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GAMES: MLB The Show 21 NHL PLAYOFFS falls short on stats Page 19 Teams relied upon their clutch captains DRINK: Hard seltzer put to reach 2nd round to the taste test Page 27 Page 48 MOVIES: ‘Cruella’ gets style points for punk fashion Page 16 stripes.com Volume 80 Edition 35 ©SS 2021 FRIDAY,JUNE 4, 2021 $1.00 BY SETH ROBSON PACIFIC Stars and Stripes nakes, spiders and thick jungle added real- ism to training on Oki- nawa, where Marines spent last week honing Sskills they’d need to fight and win against a well-equipped enemy force on Pacific islands. About 800 Marines participated in the Jungle Warfare Exercise in Okinawa’s Northern Training Ar- ea from May 24 to 28. The scenario pitted members of the 2nd Battal- ion, 2nd Marine Regiment, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., against an opposing force from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment out of Ma- rine Corps Base Hawaii. The training simulated the sort of engagements Marines might face going up against a peer-level adversary contesting key mari- time terrain in the first island chain, which runs through Okina- wa, Taiwan, the Philippines and Borneo. The area is the focus of great power competition between the U.S. and China, which claims sov- ereignty over Taiwan and numer- ous other islands in the region, some of which are administered by neighboring countries. China has been rapidly modern- izing its military and building up Rumble in the jungle amphibious forces that could be used to seize contested territory. Marines train on Okinawa for island warfare The event last week was the largest such event in the Northern Training Area in decades, said UJIAN GOSUN/U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Kurt Stahl, a 3rd Marine Di- U.S. Marines participate in force-on-force training during Jungle Warfare Exercise in the Northern Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, on May 24. This unscripted exercise tested and strengthened the Marines’ ability to fight a well-equipped enemy on Pacific islands. SEE RUMBLE ON PAGE 7 Alex, left, and Josh Dobhailen are both Air Force couple, both victims of sexual assault, say victims of sexual assault and recently disclosed this disparity in treatment shows gender discrimination information to their units to attend BY ROSE L. THAYER ■ Military leaders vis Air Force Base, Calif., in February therapy. Josh’s Stars and Stripes 2020, in part to get distance from Alex’s career was When Air Force officers Alex Gib- wary of changes in accused perpetrator. unaffected. Alex’s son and Josh Dobhailen first met at the After just four months at Travis, po- security clearance service’s Intelligence Officer Course sexual assault policy lice called to inform the couple that her was suspended and in 2017, each was recovering from a Page 3 perpetrator might be living at an ad- she may lose her sexual assault. They married later that dress near them. Meanwhile, Alex suf- military career. year, believing that their similar trau- After a stint in Florida, the Dobhai- Alex Dobhailen ma allowed them to quickly bond. lens moved across the country to Tra- SEE DISCRIMINATION ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, June 4, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Military rates South Korea (Won) 1117.32 Germany $3.302 $3.725 $3.974 $3.530 Azores .. .. $3.874 .. Switzerland (Franc) .9032 Euro costs (June 4) $1.19 Change in price +0.7 cents +0.5 cents +0.9 cents +0.2 cents Change in price .. .. +0.9 cents .. Thailand (Baht) 31.19 Dollar buys (June 4) 0.7986 Turkey (NewLira) 8.7063 Netherlands .. $4.191 $4.496 $4.163 Belgium .. $3.058 $3.332 $3.081 British pound (June 4) $1.38 Japanese yen (June 4) 107.00 Change in price .. +0.7 cents +0.7 cents +0.7 cents Change in price .. No change No change No change (Military exchange rates are those available South Korean won (June 4) 1082.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the U.K. .. $3.624 $3.873 $3.429 Turkey .. .. $3.759 $4.030* Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ Change in price .. +0.5 cents +0.9 cents +0.2 cents Change in price .. .. +0.9 cents No change many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) .3767 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ Britain (Pound) 1.4110 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2107 your local military banking facility. Commercial China(Yuan) 6.4032 rates are interbank rates provided for reference PACIFIC GAS PRICES Denmark (Krone) 6.1235 Egypt (Pound) 15.6800 when buying currency. All figures are foreign Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Euro .8234 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Japan .. $3.769 .. $3.319 South Korea $3.109 .. $3.779 $3.329 Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7580 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Change in price .. +1.0 cents .. No change Change in price +1.0 cents .. +1.0 cents No change Hungary (Forint) 285.23 Israel (Shekel) 3.2531 Okinawa $3.089 .. .. $3.319 Guam $3.099 $3.529 $3.779 .. Japan (Yen) 110.11 INTEREST RATES Kuwait(Dinar) .3010 Change in price No change .. .. No change Change in price No change +1.0 cents +1.0 cents .. Norway (Krone) 8.3752 Prime rate 3.25 Philippines (Peso) 47.80 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 *DieselEFD **Midgrade Poland (Zloty) 3.67 Federal funds market rate 0.09 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7506 3­month bill 0.02 For the week of June 4­10 Singapore (Dollar) 1.3271 30­year bond 2.28 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 68/54 Kabul Seoul 89/53 75/58 Baghdad 102/73 Tokyo Drawsko Osan Kandahar Mildenhall/ 76/58 70/64 105/64 Pomorskie Busan Lakenheath 66/53 68/62 63/53 Iwakuni Kuwait City Bahrain 68/63 Brussels Zagan Sasebo Guam 110/88 93/91 Ramstein 75/52 70/63 72/58 74/57 84/82 Riyadh Lajes, 108/77 Doha Azores Stuttgart 111/84 64/62 75/58 Pápa Aviano/ 75/52 Vicenza 76/56 Naples 79/62 Okinawa Morón 79/78 86/58 Sigonella Rota 81/59 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 70/57 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 94/82 70/62 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 36 Classified .................... 46 Comics ................... 38-39 Crossword ............. 38-39 Faces .......................... 35 Opinion ....................... 40 Sports .................... 41-48 Friday, June 4, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Leaders wary of changes in sex assault policy Associated Press service leaders could provide a librand, a New York Democrat, change. He met with service sec- But he cautioned that the change WASHINGTON — Military measure of ammunition for those who now has bipartisan, filibus- retaries and chiefs on Tuesday to could inadvertently have a nega- service leaders are privately ex- in Congress who oppose taking ter-proof support for a bill that discuss the issue. Pentagon tive impact on commanders’ pressing reservations about re- the chain of command out of sex- would take prosecution decisions spokesman John Kirby said Aus- leadership or accountability. The moving sexual assault cases from ual assault prosecutions. Support- out of the chain of command for tin held a “listening session” to Air Force said commanders play the chain of command, The Asso- ers of change, however, argue major crimes, including sexual hear their concerns in person. a critical role in prevention, vic- ciated Press has learned, striking that the current system has failed assault, rape and murder. The Officials said the Army ex- tim support and creating a re- a note of caution as momentum to address to a problem that has legislation has been stalled in a pressed doubts about the accura- spectful command climate, and builds toward changing a military long plagued the military. procedural struggle in the Senate cy of any data suggesting that re- any changes must not erode that. justice system that has come un- Officials said that all service that supporters moving commanders from the Several expressed opposition der increasing criticism. leaders recognize that change is see as an effort process will result in more sexual to the recommendation that the In memos to Defense Secretary virtually certain and that they to delay and wa- assault prosecutions. The acting new special victim prosecutor of- Lloyd Austin, the service leaders agree more needs to be done to ter down the bill. Army secretary, John E. Whitley, fice be under the jurisdiction of laid out their concerns about the improve and professionalize the In testimony in the memo, said that the change the Defense Department, rather growing push to shift prosecution judge advocate corps. But they on Capitol Hill could reduce commander effec- than having offices overseen by decisions on sexual assault and are concerned about how quickly last week, Aus- tiveness and accountability and each military service. possibly other major crimes to in- changes are being made and tin said the mil- may reduce criminal convictions, The military service memos dependent judge advocates. They whether there is room for nego- itary must not officials said. were signed by the three men Austin said the shift could decrease the tiation about how they are imple- be afraid to As a result, Whitley said, more serving as acting secretaries of number of prosecutions, delay mented.

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