Yet the Pentagon is But while pursuing such reforms, we Osama bin Laden. Of course, nations don’t any opinions that don’t fit reportedly drafting plans that could bring also should take on the more fundamental generally bestow statuary upon enemies The Wall Street Journal the last 8,600 U.S. troops home before questions posed by the “defund” move- — unless those enemies happen to be Con- The purge of senior editors at progres- November’s election. Judging by recent ment. Police reformists and defunding federate leaders in the Civil War. sive newspapers this weekend is no cause tweets, that seems likely to be President advocates agree on plenty, but where the Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s call to for cheering. Their resignations are anoth- Donald Trump’s preference. former ask how police can most effectively remove a statue in the state capital, Rich- er milestone in the march of identity poli- Even if an expedited withdrawal doesn’t be improved, the latter ask: Are there non- mond, of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee tics and cancel culture through our liberal happen, floating the idea could prove dam- policing solutions to society’s problems? Is should be only the beginning. These monu- institutions, and American journalism and aging. The Taliban and the Afghan govern- this the safest America we could have? ments to slavery and treason don’t belong democracy will be worse for it. ment are edging closer to their first direct The pandemic is prompting reimagining in positions of honor in public spaces. The long-time editor of The Philadel- talks. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and on many fronts, from education to health For 130 years, the 60-foot-tall monu- phia Inquirer, who’d seen the publication his rival Abdullah Abdullah have struck a care to support for the unemployed. In ment, topped with the bronze statue of Lee through difficult times, was pushed out power-sharing agreement; Abdullah now this context, it makes sense to reconsider on horseback, has towered over downtown over a headline, “Buildings Matter, Too.” heads peace efforts. A reduction in vio- our goals for public safety and the kinds of Richmond, the former capital of the Con- It was atop a piece by architecture critic lence for the Eid holiday held for more than institutions we think would best achieve federacy and now a majority-black city. For Inga Saffron, who worried that buildings a week. A logjam over prisoner exchanges them. It makes sense to consider changes modern African American citizens to have damaged by violence could “leave a gap- may be easing. A U.S. dash for the exit to ways of doing things that were never to walk in the shadow of the man who led ing hole in the heart of Philadelphia.” Staff could stall this progress. It would deny the optimal but have seemed, until now, so the crusade to preserve slavery is a daily members deemed the headline an offense U.S. leverage — even as evidence suggests baked-in as to be beyond questioning. slap in the face — indeed, to any American to Black Lives Matter. They protested, and the Taliban have maintained their links to Are we really safer in a world where supportive of racial justice amid recent re- no amount of apologizing or changes to the al-Qaida. The Taliban would have reason armed police respond to mental health minders of how elusive it still is. headline were enough. Editor Stan Wis- to drag out intra-Afghan talks, then seek to emergencies, or can we imagine commu- Northam’s move followed protests that chnowski didn’t last the week. defeat government forces once the Ameri- nities in which those struggling with men- have swept Virginia, as in Missouri and At The New York Times, editorial page cans leave. Trump’s promise that the U.S. tal illness are met with expert and reliable around the nation, over the death of George editor James Bennet resigned Sunday would “strike with a thunder like never be- services? Are we safer when homelessness Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police. after a staff uproar over an op-ed by a U.S. fore” if that happened isn’t credible. is met with criminalization, not compas- Northam’s announcement noted the “false senator. Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton The departure of U.S. troops might not sion and housing? Are there ways to fund version of history” that “pretends the Civil wrote that military troops should be sent open the gates of Kabul to the Taliban, but local governments so that they are less War was about ‘state rights’ and not the to restore public order in American cities without a viable peace process it would be financially dependent on extracting fees evils of slavery.” when the police are overwhelmed. A staff the prelude to more years of bloodshed and from citizens? Asking these fundamental It’s not only the history of the Civil War revolt deemed the piece fascist, uncon- stalemate. Afghan forces still depend on questions — and not being anchored in that’s too often falsified but also the history stitutional, and too offensive for adults to the U.S. for air support and funding; for- existing institutions for answers — is what of the statues, Confederate flags and other read and decide for themselves. eign contributions account for about 90% the moment requires. Civil War symbolism. While the 1890 Lee Our editorial last week opposed deploy- of their budget. It’s unlikely the U.S. would This conversation, in other words, is not statue is an exception, much of that sym- ing active-duty troops, but the idea is legal keep spending at the current level, or that just about budgets. It is true that, as the bolism around America arose in the early- under the Insurrection Act. George H.W. foreign military contractors performing pandemic-inflicted economic crisis forces to mid-20th century, when the war itself Bush deployed troops in 1992 to quell riots other crucial tasks would stay in Afghani- painful cuts in state and local spending, was a distant memory — but Jim Crow op- in Los Angeles after the Rodney King ver- stan, if U.S. troops weren’t there. And a onlookers are rightly alarmed at plans to pression of black citizens was in full swing. dict, and other presidents have done it too. chaotic scramble for power would jeopar- slash social services while sparing police Those symbols were looming reminders to Bennet defended the op-ed last Friday dize aid and commercial projects. budgets. Outrage over such priorities led African Americans of where they stood, as part of his attempt to broaden debate After nearly two decades of war, politics the mayors of Los Angeles and New York even generations after emancipation. in his pages, and at first so did publisher shouldn’t dictate a decision as important as City to pledge to shift some funding from St. Louis knows something about this. A.G. Sulzberger. But Sulzberger changed this. The U.S. should abide by the terms of police departments to social services. But Three years ago, a 32-foot-tall, 40-ton his mind the same day, suddenly declar- its deal with the Taliban. If the insurgents it would make sense in many cases to in- monument that had stood in Forest Park ing that the op-ed he had defended had want U.S. troops to leave sooner, they can vest in constructive alternatives at the since 1914, idealizing a Confederate sol- not received proper editing and should not fully disavow al-Qaida and accelerate the same time or before existing institutions dier going off to war, became the center of have been published. By Sunday, Bennet, peace talks. At the same time, the U.S. are downsized. The process should be led controversy in light of modern racial strife. as true-blue a progressive as you can find, should continue to engage diplomatically at the community level, because every Mayor Lyda Krewson ultimately had the was out the door. James Dao, the opinion with both sides and with regional powers community’s strengths and needs are monument dismantled and taken away by editor who had signed off on the Cotton op- to nudge those negotiations forward. It unique, but a broader national conversa- the Missouri Civil War Museum in Jeffer- ed, was reassigned. should work to maintain the flow of foreign tion can expand our ideas of what is pos- son Barracks, with the agreement that any An ostensibly independent opinion sec- aid to the Afghan government and civil so- sible and what we deserve. future display of it would be in a museum tion was ransacked because the social-jus- ciety groups, and make clear that any Tal- Ultimately, the call to defund the police or other appropriate setting. tice warriors in the newsroom opposed a iban attempt to seize power by force will should be understood as a call to reinvest A federal judge this week temporarily single column espousing a view that polls threaten that funding. in communities and explore new solutions. halted the removal of the Lee statue to con- show tens of millions of Americans sup- Achieving anything like success in Af- It asks us to draw on our resources and cre- sider a lawsuit claiming Virginia is contrac- port if the police can’t handle rioting and ghanistan by next spring will be a hercu- ativity and to be clear-eyed about the most tually obligated to “affectionately protect” violence. The publisher failed to back up lean task. The U.S. shouldn’t make it even problematic and painful parts of our polic- it in perpetuity. That promise, made at the his editors, which means the editors no lon- harder . PAGE 46 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 47 PAGE 48 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 MLB Manfred: ‘100%’ chance season will be played

BY RONALD BLUM but that enlarged postseason is Associated Press contingent on a deal. “I would prefer to negotiate a NEW YORK — Com- new agreement with the MLBPA missioner Rob Manfred says that gets us more games and re- there is a “100%” chance of big solves the issues that have sepa- league ball this year. rated us amicably,” Manfred said. Major League Baseball will “But at the end of the day, we ne- make another proposal to start gotiated for the right in March to the pandemic-delayed season in start the season on a number of empty ballparks, but Manfred games that we select in these par- vowed Wednesday to unilaterally ticular circumstances. And if we order opening day if an agree- have to, we’ll exercise that right.” ment is not reached. A March 26 agreement called “I can tell you unequivocally we for prorated salaries in exchange RICK SCUTERI/AP are going to play Major League for $170 million in salary advanc- Baseball this year,” he said. es and a guarantee of service time The Detroit Tigers plan to move Arizona State’s him to third base after taking him Manfred insisted the chance of even if no games were played. with the first pick Wednesday in baseball’s amateur draft. Torkelson played first base at Arizona State. playing this year was “100%.” Manfred wouldn’t divulge The players’ association made when he would order a shorter its second proposal Tuesday, ask- schedule. MLB initially proposed ing for an 89-game regular sea- 82 games and the union respond- son and 100% of prorated salaries. ed with 114. While players want to MLB’s plan a day earlier was for extend the postseason deep into Tigers select Torkelson a 76-game season, would guaran- November, teams fear a second tee 50% of prorated salaries and wave of the coronavirus would hinge 25% in additional money on jeopardize the postseason. The the postseason’s completion. playoffs alone generate $787 mil- “It will be a another significant lion in broadcast revenue — be- move in the players’ direction fore selling any games caused by with No. 1 pick of draft in terms of the salary issue that an expansion. has kept us apart,” Manfred said “Each and every day that goes by, we lose the capacity to play at during an interview with ESPN BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. least one game, and that’s really before that network’s coverage of Scoreboard the time pressure that’s signifi- Associated Press the amateur draft. cant at this point in time,” Man- “We’re hopeful that it will pro- NEW YORK — Spencer Torkel- fred said. duce reciprocal movement from son slugged his way through col- Baseball draft selections 19. New York Mets, Pete Crow-Arm- The players’ association de- strong, OF, Harvard-Westlake H.S., Studio the players’ association, that we’ll lege, bashing all around Wednesday, June 10 City, Calif. clined to comment on Manfred’s the country with eye-popping First Round 20. Milwaukee Brewers, Garrett Mitch- see a number other than 100% on remarks. 1. Detroit Tigers, Spencer Torkelson, ell, OF, UCLA. salary and some recognition that power. 1B, Arizona St. 21. St. Louis Cardinals, , MLB claims each additional All those impressive drives 2. Baltimore Orioles, , 3B, Decatur H.S., Decatur, Ga. 89 games, given where we are regular-season game in empty OF, Arkansas. 22. Washington Nationals, Cade Ca- in the calendar in the course of made the decision easy for the 3. Miami Marlins, , RHP, valli, RHP, Oklahoma. ballparks causes a $640,000 loss Detroit Tigers, who selected the Minnesota. 23. Cleveland Indians, Carson Tucker, the pandemic is not realistic,” he because 40% of revenue is tied 4. Kansas City Royals, , LHP, SS, Mountain Pointe H.S., Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona State star with the No. 1 Texas A&M. 24. Tampa Bay Rays, , RHP, said. to gate. The union has disputed pick in the Major League Base- 5. Toronto Blue Jays, , SS, Central Bucks East H.S., Doylestown, Pa. MLB has threatened a shorter MLB’s figures but claims it has Vanderbilt. 25. , , LHP, ball amateur draft Wednesday 6. Seattle Mariners, , Wake Forest. schedule if players insist on 100% not been given the data it needs to night. RHP, Georgia. 26. Oakland Athletics, Tyler Soder- of their prorated salaries. The make a full evaluation. 7. Pittsburgh Pirates, , strom, C, Turlock H.S., Calif. But while Torkelson was long SS, New Mexico St. 27. Minnesota Twins, , union likely would file a griev- “Some owners have mentioned 8. San Diego Padres, Robert Hassell III, considered the favorite to go first 1B, North Carolina. ance, contending a longer sched- that owning a team isn’t very OF, Independence H.S., Thompson Sta- 28. New York Yankees, , C, overall, the surprise came when tion, Tenn. Arizona. ule was economically feasible and NET profitable.. You know what 9. , , OF, he was announced as a third Spruce Creek H.S., Port Orange, Fla. 29. Los Angeles Dodgers, , asking arbitrator Mark Irvings to other company isn’t very NET RHP, Louisville. baseman by Commissioner Rob 10. Los Angeles Angels, , Competitive Balance-Round A award damages. LHP, Louisville. profitable? Amazon,” tweeted Manfred. Detroit plans to move 11. Chicago White Sox, Garrett Cro- 30. Baltimore Orioles, Jordan West- There has not been a big league Washington Max Scherz- Torkelson to the hot corner from chet, LHP, Tennessee. burg, SS, Mississippi St. schedule of fewer than 80 games 12. , , 31. Pittsburgh Pirates, Carmen Mlodz- er, a member of the union’s eight- first base, where he played for the OF, West Allegheny H.S., Imperial, Pa. inski, RHP, South Carolina. since 1879. Both MLB and the player executive subcommittee. Sun Devils. 13. San Francisco Giants, Patrick Bai- 32. Kansas City Royals, Nick Loftin, SS, ley, C, NC State. Baylor. union have proposed expanding Manfred told MLB Network “It shows the amount of respect 14. , , 2B, 33. Arizona Diamondbacks, Slade Cec- the playoffs from 10 teams to as the sides were “very, very close” Mississippi St. coni, RHP, Miami. they have for me as an athlete,” 15. , , 34. San Diego Padres, Justin Lange, many as 16 this year and next, to agreement on health protocols. a smiling Torkelson said on the RHP, Jesuit H.S., Portland, Ore. RHP, Llano H.S., Texas 16. Chicago Cubs, , SS, Mt. 35. Colorado Rockies, Drew FRomo, C, MLB Network broadcast. “I’ll Carmel H.S., Chicago, Ill. The Woodlands H.S., Texas take it and run with it. I like to 17. Boston Red Sox, , 2B, 36. Cleveland Indians, Tanner Burns, Archbishop Mitty H.S., San Jose,Calif. RHP, Auburn. label myself as a baseball player, 18. Arizona Diamondbacks, Bryce Jar- 37. Tampa Bay Rays, Alika Williams, and you give me a bat, a ball and vis, RHP, Duke. SS, Arizona St. a glove, and you know what? I’m just going to want to win.” Arkansas outfielder Heston summer — likely with no crowds With power to all fields and a Kjerstad went No. 2 to Baltimore, in ballparks. great eye at the plate, the 6-foot-1, which took Oregon State catcher Not long before the first pick, 220-pound Torkelson established Adley Rutschman with the top Manfred said there is a “100%” himself as college baseball’s top pick a year ago. chance MLB will play this year. slugger after going undrafted out Shortened dramatically be- After having the worst record of high school. He hit 54 home cause of the coronavirus, the in the majors last season, Detroit runs at Arizona State, two shy draft gave fans the closest thing opened the draft for the second of the school record set by Bob they’ve had to a live big league time in three years. The Tigers Horner — who was drafted No. 1 baseball event since spring train- took Auburn right-hander Casey overall in 1978. ing was stopped in March. It came Mize in 2018, and now they’ve got Torkelson likely would have as owners and players continue a powerful bat that could anchor obliterated that mark if his col- LM OTERO/AP contentious labor negotiations their lineup for years to go along lege season hadn’t been halted aimed at starting an abbreviated, with an arm they hope is a future after just 17 games because of the Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday “I can tell you pandemic-delayed season this ace. pandemic. unequivocally we are going to play Major League Baseball this year.” Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 49 COLLEGE FOOTBALL/SOCCER Three European soccer hotbeds ready to resume

BY STEVE DOUGLAS Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ?

When the coronavirus gripped Three European soccer leagues Europe in early April, the pros- are renewing play this week and pect of professional soccer re- next. The Spanish league resumed suming this season felt unfeasible Thursday, Italian soccer restarts and even unethical. Yet, over the next seven days, Friday and the English Premier the sport will make its return in League is back June 17. three powerhouse countries that SOURCE: Associated Press were among the hardest hit by the pandemic — Italy, Spain and “So it is very rejected in coun- England. tries like Spain, Italy, Portugal This will be soccer in a very and France, and more accepted different form, though, as already in England and the Scandinavian PHOTOS BY NATI HARNIK/AP demonstrated in countries such countries. In England, for ex- as Germany, Denmark and Po- Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium has been sold out for every home football game since 1962. ample, there is a stronger accep- land, which were among the first tance of the economic argument to restart. that football needs to return to re- With spectators not allowed in main financially sustainable.” stadiums, Zoom walls and card- Evain lives in France, where all board cutouts have replaced levels of the game were called off fans in the stands. A swab test for the season on April 28 after for COVID-19 is as much part of the government banned sports Who gets to attend? the pre-match routine for play- events until September. Leagues ers as stretching their muscles. in the Netherlands and Belgium Artificial crowd noise is now the had already made that move, soundtrack for matches for TV while Scotland would do it later. Reduced capacity will penalize some fans viewers, with soccer now essen- “Maybe some TV fans were tially an armchair sport for the upset to not be able to watch next few months. football,” Evian said of the situ- BY ERIC OLSON So when the Spanish league re- ation in France, “but the vast, Associated Press sumed on Thursday with a match vast majority of match-going fans between Andalusian rivals Se- thletic administrators at schools with high supported the fact that the gov- villa and Real Betis, what is usu- ticket demand for college football are mak- ernment decided to bring an end ally one of the most colorful and to the season. There was also the ing plans to determine who gets a seat if passionate derbies in soccer will stadium capacities are reduced because of same feeling among players.” A likely lose some of its appeal. The first major soccer country concerns about the coronavirus. Italian soccer restarts Friday to get back playing was Germany This is a particularly painful task for athletic di- with a semifinal match in the rector Bill Moos of Nebraska, which has sold out — much to the chagrin of some Coppa Italia between Juventus f every home football game since 1962. The Corn- “ultras” among the fan base o and AC Milan, two of the most clubs who were against games huskers are a year-round passion in his state and storied clubs in Europe, in an without spectators — and it in- the season ticket renewal rate for the 2020 season empty stadium. variably acted as a test case for is a robust 93%. Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos is faced with Then, on June 17, the most lu- other European leagues. So which fans will gain entry to 85,000-seat Me- the particularly painful task of deciding which fans crative and popular league in There was strict testing of morial Stadium if capacity is reduced by half or will have to stay home this fall if the Cornhuskers the world — the English Pre- players and officials — no posi- even 75%? have to play in a reduced capacity stadium. mier League — is back with two tive cases have been announced Moos and his staff are weighing a number of vari- 102,000-seat Bryant-Denny Stadium. Spokeswoman games, including Manchester among the first-division clubs ables, including whether all or some of the seven Jessica Pare didn’t disclose how Alabama would de- City against Arsenal. This despite since the first ball was kicked scheduled home games are played. How much termine which fans can attend other than to say dif- many schools still being closed, on May 16 — and some creative money the season-ticket holder donates annually ferent models are being looked at and “our hope is incoming passengers at airports thinking to introduce atmosphere and how long he or she has owned the season tickets not to have to use those models.” being asked to quarantine for in stadiums. Fears about gath- are also factors to determine priority. Moos is quick At Ohio State, where the renewal rate was 88%, two weeks, and many deaths still erings outside stadiums have to point out that doesn’t mean people down the list athletic director Gene Smith has said he could en- being reported each day. abated. would get shut out. vision games played with no more than 40,000 to It will be sanitized and soulless, Soccer’s return has widely “If they haven’t been with us for 40 years and 50,000 in 102,000-seat Ohio Stadium. Consideration but soccer will still be back. been viewed as a success, albeit given us a generous amount of money, they’re still would be given to parents and guests of players, stu- “We’re nearly there ... and I in a nation that wasn’t hit as hard fans and there should be a place for them as well,” dents and faculty. can’t wait,” said Inter Milan mid- as many others by the virus out- he said. A priority points system likely would determine fielder Antonio Candreva, whose break because of its greater test- Moos said it’s possible some Huskers fans would who else gets in. That system awards points for, team plays in the cup on Saturday ing capacity. be allowed to attend five games, some four, some among other things, amount of money donated, con- against Napoli. “The green grass, In Spain, where on June 1 no three and others two. secutive years as a season-ticket holder, and wheth- my teammates, the emotions that official deaths from the corona- The ticketing dilemma is just one wrinkle schools er the ticket holder is an alumnus or letter winner in only this sport gives us.” virus were reported in a 24-hour are working through as college football pushes to- a varsity sport. Ronan Evain, the director at period for the first time since ward some kind of season. The complications of Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said the Football Supporters Europe March, league president Javier bringing students back to school and ensuring they there have been orders for 60,000 season tickets at network that has members in 48 Tebas hasn’t ruled out the return are safe vary from state to state and from campus 81,500-seat Memorial Stadium, and no priority sys- countries around the continent, of fans to stadiums provided the to campus. But most schools are planning for games tem has been finalized. Arkansas has sold 31,000 said there hasn’t been a wide- measure is cleared by health — and putting fans in the seats if they can. season tickets and stopped single-game sales until spread desire for soccer’s return authorities. “I’ve been in this industry 50 years and dealt with it’s known how many fans will be allowed in 76,000- among match-going fans. Until then, fans will be able a lot of stuff, but nothing like this,” said Fred Maglio- seat Razorback Stadium. “Southern European countries to either watch the original feed ne, a Philadelphia-area consultant in the sports and Moos said he expects to know by mid July how feel very strongly against it,” from the empty stadiums or an live entertainment industry. “Everybody’s trying to many Nebraska games will be played and if the sea- Evain told The Associated Press. alternative one with crowds su- figure this out. The real challenge is that you don’t son will start as scheduled. Then, once the stadium “There’s a feeling that it’s some- perimposed on the stands and just have a Plan A and a Plan B. You’re down to Plan capacity is established, he’ll set into motion the plan how rushed, it lacks decency in pre-recorded chants from sup- Z. You have so many different scenarios you run for how holders of the 70,000 season tickets will be countries that have been seri- porters, similar to video games. through your mind every day because the playing accommodated. ously hit by the virus, and that New camera angles can be used table changes every day.” AP sports writers Cliff Brunt, Pete Iacobelli, Mitch Stacy and football behind closed doors is not in positions which would previ- At Alabama, the ticket renewal rate was 90% for John Zenor contributed. football. ously have affected fans. PAGE 50 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 TENNIS/OLYMPICS Would players go to the US Open? Djokovic, Nadal aren’t keen on restrictions

BY HOWARD FENDRICH executive for professional tennis, Associated Press said her group has been trying to figure out how to “engage fans vir- Novak Djokovic is fretting about tually.” Last year, about 850,000 “harsh” restrictions on players’ people went to the National Ten- entourages and other “extreme” nis Center for the Open . changes proposed for the U.S. Open — and saying he might not What about their participate if it is played. As of now, defending champion entourages? Rafael Nadal would not want to “A player coming with an en- be in Flushing Meadows at all, tourage of five, six, seven, eight is either. not something that’s in the plan,” While the tennis world awaits Allaster said. Djokovic called a decision, which could come that policy “simply unthinkable, NELL REDMOND/AP as soon as next week, from the because you need a tennis coach, U.S. Tennis Association’s board fitness trainer, then a physio- Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse, center, is supposed to coach Canada in an an Olympic qualifying about whether to hold the Grand therapist; a great team of people.” tournament that was scheduled for next summer. For now, he has no idea if that will happen, particularly Slam tournament in New York Dan Evans, who is ranked 28th, since the NBA is not scheduled to restart its next season until at least December. in August amid the coronavirus disagreed, saying having a one- pandemic — and if so, with what person-per-player restriction is precautions — there are plenty of not “such a big deal.” “Not every- questions surrounding the event. one’s traveling with physios and A look at some of the issues: NBA coaches have questions fitness trainers like Novak said,” Would players go? Evans told the BBC. How would health about Olympic scheduling The top two men in the rank- ings, No. 1 Djokovic and No. 2 be protected? Nadal, winners of the last eight BY TIM REYNOLDS Players would need to prove major titles, expressed ambiva- Associated Press lence. Djokovic went so far as they had tested negative for to tell Serbia’s state broadcaster COVID-19 before traveling on Golden State coach Steve Kerr RTS on Tuesday that most play- charter flights the USTA would was supposed to be in Tokyo for ers he’s talked to “were quite organize from a handful of cit- the Olympics this summer. And negative” about entering the U.S. ies. There would likely be daily now he’s supposed to be there Open and that for him, “as things health questionnaires and tem- for the rescheduled version next stand, most probably the season perature checks, along with oc- summer. will continue on clay at the begin- casional nasal, saliva or antibody Then again, Kerr isn’t certain ning of September.” The hard- testing; Djokovic said he was told if he — or anyone else from the court U.S. Open is scheduled there would be two or three tests NBA — will be there at all. to begin main-draw play Aug. per week. Djokovic said players With the next NBA season not 31; the clay-court French Open would not be allowed to go into expected to start until at least was moved from a May start to Manhattan; Allaster spoke about Dec. 1, that calls into some seri- “centralized” housing. late September because of the ous question whether that could MATT SLOCUM/AP COVID-19 outbreak. “The rules overlap with Olympic qualifying and regulations they informed Will there be format tournaments that some nations Gregg Popovich, who will coach Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics, us about, that we would have changes? will need to endure in June 2021 has a lot of uncertainties before he can start building his team’s to follow in case we play in the and the Tokyo Games themselves roster. The U.S. is among eight teams that have already qualified. U.S. Open, are really extreme,” The USTA won’t change the the following month. And Kerr, Djokovic said . Last week, Nadal scoring system — some unsanc- who is slated to be an assistant 21 become certain before map- think they’re talking about push- was asked whether he would be at tioned exhibitions taking place under San Antonio’s Gregg Popo- ping out an exact plan to build the ing it back, but I don’t know if the U.S. Open. “Today,” he said, have used a first-to-4-games for- vich for USA Basketball in Tokyo, roster. they’re going to play games clos- “I will say, ‘No.’ In a couple of mat — and wouldn’t shorten men’s said Tuesday that he doesn’t have FIBA pushed back the dates er together. I don’t think so, that’s months? I don’t know.” matches to best-of-three-sets un- any idea how the schedule will for the four remaining qualifying kind of a thing that everybody’s less players lobbied for that. But work. tournaments to June 29 through been happy that they continue Would fans be allowed? it’s possible the total number of “Believe it or not, I haven’t had July 4, 2021, meaning they would to spread them out and lessen events — which usually includes a single conversation with Pop end 19 days before the resched- the back-to-backs and all those It sounds unlikely that specta- qualifying, doubles, juniors and about that,” Kerr said. “And the uled start of the delayed Tokyo things.” tors would be able to attend. Sta- wheelchair tennis — could be reason is because we don’t know. Olympics. There will be four Nurse, Popovich and Kerr sure- cey Allaster, the USTA’s chief reduced. We’ve been talking almost daily different six-team, winner-goes- ly aren’t the only coaches wonder- now for the last couple of weeks to-the-Olympics tournaments ing . Golden State associate head and before that we were speak- hosted by Canada, Croatia, Lithu- coach Mike Brown is set to coach ing once every few weeks. So, we ania and Serbia. Nigeria in Tokyo, Toronto assis- haven’t even had a single conver- Toronto coach Nick Nurse is tant Sergio Scariolo will coach sation because there’s nothing to scheduled to coach Canada in Spain and Philadelphia coach report.” that qualifying tournament and, Brett Brown will coach Australia. The U.S. is among eight teams he hopes, the Olympics. But he Nigeria, Australia and Spain have who have already qualified for expects that international travel joined the U.S. as having earned the 12-team men’s tournament at is one of the last things that will Olympic berths already, along the Tokyo Olympics, which were return to normal, or whatever with host Japan, Argentina, Iran pushed back a year because of the new normal will be in a world and France. the coronavirus pandemic. The dealing with COVID-19. And at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Americans had a ton of interest So, he’s like Kerr and left won- Olympics, a record 46 players from top NBA stars for this sum- dering what’ll happen. from the NBA participated. Had mer; now with things delayed a “It’s complicated, is my best the Olympics gone off this sum- /AP ADAM HUNGER year, USA Basketball managing thought,” Nurse said. “I just don’t mer as planned, even more NBA Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is concerned about “harsh” restrictions on director Jerry Colangelo has said know enough to tell you what next players could have been there de- players’ entourages and other “extreme” changes proposed for the he and Popovich will wait until season is going to look like. I don’t pending on which teams won the U.S. Open, if it is played starting in August. the NBA schedule plans for 2020- know. When’s it going to start? I final four qualifying spots. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 51 OLYMPICS

The United States’ Noah Lyles Protest leads the team to gold in the men’s 4x100 meter relay at the World Athletics Championships ban to be on Oct. 5 in Doha, Qatar. PHOTOS BY PETR DAVID JOSEK / AP discussed

BY GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press GENEVA — Amid a global wave of demonstrations against racism, the IOC said Wednesday it would open talks that could let athletes make stronger protests at the Olympic Games. Only five months ago, the Olym- pic body strengthened its ban on political statements by specify- ing that gestures such as taking a knee or raising a fist on a medal podium remain prohibited. But the IOC’s public stance eased slightly on Wednesday when its president Thomas Bach said the in-house athlete committee would “explore different ways” opinions could be expressed dur- ing the games — while still “re- specting the Olympic spirit.” “The Olympic aims are a very powerful global demonstration against racism and for inclusiv- ity,” Bach said at a news confer- ence after an executive board meeting. Still, he sought to separate “sup- port for the principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter and poten- tially divisive demonstrations.” The current rule 50 of the char- ter tries to uphold political neu- trality for the Olympics but allows athletes to express opinions in in- Race in all its forms terviews after their events. However, gestures made on the field of play or at medal ceremo- nies were classed in January as Star US sprinter ponders “divisive disruption.” According to the current stance, athletes copying the iconic raised fist salutes by American sprinters next year in roiled nation Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics could still be sent home from the BY EDDIE PELLS the Olympics, the worldwide be- Olympics. They also would face Associated Press hemoth at which sprinters Jesse disciplinary action by their na- Owens, Tommie Smith and John tional Olympic team, their sport’s oah Lyles could be a Carlos, to name a few, ascended governing body, and the IOC. year away from occupy- the broadest platform in sports It was unclear if the new talks ing a uniquely symbolic and shone a bright, often unflat- could lead to those kinds of ges- Nposition in sports: an tering, light on race — and the tures being tolerated in the fu- African American sprinter wear- way the world and America think ture. Bach twice referred to ing the letters “USA” on a medals about it. “dignified” gestures, but wouldn’t stand at the Olympics. Instead, Lyles is shuttling be- specify what he wants to see from Instead of contemplating how tween home and training in Flor- the upcoming talks. he might use that platform, Lyles ida, keeping a wary eye on the “I will not preempt in any way is spending time these days try- news, trying to figure out what to Lyles is spending his time these days trying to process what’s these consultations,” Bach said. ing to make sense of what’s hap- happening in his country — a land divided with protests, pain and say and when to say it — in short, No details or time scale were pening in his country — a land questions in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd. how to make a difference. given for the process, which Bach riven by protests, pain and ques- said would be led by the athletes “I’ve definitely pondered it tions in the aftermath of the kill- A sometimes rapper with an as any African American boy panel that includes IOC members quite a few times, for many years, ing of George Floyd. eye for fashion, he ran, and won, — learning the harsh realities of elected by their peers, and others in fact,” Lyles says. “You feel like “All you’re seeing is your own the 200 meters at last year’s world what it means to be a black male who are appointed. there’s change, but not enough people getting hurt and basically championships with his hair dyed in the U.S. The message Lyles’ The panel led by Kirsty Cov- killed every day,” Lyles said in an change, and then you’re thinking, silver. There was supposed to be mom, Keisha Caine Bishop, sent entry, an Olympic gold medalist interview with The Associated ‘Well, shoot, it’s almost getting to more in store for this summer at continually: Dress nice, no baggy swimmer from Zimbabwe, has Press. “You can’t get it out of your be my turn, where I have to make the Olympics, where he and 100- pants. Don’t do anything that typically followed the views of the mind. And eventually, that starts a decision.’ ” meter world champion Christian makes people perceive you as a Bach-chaired IOC board of which to wander into your mind: ‘Am I The process, which included Coleman were headed for a sprint threat. she is a member. going to be next?’ ” a few to-the-point tweets earlier showdown at both distances. “But the sad part is that no A push by activist athletes It’s hardly the sort of life-and- this week encouraging people to Lyles’ outgoing nature has matter how nonthreatening you for the IOC to relax an Olympic death question that Lyles, or any- vote, is shedding light on a more made it easy to overlook some of appear, you can still be a victim,” charter rule limiting their com- one, thought they’d be confronting serious side of the 22-year-old the challenges he faced growing Bishop said. “You’re just trying to mercial opportunities during the in the lead-in to a summer of 2020 sprint star than has been seen so up in Florida, North Carolina and think of anything to get your kids games has broadly been resisted that is shaping up to be radically far. Until now, Lyles has mostly Virginia: a sometimes debilitat- home safely.” by Coventry’s group. different than once expected. been portrayed as the free-spir- ing struggle with asthma; diag- Of the lifetime of slights and “I really think the athletes’ Had sports not been shut down ited, effervescent speedster who noses of attention-deficit disorder abuse that African Americans commission is taking the pulse of by the coronavirus pandemic, is more than happy to take up and dyslexia that complicated his absorb, Lyles said: “I think a lot the opinions of the athletes and is he’d be preparing for the begin- where Usain Bolt left off when it schooling, especially in the early of people think it happens as a reflecting very well the opinion ning of Olympic trials next week. comes to keeping his sport fun days. one-moment situation, which it of the majority of the athletes,” Come July, he would have been at and eminently watchable. He also faced the same issues doesn’t. It’s more a buildup.” Bach said. PAGE 52 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 GOLF/SOCCER/VIRUS OUTBREAK Golf back in action US Soccer will allow but not to normal kneeling

BY DOUG FERGUSON handle the clubs themselves). BY ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press Caddies were not wiping down Associated Press the flagsticks or bunker rakes U.S. Soccer’s board of directors FORT WORTH, Texas — The after use. Social distancing felt PGA Tour is not simply picking more like a guideline. has voted to repeal a 2017 policy up where it left off. It was just like normal in a re- that required national team play- /AP Very little about the Charles turn that is supposed to be any- DAVID J. PHILLIP ers to stand during the national anthem, a rule adopted after Schwab Challenge at Colonial thing but that. Phil Mickelson, right, Kevin Na, center, and their caddie observe resembles the opening round of “It’s going to be very easy to Megan Rapinoe kneeled in sup- a moment of silence during the first round of the Charles Schwab port of Colin Kaepernick. The Players Championship on fall back into old habits because Challenge on Thursday to pay their respects to George Floyd. March 12, the last professional it’s just what we’ve done,” Rory The board made the decision during a conference call, U.S. golf played before the COVID- McIlroy said Wednesday. “I’d say be the number of people watching the outcome I think is going to be Soccer announced Wednesday. 19 pandemic shut down golf and for the viewing public just to give from home. nice for them. So I think that’ll be Policy 604-1 states: “All persons most everything else. the players and caddies a little bit Golf is only the second major a good thing.” Players return to a new set of of leeway if they see something representing a Federation nation- sport to return in the U.S. (motor “And I think it’s an important al team shall stand respectfully rules, starting with mandatory on TV that isn’t quite right. We’re sports are back in action), and a week because golf can show that tests for the coronavirus when during the playing of national an- having to figure it out as we go field featuring McIlroy, Thomas, we can play in a socially distant they first arrive and having their thems at any event in which the along, as well.” Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm and manner,” he said. “We can con- temperatures taken before they Federation is represented.” The Of equal concern is what they Brooks Koepka is appealing. duct a tournament and adhere to can get to the parking lot. do off the golf course, even with a board passed the rule on Feb. 9, There also is the underlying re- all the safety protocols that have The tour said all 487 tests of designated hotel. Some are stay- 2017. sponsibility to show that returning been put in place.” players, caddies and essential ing in houses. Justin Thomas, A person with knowledge of the personnel were negative. Rickie Fowler and Jason Dufner at this time was the right move, Koepka made no apologies for discussions regarding the policy On the course, players are to have their own chef. and that golf can live up to its rep- working with caddie Ricky Elliott said new President Cindy Parlow make every effort to practice so- The most obvious difference is utation as one of the safer sports. the way he always does, mainly Cone first broached repealing cial distancing and “show best no spectators on the course, mak- “I think this week is very im- because his caddie is staying with the rule last week, calling for the practices for playing golf to our ing Colonial look like it does for portant because golf will be the him this week and both have been special meeting of the board. The fans watching the telecast.” the members except for ropes lin- center of the sports world, which tested. person asked to remain anony- Good thing Wednesday’s activ- ing the fairway to give carts and it usually a few weeks a year is,” “I think it’s important to make mous because the process was ity wasn’t shown on TV. mowers some guidance on where McIlroy said. “But for people to sure that we go through all these not made public. Three players Players and caddies exchanged to drive. have something to watch on TV things because I want to play,” were invited on the call to share clubs (players are supposed to Another difference is likely to where they actually don’t know Koepka said. their opinions. “We have not done enough to listen — especially to our players — to understand and acknowl- Fan: edge the very real and mean- Leagues look to enhance experience knowing seats will be hard to fill ingful experiences of Black and other minority communities in FROM BACK PAGE “This was the only idea that we our country. We apologize to our Count her family among those thought could be most respectful players — especially our Black who would pause before heading to the fans,” said Alessandro Re- players — staff, fans, and all who to the ballpark. itano, vice president of sports pro- support eradicating racism,“ “For me personally, I’m not duction for Sky Deutschland. “To U.S. Soccer said in a statement sure I would feel comfortable at- be honest, it’s a major success.” Wednesday. “Sports are a pow- tending a live sporting event until Old crowd noise is a bit like an erful platform for good, and we there is a known treatment or old game, though. It lacks a cer- have not used our platform as ef- widely available vaccine,” Lucy tain authenticity. So along came fectively as we should have. We said. “I trust the institutions to ChampTrack, which created an can do more on these specific is- put the proper measures in place; app that utilizes the microphones sues and we will.” however, making sure that they of fans. It captures their every The U.S. Soccer Athletes’ are enforced is another matter.” roar and groan and sends the Council, which includes current Many college and pro sports audio to its server, which then ag- national team players Alex Mor- teams already were dealing with gregates the noise into a single gan and Ali Krieger, as well as declining ticket sales. Watching MARTIN MEISSNER, POOL/AP stream. That stream is then re- former players such as Landon at home or streaming games are turned to the viewer using propri- Schalke’s Daniel Caligiuri takes a corner kick in front of empty seats Donovan, called on U.S. Soccer factors, as is the changing social etary algorithms to provide the to also apologize for the policy to makeup of fan bases. Dynamic during the German Bundesliga match against FC Augsburg on May broadcast with real-time sound, 24 at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. foster a “positive relationship to pricing, increases in parking and which is then immediately erased exist going forward.“ to ensure personal privacy. concession prices, and a push to- “Then and only then do we feel to those in the stadium or arena, It won’t just be the vast oceans “Once they press play on our ward luxury seating have exacer- a new chapter between the USSF offering fans something unique of bench seats left open, either. web app, they can hear what ev- bated the problem. and its athletes can begin. Ad- over fans watching at home. Many experts believe those hardy eryone else is cheering about and Major League Baseball atten- ditionally, we urge US Soccer to dance has declined six of the past “Fans want that experience to fans will be the first to return. It’s their own cheer,” said Champ- be top-notch, period. That’s why the corporate suites from which Track chief executive Elias An- develop a plan with action items seven seasons. In college football, focused on anti-racism that will 13 of the 130 schools that played teams are thinking about this,” many colleges and pro franchises derson, adding the system could be shared publicly with its ath- in the Football Bowl Subdivision said Britton Stackhouse Miller, derive so much of their gameday soon handle as many as 150,000 letes, key stakeholders, and fans,” reported average crowd sizes senior vice president at Fortress revenue that may end up being fans for each game. the council said in a statement of 50% or less last season. Even U.S., a developer of engagement empty until long after games have Sound is one element of the fan the NFL has seen an increase in and integration systems with cli- resumed. Economic woes may experience. Optics is another. earlier this week. empty seats despite its generally ents in European soccer, baseball, last for some time. “When it was clear there would Rapinoe took a knee during rock-solid popularity. the NBA, NFL and NHL. For fans who stay home, leagues be no audience this season, the the anthem at a pair of national So as coronavirus concerns Temperature checks, hand are looking for ways to keep them fans had the idea of bringing their team matches in 2016. She said linger, how are teams going to sanitizer distribution stations and engaged, too. images to the stadium,” said Lubbo she wanted to express solidarity lure fans back when stadiums do touchless vending will become the When Germany’s top soccer Popken, deputy press secretary with Kaepernick, the former San reopen? norm for a while. Even conces- league returned without fans, for German soccer club Borussia Francisco 49ers quarterback who Loyalty and engagement apps, sions will change, though one big broadcaster Sky knew it had a Monchengladbach, which affixed silently took a knee during the na- widespread around the major difference — gulp — could lead to problem with silence coming fan likenesses to their seats. “We tional anthem before NFL games leagues and colleges even before a lot of grumbling. through the TV. Engineers cre- were surprised how many people to raise awareness of police bru- the pandemic, will become even “If you don’t sell beer, the num- ated “carpet audio” from previ- wanted to be part of this idea and tality and racial injustice. more common and interactive as ber of visits to the bathroom drops ous games between the same have their images in the stadium. Kaepernick and Rapinoe faced teams try to recapture lost rev- dramatically,” said Marc Ganis, teams, then teased out roars for It really changed the atmosphere sharp criticism for the protest for enue. There also will be more the director of sports consulting specific events such as goals and in the empty stadium.” years. But sentiment among the behind-the-scenes content and en- firm Sportscorp. “So for a time red cards, giving those watching Of course, none of that is the public has changed since George hancements available via smart- we may have to think about not at home the option of a more real- same as having real fans creating Floyd’s death last month and the phones that will only be available selling beer.” istic experience. real noise. subsequent protests. Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 53 VIRUS OUTBREAK/NHL Pause opens door for Pens’ Guentzel

BY WILL GRAVES Penguins captain Sidney Crosby Associated Press helped Guentzel score 13 goals during the 2017 playoffs as PITTSBURGH — Jake Guent- Pittsburgh captured its second zel’s roller-coaster season is about straight Stanley Cup. to take another unlikely turn: The team Guentzel returns to postseason participant. could look a bit like the one that The Penguins All-Star forward defeated Nashville in six games has joined a handful of team- in the finals three years ago. mates on the ice as part of Phase During Guentzel’s absence, the 2 of the NHL’s Return to Play team brought back winger Conor program and figures to be ready Sheary, who played on the “Sid when Pittsburgh faces Montreal and the Kids” line in the 2016-17 in the opening round of the play- season. offs sometime this summer. “We feed off each other, we Guentzel’s breakout year ap- know each other,” Guentzel said. peared to be over when he took an “If we have that opportunity, awkward spill on Dec. 30 follow- hopefully we have time to get that ing his 20th goal of the season. chemistry back.” He crashed into the end boards There’s still a long way to go to a split-second after collecting his get to that point. Then again, the 200th career point when he ac- fact that it’s even on the table for cidentally tripped over the stick Guentzel is promising. The joy of TONY AVELAR/AP of Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot. being named to the All-Star team A fan uses a smart phone to scan his ticket at Levi’s Stadium before an NFL preseason game between The 25-year-old — whose play on Dec. 30 for the first time was the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos on Aug. 17, 2014 in Santa Clara, Calif. Tickets have during the opening months kept replaced hours later by pain and widely transitioned from paper to smartphone screens, an important piece of the reopening puzzle. Pittsburgh afloat amid myriad doubt as he skated to the bench injuries to high-profile players — clutching his right shoulder after clutched his side as he skated to smacking into the boards. the bench and underwent surgery “You’re not really sure what the the following day. With his rehab severity of the injury is,” Guentzel expected to last until late April said. “Just tried to get off the ice Prevention: Fans likely and get back to the locker room or early May, Guentzel feared he might not be back until 2020-21. as fast as I can, because I knew Then came the COVID-19 pan- something wasn’t good. In my demic, forcing the NHL to pause head, it was a blur. It was hard to its season in mid-March and giv- go through something like that.” ing Guentzel an unexpected win- He is still reticent to get into face bevy of measures dow to return. specifics surrounding the nature “Not sure what would have of the injury, saying only “from happened if the season would what I heard, it was pretty sig- have played out,” Guentzel said nificant” while remaining thank- BY DAVE CAMPBELL Wednesday. ful he was able to get his head and Associated Press Under normal conditions, neck out of harm’s way before the crash. The metal detectors every Guentzel would have needed the While listed at 5-foot-11 and sports fan has become accus- Penguins to advance at least one 180 pounds, Guentzel is comfort- tomed to at the gate might soon round and maybe two in the play- able putting his body in harm’s be accompanied by thermal body offs if he wanted to have a shot at way against bigger defenders. scanners as part of the gargantu- rejoining the club. This season, He is not sure if he’ll be hesitant an task of preventing the spread however, has been anything but normal. to mix it up whenever contact is of the new coronavirus and other His availability gives Pitts- allowed. airborne diseases. burgh another proven postseason “It might be there, it’s just hard And that might be just one thing performer. His innate hockey to think about right now and hard the public will need to be comfort- sense and instant rapport with to process,” Guentzel said. able with in order to bring games back for in-person viewing. Tickets have widely transi- tioned from paper souvenirs to smartphone screens, but how about using your face as your proof of purchase? Nascent forms PAUL SANCYA/AP of crowd monitoring — such as laser-driven density detection Jacquelyn Klimsza, of Fruitport, Mich., scans her fingerprints at a and camera-based calculations CLEAR biometric system outside Comerica Park in Detroit. of line length — will likely grow guard wave a wand over pants “Can I say both?” said Jim faster in an era of live sports that Mueller, a Milwaukee Bucks sea- must highlight hygiene. pockets became the norm. son ticket holder who also buys “The pandemic really ups the “After 9/11 we overdid it, mean- partial packages to Milwaukee need for greater assurance of sta- ing we were so intent on making Brewers and Green Bay Packers dium safety,” said Bob Boland, every building be safe and every- games. “I understand it from the an athletics official who teaches one safe that we made it extreme- ly inconvenient to go to games and Bucks’ perspective and the NBA at Penn State and has more than perspective, but as an American I two decades of experience in events. But we said that it would get better over time, and it did,” don’t want to be traced.” sports and law as an instructor, Dave Karls has Bucks season consultant and agent. “Vaccine said Marc Ganis, co-founder of the Chicago-based consulting tickets too, eager enough for his treatments, containment, they next visit to Fiserv Forum that firm SportsCorp. “Now how do all could be game-changers, but having his location trackable in you do that?” people will need to be comfort- the arena would not interfere able with mass body temperature Technology will be a vital piece with the enjoyment. screening and other technology of the puzzle. It will also further “I’d much rather have that than GENE J. PUSKAR/AP that could be in play.” test a fan’s willingness to po- not be able to attend the game at Not unlike the aftermath from tentially sacrifice a little more all,” Karls said. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Jake Guentzel feared his season was over the 2001 terrorist attacks, when privacy in exchange for the op- thanks to a shoulder injury in December. The “pause” caused by AP sports writers Larry Lage, Steve long waits to pass through mag- portunity to sit courtside or be- Megargee and Dave Skretta contrib- the pandemic has given him renewed optimism that he will be ready netometers and have a security hind the plate again. uted to this report. when the playoffs hopefully begin this summer. PAGE 54 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, June 12, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Events minus fans come at high cost for tennis, golf

BY HOWARD FENDRICH of social distancing? Will that be Associated Press tennis’ future? If so, will the sport survive?” said James Blake, a for- When he first contemplated the mer top-five player and tourna- prospect of a U.S. Open without ment director at the Miami Open, fans because of the coronavirus one of more than 40 tennis events pandemic, the U.S. Tennis As- scrapped since March because of sociation’s chief revenue officer the COVID-19 outbreak. figured there was no way it could “You either cut the prize work. money a little bit,” Blake said, “or Lew Sherr eventually came you have one or two more years around to embracing the idea of a where these companies and tour- JON SUPER/AP closed-door Grand Slam tourna- naments can remain financially ment — if it’s held at all; a decision solvent, and then they can’t do it A closed ticket office at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England. While some professional sports is expected as soon as next week anymore.” leagues, such as the NFL and European soccer leagues, have lucrative television contracts and big- — because it still could make Here is a look at how econom- money corporate sponsors that fill their substantial coffers, other sports rely heavily on their gate. money even if millions were for- ic structures of the two sports feited with zero on-site receipts mean they will be affected by the from tickets, hospitality, food and pandemic: beverage or merchandise sales. Leagues, teams wary of rising “Certainly better than not play- PGA Tour ing. It still makes sense financial- ly and as a way to keep the sport Eliminating spectators means vibrant and engage fans,” Sherr eliminating significant chunks stadium expenses in pandemic said. “As you get to lower-level of a tournament’s revenue. That tournaments, it becomes a much starts with big-earning hospital- BY DAVE SKRETTA amount. harder conversation.” ity tents and pro-ams that can Associated Press ASM Global, the stadium’s op- Golf, which resumed Thursday bring in upward of $1 million, and erator, already has announced in Fort Worth, Texas, also could includes other revenue sources Sporting Kansas City had just new guidelines for its approxi- take a real hit because of the like merchandise and ticket sales. packed Children’s Mercy Park mately 325 facilities around the virus and the recession. Tournaments rely heavily on title to the brim for a 4-0 blowout of world. They include the way food Week-in, week-out events in sponsors — “We wouldn’t be able the Houston Dynamo when the is prepared and presented, the tennis, where the pro tours are to return” without them, Com- coronavirus pandemic brought way crowds are filtered through suspended at least until late July, missioner Jay Monahan said. not just the Major League Soc- gates and concourses, and even do not bring in TV rights fees like But it’s the local sponsorship that cer season but the entire sporting the way stadiums must be cleaned the U.S. Open, which averages sustains each tournament. And if world to a standstill. between events. $70 million per year in the host discretionary spending by corpo- Suddenly, what looked like such Then there are the new innova- country alone. Some of the small- rations dries up, the effects could a dream start for the club — on tions that are helping to ensure est tour stops even need to buy air be greater in 2021. the pitch and off — had the mak- they are safe, apps and other tech- time. ings of a nightmare. nology that monitor crowd densi- Tennis and golf rely to a much Tennis Many professional sports ty and wait lines at restrooms and greater degree on income gener- leagues, such as the NFL and concessions, high-efficiency air ated from having people on-hand, The U.S. Open — as of now, European soccer leagues, have circulation systems and touchless especially for high-end tickets scheduled to begin in late Au- lucrative television contracts and payment methods. and hospitality. The economic gust — gets about a third of its big-money corporate sponsors It costs to implement. MLS ac- framework for each tourney var- roughly $400 million in annual that fill their substantial coffers. knowledges that most of its clubs ies in both sports; smaller events, revenue from various American But the domestic soccer league BRANIMIR KVARTUC/AP do not turn a profit, and many especially, would suffer financial- and international TV rights deals. in the U.S. still relies heavily on baseball clubs struggle to make Without fans, people such as ly if live audiences are eliminated About a quarter is from sponsor- ticket sales, merchandising and ends meet. Forty two of the 130 peanut vendor Richard Aller, or restricted. ship deals, some of which would concessions, much like many uni- schools playing the highest level shown at a Dodgers game in One possible fallout of reduced be renegotiated if there were no versity athletic departments. of college football had expenses 2007, would not be employed revenue around tennis could be on-site fans. Another 35% or so Without games, their very exceed revenues last season, ac- at stadiums. reduced prize money, even at a comes from tickets and hospital- ability to make ends meet would cording to a Knight Commission major championship such as the ity, with less than 10% from food stretch the abilities of even the database. U.S. Open. Another: Some tour- and beverage, merchandise, etc. savviest of accountants. The financial impact of that de- Many organizations are trying naments simply could disappear. — all of which would vanish with- “The economic impact is sig- cision is no small one: The NBA to bridge the budget gap through “Will a 15,000-seat stadium out the hundreds of thousands nificant, borderline catastrophic, makes about $1.2 million in gate enhanced sponsorship sales, need to seat only 5,000 because who normally attend. and not just for us,” said Sporting revenue for each regular-season such as temporary billboards KC President Jake Reid, whose game played with fans, and there that could be stretched over un- club returned to full team train- were 259 games remaining when sold sections of seats. Teams and ing Monday. “If you cut off reve- the season was suspended. leagues are selling branded face nue streams and we still have the “There’s a loss that’s going masks and other personal pro- expenses of running buildings to take place industry-wise. It’s tective equipment. Almost all of and paying players and staff, it’s simply unavoidable,” said Marc them are trying to engage fans in a challenge.” Ganis, the co-founder of Chicago- new ways. Most teams and leagues are based consulting firm SportsCorp. “I think everybody who is in reticent to discuss the fallout, “If they can come back, they can it for the long term will think but during a conference call with reduce the loss for the players, long term,” said Eric Grubman, players, NBA Commissioner the coaches, the people who work a former NFL vice president for Adam Silver said 40% of league the ticket booths..” business operations . “They know revenue comes from ticket sales It takes about 3,000 workers to know that there’s going to be life and in-arena purchases. So while make U.S. Bank Stadium in Min- on the other side, so you have to the NBA has joined the NHL and neapolis hum for a Vikings game. keep playing, and you’ve got to MLS in crafting return-to-play And even when they go back to find a way to do it safely. When plans, they are designed with work, the cost of ensuring they PETER MORGAN/AP it comes to the revenue shortfall safety in mind and that means are safe — and keeping patrons and expenses going up, the play- While majors such as the U.S. Open could still make money without centralized games away from safe, however many that may ers and the owners really are all fans, most smaller tennis and golf tournaments would struggle. their home stadiums. be — will grow by a significant in this together.” Friday, June 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 55 AUTO RACING Banner decision: Confederate flags banned by NASCAR

BY DAN GELSTON Associated Press For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a common and complicated sight at NASCAR races. Through the civil rights era right on through the season opener at Daytona in February, the flag dotted infield campsites and was waved in grandstands by fans young and old. As the nation — and at last, NASCAR — comes to grips with race relations in the wake of the death of George Floyd, it was time: The flag is no longer wel- come in the stock car series. NASCAR banned the flag at its STEVEN HELBER/AP races and all its venues Wednes- Martin Truex Jr. celebrates after winning Wednesday at Martinsville, Va., for his first NASCAR Cup Series day, a dramatic step by a series victory this year. He led in 370 of the 500 laps. steeped in Southern tradition and DAVE MARTIN/AP proud of its good ol’ boy roots. It Race fans fly a Confederate must now convince some of its flag at the 1997 Talladega most ardent fans that it is truly Superspeedway during a race. Truex ends 2020 slump with time to keep the flag at home, On Wednesday NASCAR banned leave those T-shirts in the draw- the flag at its races and venues. er, scrape off the bumper stickers dominant win at Martinsville and hit the track without a trace he couldn’t breathe. His death of the longtime symbol to many of sparked protests that have roiled racism and slavery. Policing the the nation for days, and Confed- Associated Press it resumed without fans at the will be allowed to attend the policy may prove challenging and track. That streak ends Sunday race. NASCAR says all fans will erate monuments are being taken MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Mar- NASCAR did not offer details. down across the South — the tra- when 1,000 Florida service mem- be screened before entering, re- The issue was pushed to the tin Truex Jr. used a trip to NAS- ditional fan base for NASCAR. bers, representing the Home- quired to wear face coverings, forefront this week by Bubba CAR’s shortest track to end a “The presence of the Confeder- lengthy losing streak on the day stead Air Reserve Base and U.S. mandated to social distance at six Wallace, NASCAR’s lone black ate flag at NASCAR events runs driver and an Alabama native the stock car series at long last Southern Command in Doral, are feet, and will not have access to contrary to our commitment to banned the Confederate flag. allowed to attend the Cup race the infield. who called for the banishment providing a welcoming and inclu- of the Confederate flag and said Truex cruised down the stretch at Homestead-Miami Speedway “I want to say hi to all the fans sive environment for all fans, our there was “no place” for it in the and won his first NASCAR Cup as honorary guests and view the at home, we definitely miss you,” competitors and our industry,” sport. race of the season on Wednesday race from the grandstands. The Truex said. “This just doesn’t NASCAR said. “Bringing people The ban was announced before night in the first race under the following week at Talladega Su- feel right, but exciting to win for together around a love for racing Wednesday night’s race at Mar- lights at Martinsville Speedway. perspeedway, up to 5,000 fans sure.” and the community that it cre- tinsville Speedway in Virginia, Truex, the 2017 Cup champion, ates is what makes our fans and where Wallace drove Richard has been one of NASCAR’s big- sport special. The display of the Scoreboard Petty Motorsports’ No. 43 Chev- gest winners over the last three rolet with a #BlackLivesMatter Confederate flag will be prohib- years, but failed to find victory paint scheme. Wallace, wearing ited from all NASCAR events and lane for Joe Gibbs Racing over an American flag mask, clapped properties.” the first 10 races of this season. Blue-Emu 11. Enforcing the ban could re- 27. (37) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 494, 10. his hands when asked about the He won 19 times from 2017-2019. Maximum Pain Relief 500 28. (32) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 494, quire added security in the often 9. decision before the start of the “I knew we were going to get Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rowdy, booze-fueled infield filled 29. (27) Cole Custer, Ford, 494, 8. race. one soon,” Truex said. “Hope- Wednesday 30. (31) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 494, with fans who may be intent on fully we can get on a roll.” At Martinsville Speedway 7. “It’s been a stressful couple Martinsville, Va. 31. (26) JJ Yeley, Ford, 493, 0. of weeks,” Wallace said on FS1. thumbing their nose at NASCAR. Tick tock. The time ran out on Lap length: 0.53 miles 32. (33) David Starr, Chevrolet, 479, 0. The series declined additional (Start position in parentheses) 33. (2) Aric Almirola, Ford, garage, 476, “This is no doubt the biggest race the losing streak. 1. (5) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 500 laps, 4. of my career tonight. I’m excited comment. Truex won the Martinsville 47 points. 34. (34) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 474, 3. Fans have not been allowed 2. (1) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 500, 44. 35. (36) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 464, 0. about tonight. There’s a lot of grandfather clock on the paper- 3. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 34. 36. (35) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, back at races yet amid the coro- 4. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 51. 450, 0. emotions on the race track.” clip-shaped track at just 0.526 5. (11) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 500, navirus pandemic. It won’t be 40. 37. (22) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, acci- He finished 11th and shifted miles. He won for the first time dent, 399, 1. long: NASCAR plans to welcome 6. (8) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 500, straight to an interview on ES- with new crew chief James 38. 38. (39) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, PN’s “SportsCenter.” a small number of fans at a race Small. 7. (19) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 500, electrical, 295, 1. 32. 39. (38) Timmy Hill, Toyota, fuelpump, His Chevy had “Compas- Sunday near Miami and more “It’s huge for him and his confi- 8. (15) William Byron, Chevrolet, 500, 105, 0. sion, Love, Understanding” em- later this month in Alabama. dence and for the way people look 34. Race statistics 9. (9) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500, 34. Average speed of race winner: 77.383 blazoned on the hood. Bernice The decision had Confeder- at him,” Truex said. “I think it’s 10. (21) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, mph. ate flag loyalists howling in pro- huge. I knew all along that he was 500, 45. Time of race: 3 hours, 23 minutes, 56 King, the youngest daughter of 11. (23) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 500, seconds. Martin Luther King Jr., tweeted test and vowing to swear off the capable. I know he’s going to be 37. Margin of victory: 4.705 seconds. sport. 12. (16) Ryan Newman, Ford, 500, 25. Caution flags: 7 for 52 laps. ”#NASCAR, family” after the an amazing crew chief for a long 13. (24) Chris Buescher, Ford, 500, 24. Lead changes: 14 among 8 drivers. announcement, and scores of ath- Truck Series driver Ray Cicca- time to come.” 14. (29) Michael McDowell, Ford, 500, Lap leaders: R.Blaney 0; A.Almirola 1- relli posted on Facebook he would 23. 19; J.Logano 20-62; C.Elliott 63; J.Logano letes followed the race on social Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, 15. (10) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 499, 31. 64-114; M.Truex 115; C.Lajoie 116-120; media. The NAACP applauded quit the sport, writing: “I could who has two wins this season, and 16. (14) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 499, J.Logano 121-201; J.Johnson 202-271; 22. R.Blaney 272-283; J.Logano 284-306; NASCAR for taking the neces- care less about the Confederate Joey Logano made it a 2-3-4 fin- 17. (4) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 499, 29. R.Blaney 307-328; J.Logano 329-364; sary step to “remove symbols of Flag but there are ppl that do and ish for Team Penske. 18. (25) Corey Lajoie, Ford, 499, 19. B.Keselowski 365-369; M.Truex 370-500 19. (7) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 499, 18. Leaders summary (driver, times led, hate, racism, and discrimination it doesn’t make them a racist.” The race started shortly after 20. (13) Erik Jones, Toyota, 497, 17. laps led): J.Logano, 5 times for 234 laps; from their events.” NASCAR helmet artist Jason NASCAR said the Confeder- 21. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, M.Truex, 2 times for 132 laps; J.Johnson, 497, 16. 1 time for 70 laps; R.Blaney, 3 times for Floyd, a black man, died May Beam tweeted “ignorance wins ate flag would be be prohibited 22. (30) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 497, 15. 34 laps; A.Almirola, 1 time for 19 laps; 25 after a white Minneapolis again, NASCAR you realize the from all NASCAR events and 23. (20) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet, 497, B.Keselowski, 1 time for 5 laps; C.Lajoie, 14. 1 time for 5 laps; C.Elliott, 1 time for 1 police officer pressed his knee North had slaves too, lol not just properties. 24. (12) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 497, 13. lap. 25. (18) John H. Nemechek, Ford, 497, Wins: K.Harvick, 2; J.Logano, 2; into Floyd’s neck while Floyd the South, you want to remove the Martinsville capped a stretch 12. B.Keselowski, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; C.Elliott, 1; was handcuffed and saying that American Flag as well, idiots.” of seven straight Cup races since 26. (28) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 496, M.Truex, 1; A.Bowman, 1. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, June 12, 2020 F3HIJKLM Show of support Amid protests, NASCAR bans SPORTS Confederate fl ag » Racing, Page 55

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Aaron Jones celebrates with Packers fans in 2019. Such close contact is out for the foreseeable future. AP Redefining the fan experience Attending a game will look different when spectators are again allowed

BY DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press ayton Moore remem- bers so clearly the vast sections of empty seats Dinside Kauffman Sta- dium when he took over as gen- A man has his temperature eral manager of the Kansas City checked by a security guard Royals, and he remembers just as before being allowed to tour vividly — nearly a decade later Globe Life Field, the new — how those seats filled and fans home of the Texas Rangers, roared as the long-suffering club in Arlington, Texas, on June 1. won the World Series. Those dueling memories make LM Otero / AP the thought of playing games in empty stadiums hard for Moore to fathom. Commissioner says there is ‘100%’ chance Austin LaFountain “I know how much strength wears a mask as he all players draw from the fans of baseball being played this season, Page 48 tours Globe Life Field and environment,” he said, when on the first day of asked about plans to play a short- and the only consensus for now is especially in a situation like base- public tours June 1. ened season without crowds, that there could be a long period ball or even the NFL,” said Katy Once fans are allowed “and you need that support to get of empty or nearly empty seating. Lucy, a digital marketing agent back in stadiums, through an entire Major League Some U.S. universities are mod- from Atlanta whose fandom is ensuring their safety Baseball schedule.” eling for 25% capacity for the up- split between all things Georgia while also keeping them As lockdowns are lifted and coming football season or maybe Bulldogs and the Washington entertained will be of restrictions eased, sports are fi- half-full arenas for the ensuing Capitals. “But it would be differ- paramount importance. nally starting to emerge in the basketball season. ent for sure for those who attend LM Otero/AP coronavirus pandemic. But in “I think for most sports, a re- in person.” virtually every situation, fans are duced crowd wouldn’t negatively not yet being allowed to attend impact the overall experience, SEE FAN ON PAGE 52

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