Proving Ground

MLB NATION FACES White Sox pitcher ‘Fighting for you’: ‘Black Monday’ star Giolito notches First lady makes her Cheadle makes greed no-fan no-hitter case for Trump vote good — for laughs Back page Page 12 Page 14 US troops in Syria injured in encounter with Russian forces » Page 3 stripes.com Volume 79, No. 94 ©SS 2020 THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas VIRUS OUTBREAK 2 dead in shootings at protests in Kenosha BY MIKE HOUSEHOLDER AND SCOTT BAUER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. — Two people were shot to death during another night of Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha in a possible vigilante attack carried out by a young white man who was caught on cellphone video opening fire in the middle of the street with a semi-automatic rifle. “I just killed somebody,” he could be heard saying at one point Tuesday night. Sheriff David Beth said that in- vestigators had reviewed footage and that he was confident a sus- pect would be arrested soon. The gunfire erupted just before midnight, during the third straight night of unrest in Keno- sha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. One victim was shot in the head and the other in the chest, the sheriff told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A third person suffered gunshot wounds not be- lieved to be life-threatening. According to witness accounts RYAN LUCAS/U.S. Army and video footage, police appar- ently let the young man respon- Medics assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade swab soldiers for the coronavirus during sible for the shootings walk past surveillance testing of the brigade in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, on Aug. 20 at Exercise Saber Junction 20. them with a rifle over his shoul- der as members of the crowd were BY NANCY MONTGOMERY that the brigade could rapidly and yelling for him to be arrested be- Stars and Stripes safely deploy. cause he had shot people. Six weeks later, the command The sheriff told the Journal VICENZA, Italy —Thousands of proved it when all 2,500 para- Sentinel that armed people had Italy-based U.S. soldiers who were troopers were tested again before been patrolling the city’s streets PROVING tested for the coronavirus before, returning to Italy from the annual in recent nights, but he did not during and after an exercise in Saber Junction exercise in Hohen- know if the gunman was among Germany six weeks ago came out fels, Germany, and all the tests them. of the drills the same way they came back negative. “They’re a militia,” Beth said. went in — without a single case of “They’re like a vigilante group.” “Going into an exercise clean the virus. The FBI said it is assisting in and coming out clean has kept GROUND The 173rd Airborne Brigade the case. the numbers to zero,” said Lt. Col. command tested every paratroop- Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Chris Forster, brigade surgeon. er shortly before heading out to its Barnes, who is Black, said in an “It proves that the Army can con- No cases found in thousands of first large-scale exercise since the interview with the news pro- tinue to train and to maintain their pandemic began and was reason- gram “Democracy Now!” that US soldiers before or after exercise ably sure they could demonstrate SEE EXERCISE ON PAGE 7 the shootings were not surprising SEE SHOOTINGS ON PAGE 9 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, August 27, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER American Airlines plans to cut more than 40K jobs EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)........................... 0.9095 Euro costs (Aug. 27) .............................$1.15 Thailand (Baht) .................................... 31.31 Dollar buys (Aug. 27) .......................€0.8254 Turkey (Lira) ........................................ 7.3792 BY DAVID KOENIG more months. main in October. British pound (Aug. 27) .......................$1.28 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Aug. 27) .....................103.00 available to customers at military banking Associated Press The airline said 23,500 em- U.S. air travel plunged 95% by South Korean won (Aug. 27) .........1,156.00 facilities in the country of issuance ployees have accepted buyouts, April, a few weeks after the first Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ................................... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For DALLAS — American Airlines retired early or taken long-term significant coronavirus outbreaks British pound .................................... $1.3184 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., said Tuesday it will cut more leaves of absence, but that was in the United States. Passenger Canada (Dollar) .................................. 1.3176 purchasing British pounds in Germany), China (Yuan) ...................................... 6.8886 check with your local military banking than 40,000 jobs, including 19,000 not enough to avoid involuntary traffic has recovered slightly Denmark (Krone) ............................... 6.3007 facility. Commercial rates are interbank through furloughs and layoffs, cuts. since then, but remains down 70% Egypt (Pound) ................................... 15.8612 rates provided for reference when buying Euro ....................................... $1.1814/0.8465 currency. All figures are foreign currencies in October as it struggles with a The furloughs of union work- from a year ago, and carriers say Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................ 7.7503 to one dollar, except for the British pound, sharp downturn in travel because ers and layoffs of management they need fewer workers. Hungary (Forint) ................................ 300.66 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Israel (Shekel) ...................................... 3.400 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) of the pandemic. staff announced Tuesday will fall American’s announcement Japan (Yen) .......................................... 106.27 American executives said the heaviest on flight attendants, with comes one day after Delta Air Kuwait (Dinar) .................................... 0.3059 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) .................................. 8.9343 furloughs can only be avoided if 8,100 being terminated in Octo- Lines said it will furlough 1,941 Philippines (Peso)................................ 48.59 Prime rate ................................................3.25 the federal government gives air- ber. American began the year pilots in October unless it reaches Poland (Zloty) ......................................... 3.73 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) .......................... 3.7508 Federal funds market rate ...................0.09 lines another $25 billion to help with about 140,000 employees but a cost-cutting deal with the pilots’ Singapore (Dollar) ............................. 1.3671 3-month bill ............................................. 0.10 them cover labor costs for six expects fewer than 100,000 to re- union. South Korea (Won) ........................ 1,186.83 30-year bond ...........................................1.39 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 80/73 Kabul 93/70 Seoul 88/77 Baghdad 106/75 Kandahar 90/75 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 85/77 83/79 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 70/54 62/59 84/79 Iwakuni 83/80 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 94/90 Brussels 64/58 Guam 106/85 70/57 Ramstein 85/80 84/81 Lajes, 73/52 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 104/81 103/84 74/71 70/55 75/64 Aviano/ Vicenza 76/63 Naples 85/72 Okinawa Morón 84/81 105/67 Sigonella Rota 93/64 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 102/87 84/69 80/74 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 15 Crossword ................. 15 Faces ........................ 14 Opinion ..................... 16 Sports ...................17-24 Thursday, August 27, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Americans hurt in collision with Russians BY LOLITA C. BALDOR cials said Wednesday. the American and Russian troops the incident happened deep in- try and avoid contact between AND ROBERT BURNS One official said Russian vehi- who all patrol in eastern Syria, side the eastern Syria deconflic- their troops there. Associated Press cles sideswiped a light-armored officials described this one as the tion zone, where Russian troops About 500 U.S. service mem- U.S. military vehicle, injuring most serious. U.S. troops are usu- generally should not be present. bers are in northeastern Syria WASHINGTON — In the most four Americans. The official said ally accompanied by members The officials said the incident fighting alongside Syrian Demo- violent skirmish in months be- two Russian helicopters flew of the U.S.-backed Syrian Demo- is being discussed by senior of- cratic Forces against the rem- tween U.S. and Russian forces above the Americans, and one of cratic Forces. ficials from both countries who in Syria, a vehicle collision in the aircraft was within about 70 Both officials spoke on condi- routinely work to prevent con- nants of Islamic State in the the eastern part of the war-torn feet of the vehicle. tion of anonymity to provide de- flicts between troops in that area. country to prevent the reemer- country left American troops While there have been several tails of the incident that were not U.S. and Russian commanders gence of the terrorist organiza- with concussions, two

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