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Volume 80 Edition 94 ©SS 2021 THURSDAY,AUGUST 26, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Pentagon: US troops must get vaccines ASAP BY LOLITA C. BALDOR tious timelines for implementa- tion, the Defense Department is says the military services will “To defend this Nation, we need Associated Press tion.” adding it to the list of required have to report regularly on their a healthy and ready force,” Austin WASHINGTON — Military More than 800,000 service shots troops must get as part of progress. A senior defense official said in the memo. “After careful troops must immediately begin to members have yet to get their their military service. said that Austin has made it clear consultation with medical experts get the COVID-19 vaccine, De- shots, according to Pentagon data. The memo, which was obtained to the services that he expects and military leadership, and with fense Secretary Lloyd Austin said And now that the Pfizer vaccine by The Associated Press, does not them to move quickly, and that the support of the President, I in a memo Wednesday, ordering has received full approval from dictate a specific timeline for com- this will be completed in weeks service leaders to “impose ambi- the Food and Drug Administra- pleting the vaccinations. But it not months. SEE VACCINES ON PAGE 3

AFGHANISTAN As clock on airlifts ticks down, a risky race to finish

BY MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Poland ended its evacuations from Af- ghanistan, but other European na- tions vowed Wednesday to press on for as long as possible as the clock ticks down on a dramatic airlift of people fleeing Taliban rule ahead of a full American withdrawal. President Joe Biden said he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S. pullout as the Taliban insisted he must, ramping up pressure on the already risky operation to fly people out of Ka- bul. European allies pressed for more time but lost the argument, and as a practical matter they may be forced to end their evacuations before the last American troops leave. Several countries haven’t said yet when they plan to end their operations, perhaps hoping to avoid yet another fatal crush at an airport, one of the last ways out of the country. The Taliban wrested back con- trol of Afghanistan nearly 20 years after they were ousted in a U.S.- led invasion following the 9/11 at- SAMUEL RUIZ, U.S. MARINE CORPS/AP A service member greets children during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. SEE AIRLIFTS ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER US checking Boeing’s handling of safety workers EXCHANGE RATES Military rates South Korea (Won) 1,168.22 Associated Press According to an FAA letter, one ran from May until July. An FAA Switzerland (Franc) .9139 Euro costs (Aug. 26) $1.15 Thailand (Baht) 32.82 A small group of Boeing engi- of the employees said, “I had to official described it in an Aug. 19 Dollar buys (Aug. 26) 0.8306 Turkey (New Lira) 8.3886 British pound (Aug. 26) $1.34 neers who perform key safety have a sit down with a manager letter to Boeing’s leader of safety Japanese yen (Aug. 26) 107.00 (Military exchange rates are those available tasks are raising concerns about and explain why I can’t approve and aircraft certification. South Korean won (Aug. 26) 1,137.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ their ability to work free of pres- something.” The worker indicated “We take these matters with the many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain (Dinar) .3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ sure from supervisors, and their that the company shopped around utmost seriousness, and are con- Britain (Pound) 1.3711 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2626 your local military banking facility. Commercial comments are prompting federal for another employee in the engi- tinuously working to improve the China (Yuan) 6.4781 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.3302 regulators to take a broader look neering unit. processes we have in place to en- Egypt (Pound) 15.7018 when buying currency. All figures are foreign into the company’s safety culture. Another employee reported sure the independence” of em- Euro .8513 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7848 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ The employees are deputized to consternation by managers when ployees who work on behalf of the Hungary (Forint) 296.43 pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.2293 approve safety assessments and engineers find fault in designs of FAA, said Boeing spokeswoman Japan (Yen) 109.99 INTEREST RATES handle other jobs for the Federal components because that can Jessica Kowal. She said those em- Kuwait (Dinar) .3010 Norway (Krone) 8.8456 Prime rate 3.25 Aviation Administration, making cause delays in delivering air- ployees “must be accorded the Philippines (Peso) 49.77 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.75 Poland (Zloty) 3.89 Federal funds market rate 0.09 their independence from compa- planes. same respect and deference that is Saudi Arabia (Riyal) 3.7505 3­month bill 0.05 ny pressure critical. The FAA’s initial investigation shown” to FAA personnel. Singapore (Dollar) 1.3539 30­year bond 1.91 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Fort Bragg Vet study plans town ties virus, halls for name input suicidal BY RACHAEL RILEY The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Town hall meetings to gain community thoughts input on the renaming of Fort Bragg will be announced in the BY KARIN ZEITVOGEL coming weeks. Stars and Stripes Col. Scott Pence, the installa- Veterans who have had CO- tion’s garrison commander, up- VID-19 were more than twice as dated the community on the proc- likely to contemplate suicide dur- ess during a meeting Wednesday ing the pandemic as those who that was broadcast on the installa- never had the illness, a study pub- tion’s Facebook page. /National Guard lished Wednesday found. SAMUEL KEENAN Pence said other installations Overall, however, veterans Army veteran Skip speaks to his family with an iPad last year at Holyoke Soldiers Home in Holyoke, Mass.,with airborne units often use the were less likely to have suicidal where he was in isolation due to COVID­19. Using technology to connect with others during isolation is phrase “back at Bragg,” which he thought to be one reason why suicidal thoughts among veterans fell during the pandemic, a study says. thoughts during the pandemic said is synonymous with readin- than they were before it, said the ess, dedication to the mission, a study, which was published in JA- say they had thought about sui- ing “virtual technologies (e.g., ing together’ phenomenon that sense of urgency and commitment MA Psychiatry. cide. FaceTime, Zoom) to solicit sup- has previously been observed in to excellence. The study was “one of the first Among the nearly 3,100 veter- port during the pandemic,” said natural disasters and periods of “This Fort Bragg name repre- … to find an independent link be- ans who took part in the study, the one of the study’s authors, Dr. war,” he said. “Societies (tend to) sents an emotional connection for tween COVID-19 infection and su- prevalence of suicidal thoughts Robert Pietrzak, director of the pull together during times of na- people, so we take that very seri- icidal ideation,” said lead author fell from 10.6% prior to the pan- main lab involved with the re- tional crisis, which may have Brandon Nichter, a Defense De- demic to 7.8% 10 months into it, search at the U.S. Department of helped to promote social connec- ously,” Pence said. partment clinical psychologist. bucking predictions that corona- Veterans Affairs’ National Center tedness and mitigate risk of sui- In January, Congress passed Suicidal thoughts after CO- virus lockdowns and limits on for PTSD. cide ideation during the pandem- the National Defense Authoriza- VID-19 infection could be driven travel and gatherings could leave But even among veterans over ic.” tion Act, which includes a provi- by physical issues, such as inflam- veterans feeling lonelier and in- 65, who “were already at high risk The veterans surveyed may sion mandating military installa- mation of the brain or changes to crease suicidal behaviors among for loneliness,” suicide ideation have under-reported suicidal be- tions named after Confederates to the body’s immune response, them, the study said. declined during the pandemic, the havior because of the stigma at- be renamed. which scientists believe may be Veterans are considered a high- study said. tached to it, the researchers Fort Bragg is one of those instal- caused by the virus, the study said. risk group for loneliness and tend That could be because veterans’ warned, adding that they want to lations and is named after Confed- Social factors, including in- to have more mental illness, such lifetime exposure to trauma, in- follow individuals with COVID-19 erate general Braxton Bragg, who creased feelings of isolation and as post traumatic stress disorder, cluding in combat, is greater than infection over time to study the historians say was a slave owner loneliness, or financial stress felt and previous suicide attempts other groups’ and “may have long-term impact of the illness on who fought with subordinates and during the pandemic could also be than other groups — all of which helped ‘inoculate’ them to be bet- suicidal ideation, depression and lost battles. factors. increase suicidal thoughts. ter able to endure periods of pro- PTSD in veterans. Despite some Fayetteville resi- Veterans whose primary health The drop was seen mainly longed stress,” Pietrzak said in an dents saying they do not support care source was a Veterans Af- among veterans ages 18 to 64, pos- email. [email protected] the name change and most com- fairs hospital were more likely to sibly because they are better at us- It may also be linked “to a ‘pull- Twitter: @StripesZeit  menters on the Facebook page saying they don’t want to see it change, Congress mandated the name be changed by 2023. Vaccines: Pentagon says it has enough shots for troops The National Defense Autho- rization Act states that a renaming lion active-duty, Guard and Re- of service member deaths jumped vide any data. FROM PAGE 1 commission will research costs of serve service members were fully from 25 to 34 — by more than a Briefing the news media on changing the names of the instal- have determined that mandatory vaccinated and nearly 245,000 third. Wednesday, Pentagon spokesman lations, while also seeking the in- vaccination against coronavirus more had received at least one “Our vaccination of the Force John Kirby said commanders are put of stakeholders and communi- disease ... is necessary to protect shot. will save lives,” said the Austin expected to carry out the vaccine ties near the installations. the Force and defend the Ameri- Senior military leaders have memo. order with “skill and a measure of The renaming commission in- can people.” consistently pressed their forces Austin in the memo noted that compassion.” cludes four appointments by the Troops will be able to get their to get vaccines through a wide the new requirement will allow for Service members who object, secretary of defense, two appoint- Pfizer shots at their bases and range of public pleas, and via so- exemptions that are consistent he said, will have the opportunity ed by chairs of the House and Sen- from their commands around the cial media and other campaigns. with the current policies for all the to meet with medical personnel ate Armed Services Committees, world. But — as is true among the U.S. other vaccines. and with their own leadership, to and two appointed by ranking The Pentagon has said it has population — many service mem- Permanent exemptions include ensure the troops understand the members of the House and Senate enough vaccine supply to meet de- bers have been reluctant. serious medical reactions to the risks to themselves and their Armed Services Committees. mand. Defense officials have said it’s vaccine, immune deficiencies teammates if they don’t take the Individual service members critical for troops to get the vac- such as HIV, and “evidence of ex- vaccine. The commission is tasked with may also go out and get any of the cine because they live and work isting immunity” by a serologic Asked about specific puni- developing procedures for renam- other COVID vaccines on their closely together and outbreaks antibody test or “documentation shments for noncompliance, Kir- ing assets named after members own. could hamper the U.S. military’s of previous infection or natural in- by said commanders have a “wide of the Confederacy, along with Fulfilling the vaccine mandate, ability to defend America. fection presumed.” range of tools” to use. gathering input from local com- however, may be a challenge for Military officials have said they There also are administrative “It’s a lawful order and we fully munities and submitting a plan to National Guard forces who are don’t have specific numbers on exemptions, including one for re- anticipate that our troops are go- the House and Armed Services scattered around the country, and how many Guard troops are not ligious reasons. ing to follow lawful orders,” he Committee by October 2022. gather just once a month for their yet vaccinated, and the Pentagon Religious exemptions are rare. added. Fort Bragg, Pence said, is home required drills. only provides a troop total that The Navy and the Marine Corps The Pentagon decision only ap- to the 18th Airborne Corps, Joint According to the Pentagon, lumps active-duty, Guard and Re- said they have had no religious ex- plies to the Pfizer vaccine. Moder- Special Operations Command, there are more than 1.3 million serve into one statistic. emption requests for other vac- na has also applied to the FDA for U.S. Army Special Operations troops on active duty and close to Hospitalizations and deaths are cines in recent years and the Air full approval of its vaccine. J&J Command and would be consid- 800,000 in the Guard and Reserve. increasing among the military. Force said there were few. said it hopes to do so later this ered the fifth largest city in North And, as of Aug. 18, more than 1 mil- Over the past month, the number The Army was not able to pro- year. Carolina. PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 PACIFIC Marine vet shines in wheelchair rugby win BY SETH ROBSON ball” is a four-on-four contest Stars and Stripes played out on a basketball court- TOKYO — A former Marine sized area. Players attempt to car- scored three times and forced a ry, dribble and pass a volleyball turnover in Team USA’s wheel- from their own goal line into the chair rugby win Wednesday over opponent’s end zone. New Zealand in the opening game The U.S.-New Zealand clash of the Paralympics. had everything from big hits to The game, on an indoor hard- arcing passes and graceful wood court at Yoyogi National Sta- swerves by ball carriers evading dium in the Japanese capital, be- defenders. gan with a “haka” by the New Hennagir rates his speed and Zealanders, which had the same good hands as his best assets on passion as the challenge laid down the field. He compared the cama- by their nation’s formidable All raderie and banter among the Blacks rugby team. wheelchair rugby players to what Moments later, the arena rever- he experienced in the Marines. berated with the sound of metal “We are pretty much a family,” striking metal as players launched he said, before giving a shout out chairs at opponents like football li- to Marines supporting the team in nemen, creating space for their Japan. teammates to zoom toward the “We are out here doing our goal line. AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes thing and hoping to bring that gold At times the action was so in- Former Marine Raymond Hennagir scored three times in Team USA’s wheelchair rugby win over New back,” he said. tense that chairs tipped over, leav- Zealand during their Tokyo Paralympics matchup Wednesday. The team’s next pool match is ing combatants from both teams against Canada on Thursday fol- sprawled on the floor. 2007. zone for one of three goals he ball player in high school, Henna- lowed by Great Britain on Friday, One of the U.S. players, Ray- The former corporal didn’t let scored in quick succession. gir began playing wheelchair bas- Hennagir said, adding that he mond Hennagir, 35, of Deptford, his injuries slow him down in his “Honestly, it felt good to go out ketball during rehabilitation at doesn’t take any opponent for N.J., lost both legs and part of his Paralympic debut. there and play really well and get a Walter Reed National Military granted. left hand after stepping on an im- At one stage he ripped the ball turnover for the team and keep the Medical Center in Maryland. He “Everybody has good players,” provised explosive device during from an opposing player and momentum going,” Hennagir said later switched to wheelchair rug- he said, “and they all train hard.” his second combat deployment passed to a teammate, then zipped after the game, which the U.S. won by. with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine downcourt and caught a return 63-35. The sport made famous by the [email protected] Regiment, near Fallujah, Iraq, in pass before crossing into the end A wrestler, hockey and basket- 2005 documentary film “Murder- Twitter: @SethRobson1 Japan starts work on new section of Marine Corps airfield BY MATTHEW M. BURKE wa Times reported the following Wednesday. “We asked them not challenges to block the work. So prove the relocation of 40,000 colo- AND MARI HIGA day. to rush and proceed with dialogue far, they have only delayed the pro- nies of endangered coral from the Stars and Stripes It now plans to start work this with the prefecture.” ject. site. He asked the bureau for dia- CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — week on a seawall to keep water Abureau spokesman declined to The Japanese government re- logue “instead of transplanting the The Japanese government com- from the construction site. Once comment when reached by phone quested fresh permits from Tama- coral quickly,” along with other pleted the relocation of 830 colo- completed, that section will make on Wednesday. The defense bu- ki in April 2020 after it found a soft- conditions, Tamaki said at the nies of endangered coral off the it easier to offload landfill, thus reau is leading construction ef- er than expected seabed at the site, time. coast of Okinawa this week and speeding up the project’s comple- forts. which requires further stabiliza- The Japanese government plans to start construction on a new tion. A bureau representative at an tion. Tamaki has said he will refuse largely ignored his request and portion of a contentious Marine An Okinawa prefectural official environmental monitoring com- the request. started Aug. 6, one day after their Corps airfield, according to local on Wednesday said the Okinawa mittee meeting Aug. 10 said con- The prefectural spokesman said Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry media reports. Defense Bureau, an arm of the Ja- struction would start at the N2 site it would be “a waste” for the bu- and Fisheries agreed to uphold the The coral is in Oura Bay, just off pan Defense Ministry, is not shar- as soon as the coral could be suc- reau to start construction at the N2 court decision. Camp Schwab, where a runway is ing information about work at the cessfully moved, Okinawa Times site without those permits. The bu- Completion of the runway is now being built to relocate Marine N2 site. reported. reau does not need permitting for expected to take at least 10 more Corps Air Station Futenma from The defense bureau “didn’t in- Plans for the site have been in the site since the area does not years. Costs have ballooned from crowded Ginowan city. form us about the construction,” a the making for decades; however, have a soft bottom, Okinawa Times $2.2 billion to at least $8.7 billion. The Japanese government fin- spokesman from Okinawa prefec- construction didn’t begin until said, citing unnamed bureau offi- ished transplanting coral Tuesday ture’s Henoko Base Construction 2017. Okinawa leaders, including cials. [email protected] Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 from a small site in the construc- Countermeasures Division told Gov. Denny Tamaki, have tried to In July, Tamaki was forced by [email protected] tion zone known as N2, the Okina- Stars and Stripes by phone use the courts and administrative the country’s Supreme Court to ap- Twitter: @MariHiga21 US Space Command meets first capability milestone in Colorado Springs

The Gazette (Colorado Springs) decision. clearly not ready to close the door on the defend American interests in orbit while de- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Military In Colorado Springs for the Space Sympo- Pikes Peak region as Space Command home. terring rivals from attacking U.S. space as- leaders overseeing U.S. Space Command sium, which packed the Broadmoor this “I think either one of them is certainly fea- sets. backed down from full-throated support of a week, new Air Force Secretary Frank Ken- sible as the headquarters,” he said of Hunts- Dickinson said that Space Command, process that would move it from Colorado dall said he puts as much faith in that Trump ville and Colorado Springs. headquartered at Peterson Space Force Springs to Alabama, but said they’ll wait for statement as he has in the panoply of his po- Space Command made its own move-free Base, is “prepared to address threats from a pair of federal investigations to conclude litical pronouncements. headlines. competition to conflict in space, while also before they decide to reverse the decision. “President Trump has said many, many Dickinson announced Tuesday that the protecting and defending our interests in Former President Donald Trump caused things,” Kendall said in a news conference. command, which leads all American mili- this vast and complex domain.” controversy Friday when he told a syndicat- But Kendall — who is familiar with assets tary missions in orbit, reached a startup The latest version of the command, which ed radio show that he “single-handedly” de- in Colorado Springs and Alabama from his milestone of “initial operational capability.” was headquartered here in the Cold War cided on Huntsville, Ala., as the command’s more than 50 years of defense experience, The announcement means the command, years but shuttered amid budget cuts in future home, short-circuiting a nonpartisan including as an Army officer, defense con- which celebrates its second birthday since 2002, has now reached 900 troops, Dickinson process at the Pentagon to make the basing tractor and in senior Pentagon posts — was its 2019 rebirth next week, can effectively said. Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 AFGHANISTAN US races to vet refugees for security risks BY CHRIS STROHM immigrant visas after working partment said in a statement Mon- The State Department is getting other eligible vulnerable Afghans Bloomberg News with U.S. soldiers and diplomats, day. “We are surging resources to help at the Kabul airport from in coordination with Department U.S. agencies are rushing to as well as others who didn’t. evaluate each case and process members of the military. Outside of Defense and Department of complete security vetting of thou- U.S. agencies are doing security these as efficiently as possible to Afghanistan, the Department of State,” Fernández Hernández sands of Afghanistan citizens who screening while flights are in the protect homeland security.” Homeland Security has deployed said in a statement. are in line to be relocated to the air and when refugees arrive at U.S. officials declined to say on personnel from Customs and Bor- Customs and border agents, for United States, as some lawmakers temporary locations before being Monday how many, if any, Af- der Protection, Immigration and example, are working alongside raise alarms about the risk that transferred to the U.S., including ghans have been flagged for secu- Customs Enforcement and the the FBI and other agencies to con- terrorists and criminals could slip Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Italy, rity concerns in the vetting proc- Transportation Security Adminis- duct the vetting, which includes through. Spain and Germany. ess or denied entry to the U.S. On tration to Bahrain, Germany, Ku- biometric and biographic screen- The massive and chaotic evac- “Intelligence, law enforcement the flip side, however, the Biden wait and Qatar to conduct process- ing, the department said. U.S. Citi- uation effort from the airport in and counterterrorism profession- administration is facing mounting ing and vetting of Afghans, said zenship and Immigration Services Kabul means that thousands of als are conducting screening and pressure from veterans and refu- DHS spokesman Angelo Fernán- also has dedicated resources, in- people are being put on planes be- security vetting for all SIV appli- gee advocates to get as many Af- dez Hernández. cluding translation services, to ex- fore their background vetting is cants and other vulnerable Af- ghans out of Kabul as quickly as The goal is to bring Afghans to pedite the processing of pending complete. It includes many who ghans before they are allowed into possible, saying they can be vetted the U.S. “who have worked for and petitions and applications by Af- had already applied for special the United States,” the State De- once they get to a safe location. on behalf of the United States and ghan nationals. Airlifts: Thousands of people still trying to leave country

FROM PAGE 1 a longer window to continue evac- tacks, which al-Qaida orchestrat- uations. Biden has stuck to the Au- ed while being sheltered by the gust date, however, even after an group. Their return to power has emergency online summit of the pushed many Afghans to flee, Group of Seven nations. fearing reprisals or a return to the That left European nations with brutal rule they imposed when no choice but to abide by the dead- they last ran the country. line. Thousands of people are still “That the overall deployment thought to be trying to leave, and literally stands and falls with the it’s not clear that all of them will be stance of the militarily strongest able to before the end of the member of the alliance, the U.S., month. But any decision by Biden was always clear to us,” German to stay longer could reignite fight- Chancellor Angela Merkel said in ing between the Taliban and West- a speech to parliament. ern troops running the airlift. “We will continue the evacua- “Due to extreme tension on the tion operation for as long as pos- ground ... and the scheduled de- sible,” she added, without specify- parture of American forces, these ing when operations would end. evacuations are a true race For now, the U.S. military coor- against time,” French govern- dinates all air traffic in and out of ment spokesman Gabriel Attal the Kabul airport. Taliban spokes- said Wednesday. He said that his man Suhail Shaheen tweeted that country’s evacuation would likely “people with legal documents” end “a few hours, maybe a few will be able to fly out of Kabul air- days ahead” of the American de- port via commercial flights after parture. the August deadline. The Taliban said they would al- On Wednesday, a stream of mil- low normal commercial air traffic itary planes took off from the air- to resume when they assume con- SAMUEL RUIZ, U.S. MARINE CORPS/AP field as evacuees lined up on the trol of the airport after Aug. 31, but A Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit walks with a family during ongoing evacuations at Hamidtarmac. The desperate remained it’s unclear whether airlines Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. outside, some standing knee-deep would be willing to fly into an air- in sewage and waving identity port controlled by the militants. day that around 19,000 people ban or the general instability. transfixed the world after the Tali- documents at Western soldiers in With the deadline looming, were evacuated from Kabul over Kabul Mayor Dawood Sultan- ban captured most of Afghanistan hopes of being allowed to go be- Marcin Przydacz, a Polish deputy the last 24 hours. It said the United zoy said many city workers have in a matter of days this month. Af- yond the barbed wire fencing and foreign minister, said Wednesday States has evacuated or facilitated yet to return to work, with the ab- ghans poured onto the tarmac last onto a flight out. that Poland had evacuated its last the evacuation of around 82,300 sence of experienced staff hinder- week, and some clung to a U.S. With the final withdrawal date group after consulting with U.S. people since the Taliban takeover ing normal operations. But he said military transport plane as it took just under a week away, analyst and British officials. in mid-August. the city has begun to remove the off, later plunging to their deaths. Patricia Lewis said the practical “After a long analysis of reports Pentagon spokesman John Kir- blast walls that became ubiqui- At least seven people died that deadline for the evacuations to on the security situation, we can- by said the military will “continue tous in recent years as the Taliban day, and another seven died Sun- stop was “the next couple of days.” not risk the lives of our diplomats to evacuate needed populations all and other armed groups carried day in a panicked stampede. “There’s a huge amount of stuff and of our soldiers any longer,” the way to the end.” But he added out bombings and other attacks Thousands have thronged the that has to be done, including get- Przydacz said. that there will have to be a balance against the Western-backed gov- airport in the days since, and the ting all the people out who are do- A number of troops will remain in the final days and hours, as the ernment. U.S. and its allies have worked to ing the job and all the equipment,” briefly to wrap up operations, 5,400 troops in Kabul and critical The Taliban say the decades of speed the evacuation, sometimes said Lewis, who is the director of Przydacz said. Poland has used systems also need to be with- war are over and there will be no flying people out before their pa- the international security pro- over a dozen planes to bring hun- drawn. revenge attacks on people who op- perwork is fully processed and gram at Chatham House, an inter- dreds of evacuees to Warsaw. Kirby said more than 4,400 posed them. But many Afghans bringing them to transit points. On national think tank. Some later traveled on to other American citizens have been distrust the group, and there have Wednesday, a group of 51 people “All of the allies are highly de- countries. evacuated thus far, an increase of been reports of summary execu- landed in Uganda, which became pendent on the U.S. for military The Czech Republic declared about 400 from Tuesday. tions and other abuses in areas un- the first African nation to serve as cover, particularly air cover,” Le- its own evacuation mission com- In Kabul itself, life has been der Taliban control. Many fear a a transit point. wis said. “They can’t put their own plete last week, and Hungary said slow to return to normal, but many return to the Taliban’s hard-line European nations, including people at risk, so it really depends it plans to end its operations soon. people — especially women — are Islamic rule of the 1990s. American allies Germany and the on when the U.S. starts packing The White House said Wednes- staying inside, fearful of the Tali- Chaos at the Kabul airport has United Kingdom, had pressed for up.” PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 AFGHANISTAN American won’t leave without staff, animals

BY PHILLIP WALTER “We need a landing permit for WELLMAN our animals,” Maxwell-Jones said Stars and Stripes in an impassioned video message The head of an animal rescue posted on Twitter on Monday. “We clinic in Kabul that has helped need a landing permit because I American troops bring home cats think it’s going to continue to get and dogs from Afghanistan after more difficult.” their deployments is racing to evac- The video was posted the same uate staff and hundreds of animals day that a group of about a dozen Ta- by the end of the month. liban officials, including one hold- Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, an ing a rocket-propelled grenade American who founded Kabul launcher, showed up at Maxwell- Small Animal Rescue in 2018, was Jones’ Kabul residence and told her recently told by the Taliban to leave to leave the country, she said. Afghanistan. But she doesn’t intend “I’m not armed. They just came Kabul Small Animal Rescue to go until she’s secured the depar- into my house,” she said. Charlotte Maxwell­Jones, founder of Kabul Small Animal Rescue, plays with rescued dogs in Kabul, ture of about 125 people, including “They said NGOs would be al- Afghanistan, in 2019. Maxwell­Jones is trying to get the organization’s staff and up to 250 animals her employees and their family lowed to stay,” she added, referring evacuated from the country before the end of August. members, and as many as 250 ani- to a previous statement on the status mals, she said. of nongovernmental organizations amid the Taliban takeover. “We’re not going to leave them,” by the group. “I think everybody be- “I have put blood, sweat and tears into Nowzad, a Kabul shelter founded Maxwell-Jones said in a phone in- lieves that’s a lie.” this organization that’s specifically for by British former Marine Paul Far- terview Tuesday. Maxwell-Jones told the Taliban thing, has been campaigning to She acknowledged that she has she was in the process of leaving saving animals. And I don’t intend to have its employees, their families little time left to organize the exit. with her staff and needed more and 200 dogs and cats brought out in U.S. forces are scheduled to leave time. Taliban guards have been sta- stop now.” what has been dubbed “Operation Afghanistan by Aug. 31 and it’s un- tioned at her house since then and Ark.” clear how many civilians will be the group has agreed to escort her Charlotte Maxwell-Jones Some have criticized the oper- able to leave at the very end, when and the staff to the airport in the founder of Kabul Small Animal Rescue ation for putting “pets before peo- U.S. and foreign forces fly them- coming days, she said. ple,” but Farthing has said the ani- selves out. Tens of thousands of Afghans Maxwell-Jones said. Maxwell-Jones founded the ani- mals will travel in a hold where peo- The rescue has received some desperate to leave the country have But as of Wednesday afternoon, mal rescue group in 2018 as a side ple can’t go, meaning that the main $700,000 in donations over the past surrounded the Kabul airport since permission still hadn’t been granted project while working with the section of Nowzad’s privately fund- week through online sites, grants the Taliban’s lightning takeover of and time was running out. Heart of Asia Society, a think tank ed plane will be able to carry more and smaller fundraisers. The mon- the city Aug. 15. The crowds make Despite the chaotic scenes at Ka- working toward sustainable peace people out of the country. ey is intended to pay for a chartered entry difficult and pose another ob- bul’s airport and fears that some in the country. Maxwell-Jones responded to flight or flights, but logistical chal- stacle to the rescue group’s evacua- Americans and at-risk Afghans Her organization rescues strays, similar criticisms about her organi- lenges remain that make coordinat- tion. may be left behind, President Joe provides veterinary services and zation's aim to help cats and dogs. ing with the U.S. military and the Yet another hurdle is getting per- Biden has ruled out any extension of helps ship animals abroad for adop- “I realize that it’s not everybody Taliban necessary. mission from the U.S. military to the deadline, The Associated Press tion. else’s passion, but these are private The biggest hurdle is finding a land a chartered flight at the airport. reported Tuesday. The Taliban also Maxwell-Jones said in an April donations,” she said. “I think that third country that will allow a plane Maxwell-Jones said that when were adamant that the U.S. with- interview that two-thirds of the dogs their lives matter, and I have put carrying animals to land. All the ani- she first called U.S. officials and told draw by the deadline date at a press she had shipped to the U.S. in the blood, sweat and tears into this orga- mals Kabul Small Animal Rescue is them she wanted to evacuate ani- conference Tuesday. previous week had been for service nization that’s specifically for sav- trying to evacuate have paperwork mals, they dismissed her. Even as they prepare to leave, members, who befriended the ani- ing animals. And I don’t intend to to enter the U.S., but all of its Afghan “Now people in the U.S. are get- staffers at Kabul Small Animal Res- mals while deployed in the country. stop now.” staffers have applied for P1 visas, ting their senators and state [repre- cue have been collecting dogs and Kabul Small Animal Rescue isn’t which require applicants to be vet- sentatives] to go through it for us, so cats left behind by others forced to the only organization trying to evac- [email protected] ted in a third country. we’re getting a bit more traction,” flee. uate animals from Afghanistan Twitter: @pwwellman South Korea airlifting hundreds of Afghans out of Kabul BY DAVID CHOI zai International Airport in Kabul aboard “Afghanistan needs the help of neigh- in Afghanistan, according to a Defense AND YOO KYONG CHANG three South Korean military airplanes, boring countries for getting immediate Ministry official who spoke to Stars and Stars and Stripes Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs humanitarian aid; however, unfortunate- Stripes on the customary condition of CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Choi Jongmoon said during a Wednesday ly, Europe and many surrounding nations anonymity Wednesday. One South Ko- Over 380 Afghans who supported South press conference. are against accepting refugees from Af- rean soldier died after a bomb attack in Korea in Afghanistan before the Taliban Choi cited the country’s “moral respon- ghanistan,” Rep. Jang Hye-young of the 2007. seized power are expected to arrive at an sibility” to house the Afghans given the progressive Justice Party said in a Face- Plans to temporarily relocate evacuees airport outside Seoul on Thursday, ac- “serious situations” many of them are un- book post Friday. to U.S. bases in South Korea and Japan cording to the Ministry of Foreign Af- der. He added that the evacuees will be Jang added: “We need to actively seek a were scrapped due to logistical and geo- fairs. entering the country not as refugees, “but role we can play in a direction, which is graphical factors, according to a Reuters The evacuees include locals who people who have done distinguished ser- solidarity and cooperation on a global lev- report Tuesday. worked at the South Korean Embassy in vice to South Korea.” el, instead of shifting all burdens of the Kabul, hospitals, vocational training cen- Some South Korean lawmakers recent- acceptance of refugees onto countries [email protected] ters and provincial reconstruction teams. ly said the country ought to act amid the surrounding Afghanistan.” Twitter: @choibboy They are being flown out of Hamid Kar- ongoing refugee crisis in Afghanistan. Over 3,900 South Korean troops served [email protected] Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 AFGHANISTAN US lawmakers’ trip to Kabul prompts fury from officials

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR aid. Moulton serves on the House Associated Press Armed Services Committee and WASHINGTON — Two mem- Meijer is on the House Foreign Af- ANDREW HARNIK/AP bers of Congress flew unan- fairs Committee. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R­Calif., speaks at a news conference on the steps of the Capitol nounced into Kabul airport in the Three officials familiar with the in Washington, D.C., on July 29. middle of the chaotic evacuation, flight said that State Department, stunning State Department and Defense Department and White U.S. military personnel who had to House officials were furious about House lawmakers call on White House to divert resources to provide securi- the incident because it was done ty and information to the lawmak- without coordination with diplo- extend deadline to withdraw US forces ers, U.S. officials said. mats or military commanders di- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and recting the evacuation. BY NIKKI WENTLING R-Calif. “I want to be very clear with “Despite great risks to them- Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., flew in The U.S. military found out about Stars and Stripes him: Don’t pick the date, solve the selves, our Afghan allies stepped up and out on charter aircraft and the visit as the legislators’ aircraft WASHINGTON — House Re- problem. Make sure every Ameri- to help us,” he said. “For those veter- were on the ground at the Kabul was inbound to Kabul, according to publicans and Democrats urged can is out, then that will be the day ans who want to help the allies who airport for several hours Tuesday. the officials. The officials spoke on President Joe Biden on Tuesday to we depart.” supported them, we must ensure That led officials to complain that condition of anonymity to discuss extend the deadline to withdraw McCarthy, the House minority they have time to do so.” they could be taking seats that ongoing military operations. U.S. troops from Afghanistan in or- leader, attended a classified brief- The White House said Tuesday, would have otherwise gone to other One senior U.S. official said the der to evacuate all Americans and ing about Afghanistan on Tuesday. however, that evacuation rates Americans or Afghans fleeing the administration saw the lawmakers’ Afghan allies. He said the information relayed in were surpassing their daily goals. In country, but the congressmen said visit as manifestly unhelpful and Biden decided Tuesday to stick the briefing made him less confi- the past 24 hours, about 21,600 peo- in a joint statement that they made several other officials said the visit with the Aug. 31 deadline to with- dent about America’s effort to evac- ple were evacuated from the coun- sure to leave on a flight with empty was viewed as a distraction for draw U.S. military forces from the uate U.S. citizens and allies. try. The Department of Defense seats. troops and commanders at the air- country, citing the increasing rate of Some Democrats agreed. Rep. said the pace of military flights out “As Members of Congress, we port who are waging a race against evacuations and the security risks Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of of Kabul is one departure every 45 have a duty to provide oversight on time to evacuate thousands of now that Afghanistan is under Tali- the House Intelligence Committee, minutes. the executive branch,” the two said Americans, at-risk Afghans and ban control. Biden relayed his deci- said after a classified briefing Mon- In total, 76,000 people have been in their statement. “We conducted others as quickly as possible. sion Tuesday morning to the Group day that it was “very unlikely” the evacuated since the end of July, the this visit in secret, speaking about it House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is- of Seven, an intergovernmental fo- United States could evacuate all White House said. only after our departure to mini- sued a statement Tuesday evening rum that includes Canada, France, Americans and allies by Aug. 31. Some of Biden’s advisers also mize the risk and disruption to the taking note of the desire of some Germany, Italy, the United King- Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., want to withdraw by Aug. 31 out of people on the ground, and because legislators to visit Afghanistan and dom and Japan. chairman of the House Committee concern for the safety of American we were there to gather informa- saying she was writing to “reiterate House Republicans blasted the on Veterans’ Affairs, issued a state- troops who might be in danger if the tion, not to grandstand.” that the Departments of Defense decision in a news conference Tues- ment Tuesday encouraging Biden U.S. stays in the country past the The two lawmakers are both mil- and State have requested that day and argued it wasn’t possible to to extend the deadline to allow more deadline that was agreed upon with itary veterans, with backgrounds in Members not travel to Afghanistan evacuate all Americans and Afghan time to help America’s wartime the Taliban. White House officials the region. Moulton, a Marine who and the region during this time of allies in the next week. They warned partners to leave Afghanistan. said they speak with Taliban repre- has been outspoken critic of the danger. Ensuring the safe and people would be left behind. Some Afghanistan War veterans sentatives on a daily basis, and they Iraq War, served multiple tours in timely evacuation of individuals at “There’s no possible way that we are trying to assist their Afghan have said the deadline is firm. Iraq. Meijer was deployed as part risk requires the full focus and at- can get every American still in Af- friends obtain special immigrant vi- of the Army Reserves and later tention of the U.S. military and dip- ghanistan out in the next seven sas in order to get out of the country, [email protected] worked in Afghanistan at a nongov- lomatic teams on the ground in Af- days,” said Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Takano said. Twitter: @nikkiwentling ernmental organization providing ghanistan.” PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 AFGHANISTAN Remote valley vows to resist Taliban Associated Press person.” In a mountain valley north of Ka- “If he was a real threat, he should bul, the last remnants of Afghanis- have stayed the day Ghani fled and tan’s shattered security forces have defended the palace. He was the vowed to resist the Taliban in a re- vice president and soldiers were un- mote region that has defied con- der his order,” said Farhadi. querors before. But any attempt to Even the specter of such a stand- reenact that history could end in off, he said, risks plunging the coun- tragedy — or farce. try into another period of violence Nestled in the towering Hindu and turmoil, with dire consequenc- Kush, the Panjshir Valley has a sin- es for ordinary Afghans. gle narrow entrance and is the last The ousted leaders holed up in region not under Taliban control fol- Panjshir may end up joining the ne- lowing their stunning blitz across gotiations that the Taliban are hold- Afghanistan. Local fighters held off ing with other former Afghan offi- the Soviets in the 1980s and the Tali- cials. The Taliban have said they ban a decade later under the leader- want an “inclusive, Islamic govern- ship of Ahmad Shah Massoud, a ment” but will hold off on forming guerrilla fighter who attained near- one until the U.S. completes its with- mythic status before he was killed in ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS/AP drawal. a suicide bombing. A large poster of late guerrilla fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud is displayed next to a road leading into “We must use our weight with the His 32-year-old foreign-educated Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley in 2011. international community to get son, Ahmad Massoud, and several guarantees from the Taliban for an top officials from the ousted West- unclear how long its residents can eastern Afghanistan. The younger Massoud, who was all-encompassing government that ern-backed government have gath- hold out if the Taliban besiege the Two days before the Sept. 11, 2001, just 12 when his father was killed, includes women and non-Taliban,” ered in the valley. They include Vice area or attack it using the U.S.-sup- attacks, al-Qaida militants dis- trained at the British military acad- said Farhadi. President Amrullah Saleh, who plied armaments they have seized. guised as Arab journalists who had emy at Sandhurst and also earned a Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, a claims to be the caretaker leader af- Western countries, stunned by the come to interview Massoud killed master’s degree in international senior Taliban official, said their ter President Ashraf Ghani fled the collapse of a costly, two-decade at- the commander in a suicide bomb- politics from the City University of forces have surrounded Panjshir. country. tempt at remaking Afghanistan, are ing. London. “We are doing our best to solve They have vowed to resist the Ta- unlikely to invest in another proxy His forces remained intact, how- He has little, if any, combat expe- the issue through negotiations, but if liban and are calling for Western aid war. ever, and partnered with the United rience. Sandy Gall, a veteran for- they don’t accept the talks, we are to help roll them back. Ahmad Shah Massoud, nick- States when it invaded Afghanistan eign correspondent who wrote “Af- ready to fight,” he said. “I write from the Panjshir Valley named the “Lion of Panjshir,” was weeks later, scattering al-Qaida, ghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad In an interview with the Al-Arabi- today, ready to follow in my father’s one of the main leaders of the Af- which orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, Shah Massoud,” described his son ya news network over the weekend, footsteps, with mujahideen fighters ghan mujahedeen, self-styled holy and driving the Taliban from power. as “a very personable young man Massoud said he would not surren- who are prepared to once again take warriors who defeated the Soviets in Along with other former warlords, with political ambitions.” der territory but could support a on the Taliban,” Massoud wrote in 1989. His Northern Alliance includ- they went on to form the core of the Massoud says he has been joined broad-based government. an op-ed for The Washington Post. ed fellow Tajiks as well as fighters government and security forces by highly-trained Afghan special Aresident of Panjshir reached by “We have stores of ammunition and from other ethnic groups, in keep- that the U.S. and its allies would forces and other soldiers “disgusted phone said Massoud had warned arms that we have patiently collect- ing with his vision of an independ- spend the next two decades arming by the surrender of their command- people that the Taliban might attack ed since my father’s time, because ent, multiethnic Afghanistan under and training, at a cost of billions of ers,” but neither proved to be any and said families could leave if they we knew this day might come.” a moderate form of Islamic rule. dollars. match for the Taliban elsewhere in wished. Those who stayed would But experts say a successful re- But as the country slid into war in Those forces, which from the be- the country. prefer a negotiated solution but are sistance is highly unlikely — and the early 1990s, he found himself ginning were rife with corruption, Torek Farhadi, an Afghan analyst loyal to Massoud and prepared to could potentially aggravate Afghan- battling rival warlords and eventu- collapsed in a matter of days earlier and former government adviser, fight if necessary, the man said on istan’s already considerable prob- ally the Taliban, who seized power this month, as the Taliban captured said the group poses little threat to condition of anonymity because of lems. in 1996. During their five-year rule, most of the country less than three the Taliban, and he cast doubt on Sa- security concerns. While the Panjshir Valley re- his forces were confined to Panjshir weeks before the U.S. was set to leh’s claims that he could lead a re- “Panjshir people are used to this,” mains as impregnable as ever, it’s and other remote areas in north- withdraw its last troops. sistance, calling him a “social media he said. Taliban encounter Afghan cities remade in their absence BY KATHY GANNON the country. An entire generation of viting women to return to work and ment. ban fighters carry smartphones Associated Press Afghans has come of age under a pledging to restore normal life after Then the city was in ruins, rav- and could be seen taking selfies as Ezanullah, one of thousands of modernizing, Western-backed gov- decades of war. But many Afghans, aged by warlords who would later they marveled at the capital they young Taliban fighters from the ernment flush with development particularly women, remain deeply ally with the United States. Most Af- had rolled into virtually unopposed countryside who rode into Afghan- aid. skeptical of the group’s intentions. ghans traveled Kabul’s rutted after 20 years of war. istan’s capital over the weekend, Many fear those gains will be re- Ezanullah was surprised when roads by bicycle or in beat-up yel- Some things have gotten worse had never seen anything like it. versed now that the Taliban are two women said hello to him on the low taxis. There was only one com- since the Taliban were last in pow- The paved streets of Kabul were back in power and the last U.S. street. puter in the entire country, and it er. lined with towering apartment troops are on their way out. “They said we were afraid of you belonged to Mullah Mohammed The city has been in the grip of a blocks, glass office buildings and Thousands have flocked to the and thought you were horrible,” he Omar, the Taliban’s reclusive lead- crime wave for years, one many shopping malls. The plush furni- airport trying to flee, most of them said. “But I told them you are like er, who did not know how to turn it fear will get even worse after pris- ture inside the Interior Ministry men unaccompanied by families. my sisters, and we will let you go to on. ons and government armories were was like “something I thought of in Younger Afghans have no memory school and continue your education Under Taliban rule, television emptied during the Taliban’s ad- a dream,” said the 22-year-old of Taliban rule, but fear its return and give you security.” and music were forbidden. Women vance. One of the few successes of fighter from the country’s moun- will mean the loss of freedoms. The “Just look after your hijab,” he were barred from attending school their harsh Islamic rule was the vir- tainous east. militants imposed a harsh interpre- added, referring to the Islamic or working outside the home, and tual elimination of crime — sus- He said he plans to ask his com- tation of Islamic law from 1996 until headscarf. had to wear the all-encompassing pected thieves had their hands mander if he can stay. “I don’t want 2001, when a U.S.-led invasion Whether or not the Taliban have burqa whenever they appeared in chopped off; other criminals were to leave,” he said. drove them from power. truly changed, the country they public. executed in public. The encounter highlights how The Taliban, who largely hail now rule is light-years ahead of the Today, the country is home to The Taliban have pledged to re- much Kabul and other Afghan ci- from Afghanistan’s conservative one they captured in 1996 after four four mobile companies and several store law and order, but that could ties have changed in the 20 years countryside, have signaled moder- years of civil war following the So- satellite TV stations with female an- take time. The city’s population has since the Taliban, who mainly hail ation in recent days — offering am- viet withdrawal and the 1992 col- chors, one of whom interviewed a quintupled to 5 million over the last from rugged rural areas, last ruled nesty to those who fought them, in- lapse of a pro-communist govern- Taliban official Monday. The Tali- two decades. Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Delta surge leads Japan to widen state of emergency

BY JOSEPH DITZLER der some type of emergency mea- people, though the base provided Stars and Stripes sures. no further details. TOKYO — Facing a nationwide Meanwhile, U.S. military bases Misawa’s commander, Col. surge in new coronavirus cases in Japan reported 55 new coronavi- Jesse Friedel, ordered a limit on linked to the delta variant, the Japa- rus cases on Tuesday and Wednes- gatherings of 20 people or 50% of a nese government on Wednesday day. room’s capacity, whichever is less, added another eight prefectures to Twenty-seven of those cases are on or off the base. Masks are re- the 13 already under a state of people associated with the Marine quired for everyone in gatherings AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes emergency. Corps on Okinawa, according to a of more than 20, with physical fit- People stand for the U.S. national anthem Wednesday ahead of a Eight prefectures were upgrad- Facebook post Wednesday by Ma- ness activity exempted. Takeout Paralympics wheelchair rugby match between the United States and ed from quasi-emergency status to rine Corps Installations Pacific. dining only is permitted in nearby New Zealand at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. a full emergency. They include The Marines provided no further Aomori city and Hachinohe. Hokkaido and Miyagi in the north, information but have said its new Three people at Naval Air Facil- wa prefecture — home to head- Ahead of the declaration expect- Aichi and Gifu in central Japan, cases are not limited to service ity Atsugi tested positive for CO- quarters for U.S. Forces Japan, ed Friday, Marine Corps Air Sta- and Hiroshima and Okayama in members. VID-19 on Tuesday after falling ill, U.S. Army Japan, 5th Air Force and tion Iwakuni on Wednesday im- the west. U.S. Army Japan discovered 11 according to a base news release. A 7th Fleet — are already under the posed a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. off-base cur- “In order to protect the people’s new cases between Aug. 18 and fourth turned up positive in an air- emergency declaration until Sept. few in nearby Hiroshima prefec- lives, the priority is to maintain the Wednesday, according to a news port test after arriving in Japan. 12. So are Okinawa, home to the III ture for anyone affiliated with the health care system,” Prime Minis- release. One came up positive in an The base has seven people under Marine Expeditionary Force; Osa- installation. The curfew comes ter Yoshihide Suga said as he an- airport test by Japanese officials. observation. ka, the second-largest metro area with other new restrictions, ac- nounced the emergency. “In order Five had fallen ill with COVID-19 In Tokyo, another 4,228 people in Japan; and Kyoto. cording to a post on the air station’s to overcome this crisis led by the symptoms. Two were already in re- tested positive Wednesday, 1,158 Okinawa prefecture on Wednes- Facebook page. delta strain, I seek further cooper- stricted movement following their fewer than a week prior and the day reported its highest one-day Once an emergency is declared ation from everyone.” recent arrival in Japan and three third consecutive day of new case new case total, 809, surpassing the in Hiroshima, air station personnel The government last week ex- were isolated as close contacts of numbers trending downward, ac- previous record set one week ago, who live, work or attend school tended the state of emergency until another infected individual. cording to NHK and metro govern- 768, according to the prefectural there will be restricted to only es- Sept. 12 and expanded the areas In northeastern Japan, Misawa ment data. Department of Public Health and sential services outside their covered to 13 prefectures from six Air Base identified 13 people with However, the number of serious- Medical Care. The prefecture homes. including Tokyo. With four new COVID-19 between Aug. 17 and ly ill people in the city rose to 277, claims the highest weekly infection prefectures added to a separate Monday, according to a base news the highest yet during the pandem- rate in Japan, 312.99 per 100,000 Stars and Stripes reporters Mari Higa and Jo- nathan Snyder contributed to this report. “quasi-emergency” status, 33 of release Tuesday. They include ful- ic. population, according to the de- [email protected] Japan’s 47 prefectures are now un- ly vaccinated and unvaccinated Tokyo and neighboring Kanaga- partment. Twitter: @JosephDitzler Outbreaks force some schools to close, switch to hybrid Associated Press Most epidemiologists say they ATLANTA — A few weeks into still believe that in-person school the new school year, growing can be conducted safely, and that numbers of U.S. districts have it’s important considering the aca- halted in-person learning or demic, social and emotional dam- switched to hybrid models be- age to students since the pandem- cause of rapidly mounting corona- ic slammed into American schools virus infections. in March 2020. More than 80 school districts or In some cases, experts say, the charter networks have closed or reversals reflect a careless ap- delayed in-person classes for at proach among districts that acted least one entire school in more as if the pandemic were basically than a dozen states. Others have over. sent home whole grade levels or “People should realize it’s not asked half their students to stay over. It’s a real problem, a real home on hybrid schedules. public health issue,” said Dr. Tina The setbacks in mostly small, Tan, a Northwestern University rural districts that were among medical professor who chairs the the first to return dampen hopes American Academy of Pediatrics for a sustained, widespread return Section on Infectious Diseases. to classrooms after two years of “You have to do everything to pre- schooling disrupted by the pan- vent the spread of COVID in the demic. school.” In Georgia, where in-person Tan and others say that means classes are on hold in more than 20 ANDREW RUSH, PITTSBURGH POST­GAZETTE /AP not just masks in schools but a districts that started the school Students arrive masked Tuesday to Memorial Elementary School in Bethel Park, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Inpush for vaccination, social dis- year without mask requirements, a heated school board meeting Monday, the school district voted to require all students, staff and visitors tancing, ventilation and other pre- some superintendents say the vi- to wear masks inside the district’s schools. cautions, providing multiple lay- rus appeared to be spreading in ers of protection. schools before they sent students antine or isolation, the district rently more likely to test positive ing. The onslaught in Georgia is home. shifted last week to online instruc- for COVID-19 than adults. Before the latest virus resur- driving changes in mask policies. “We just couldn’t manage it tion until Sept. 13. Around the country, some gence, hopes were high that Weeks before school started, only with that much staff out, having to More than 1 of every 100 school- schools are starting the year later schools nationwide could ap- a handful of large districts cover- cover classes and the spread so aged children has tested positive than planned. One district in proach normalcy, moving beyond ing fewer than a quarter of stu- rapid,” said Eddie Morris, super- for COVID-19 in the past two Western Oregon pushed back the the stops and starts of remote dents across the state were requir- intendent of the 1,050-student weeks in Georgia, according to start of classes by a week after learning that interfered with some ing face coverings. Now, mask Johnson County district in Geor- state health data published Fri- several employees were exposed parents’ jobs and impaired many mandates cover more than half of gia. With 40% of students in quar- day. Children age 5 to 17 are cur- to a positive teacher during train- students’ academic performance. students. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 NATION High court orders ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy reinstated

BY MARK SHERMAN show a likelihood of success on the Associated Press claim that the memorandum re- WASHINGTON — The Su- scinding the Migrant Protection preme Court said the Biden admin- Protocols was not arbitrary and ca- istration likely violated federal law pricious,” the court wrote Tuesday in trying to end a Trump-era pro- in an unsigned order. gram that forces people to wait in The three dissenting justices, Mexico while seeking asylum in Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and the United States. Sonia Sotomayor, did not write an With three liberal justices in dis- opinion expressing their views of sent, the high court Tuesday re- the case. fused to block a lower court ruling In a statement, the Department ordering the administration to re- of Homeland Security said it re- instate the program informally grets that the high court declined to RICH PEDRONCELLI/AP known as Remain in Mexico. issue a stay. The department said it A golfer wears a face mask as he practices his putting at the smoke­shrouded Lake Tahoe Golf Course in It’s not clear how many people would continue to challenge the South Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Tuesday. will be affected and how quickly. district court’s order. Under the lower court ruling, the The American Civil Liberties administration must make a “good Union called on the administration faith effort” to restart the program. to present a fuller rationale for end- Crews struggle to stop wildfire There is also nothing preventing ing Remain in Mexico that could the administration from trying withstand court scrutiny. again to end the program, formally “The government must take all bearing down on Lake Tahoe called Migrant Protection Proto- steps available to fully end this ille- Associated Press Lake, where his daughter and her fiancé had met. The cols. gal program, including by re-ter- SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A California fire smoke, however, caused most of the community to Afederal judge in Texas had pre- minating it with a fuller explana- that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake leave. The sun was an eerie blood orange and the viously ordered that the program tion. What it must not do is use this Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters floats and boats in the lake were obscured by haze. be reinstated last week. Both he decision as cover for abandoning tried to box in the flames, and tourists who hoped to In the end, the Nelsons spent two days arranging to and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of its commitment to restore a fair boat or swim found themselves looking at thick yellow have the wedding moved from the glacial lake several Appeals refused the administra- asylum system,” said Omar Jad- haze instead of alpine scenery. hours southwest to the San Francisco Bay Area. tion’s request to put the ruling on wat, director of the ACLU’s immi- The Caldor Fire was less than 20 miles east of the “Everybody’s trying to make accommodations for hold. grant rights project. lake that straddles the California-Nevada state line. the smoke. And I think it’s becoming a reality for us, Justice Samuel Alito ordered a During Donald Trump’s presi- The fire was eating its way through rugged timber- unfortunately,” Diane Nelson said. “I just think that brief delay to allow the full court dency, the policy required tens of lands and was “knocking on the door” of the Lake Ta- the smoke and the fires have gotten bigger, hotter and time to consider the administra- thousands of migrants seeking asy- hoe basin, California’s state fire chief Thom Porter faster-moving.” tion’s appeal to keep the ruling on lum in the U.S. to turn back to Mex- warned this week. Climate change has made the West warmer and hold while the case continues to ico. It was meant to discourage asy- On Tuesday, ash rained down and tourists ducked drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make make its way through the courts. lum seekers, but critics said it de- into cafes, outdoor gear shops and casinos on Lake Ta- the weather more extreme and wildfires more de- The 5th Circuit ordered expedit- nied people the legal right to seek hoe Boulevard for a respite from the unhealthy air. structive, according to scientists. ed consideration of the administra- protection in the U.S. and forced Inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, cocktail wait- The Caldor fire had scorched more than 190 square tion’s appeal. them to wait in dangerous Mexican resses in fishnet stockings and leopard-print corsets miles and destroyed at least 455 homes since Aug. 14 The court offered little explana- border cities. served customers playing slots and blackjack. in the Sierra Nevada southwest of the lake. It was 11% tion for its action, although it cited The judge, U.S. District Judge Sitting at a slot machine near a window looking out contained and threatened more than 17,000 structur- its opinion from last year rejecting Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk in at cars driving through the haze, Ramona Trejo said es. the Trump administration’s effort Amarillo, Texas, ordered that the she and her husband would stay for their 50th wed- On its western side, the blaze continued to threaten to end another immigration pro- program be reinstated in response ding anniversary, as planned. more than a dozen small communities and wineries. gram, Deferred Action for Child- to a lawsuit filed by the states of Trejo, who uses supplemental oxygen due to respi- On the eastern side, crews were bulldozing fire lines, hood Arrivals. In that case, the Texas and Missouri, whose gover- ratory problems, said her husband wanted to keep opening up narrow logging roads and clearing ridge- court held that the decision to end nors have been seeking to reinstate gambling. tops in hopes of stopping its advance, fire officials DACA was “arbitrary and capri- some of the hard-line anti-immi- “I would want to go now,” she said. said. cious,” in violation of federal law. gration policies of the Trump ad- South of Tahoe, Rick Nelson and his wife, Diane, More than 2,500 firefighters were on the line and The administration has “failed to ministration. had planned to host a weekend wedding at Fallen Leaf more resources were streaming in, fire officials said. 1st sentencing in Mich. governor’s kidnapping plot to be handed down

Associated Press Prosecutors The FBI last October said it ment’s knowledge by recounting In his plea agreement, Garbin GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — wanted U.S. Dis- broke up a scheme to kidnap the conversations and actions that did said the six men trained at his Prosecutors preparing for the first trict Judge Rob- Democratic governor by anti-gov- not include any government in- property near Luther, Mich., con- prison sentence in an alleged plot ert Jonker to take ernment extremists who were up- formant or ability to record,” As- structing a “shoot house” to resem- to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen it into considera- set over Whitmer’s coronavirus sistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler ble Whitmer’s vacation home and Whitmer are loudly signaling to tion Wednesday restrictions. Six men were said. “assaulting it with firearms.” five other defendants that a key in- when he sen- charged in federal court, while “Second, he confirmed that the A Tennessee-based group sider has shared extraordinary de- tences Garbin others were charged in state court plot was real; not just ‘big talk be- called Parents for Peace, which Garbin tails about the operation. for conspiracy. with aiding them. tween crackpots,’ as suggested by helps people move away from ex- Ty Garbin cooperated within The government is recommend- Garbin, a 25-year-old airplane co-defendants. Third, he dispelled tremist movements, is asking the weeks of being arrested, willingly ing a nine-year prison term, a long mechanic, is the only federal de- any suggestion that the conspir- judge for a “minimal” prison sen- putting a “target on his back to be- stretch but one that would be even fendant to plead guilty; others are ators were entrapped by govern- tence. They noted that Garbin’s gin his own redemption,” the gov- longer if he had not assisted inves- awaiting trial. ment informants,” the prosecutor rocky childhood and other factors ernment said in a court filing. tigators after being charged. “He filled in gaps in the govern- said. contributed to his decisions. Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

Monsoon floods damage border wall gates DOUGLAS — Several AZ metal flood gates in the newly built section of the U.S.- Mexico border wall in eastern- most Arizona were ripped off their hinges last week by flooding from unusually heavy monsoon rains, authorities say. A spokesman for the Border Pa- trol’s Tucson sector confirmed Monday the gates were open last week when water from the histor- ic rainfall rushed through the Douglas area near the San Ber- nardino Wildlife Refuge in Co- chise County. He said a Border Patrol team is currently assessing flood damage along the wall. An official with Customs and Border Protection said authorities planned to repair the damage. Tallest man in the US dies at age 38 ROCHESTER — MN Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38. His family said the Ukrainian- born Vovkovinskiy died of heart disease at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. His mother, Svetlana Vovkovinska, an ICU nurse at Mayo, initially posted about his death on Facebook. Vovkovinskiy came to the Mayo DON CAMPBELL, THE (ST. JOSEPH’S, MICH.) HERALD­PALLADIUM/AP Clinic in 1989 as a child seeking treatment. A tumor pressing against his pituitary gland caused Lovely day on the lake it to secrete abnormal levels of Paddleboarders, kayakers and pleasure boats share the waters of Lake Michigan, off the shores of Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich., on Monday. growth hormone. He grew to be- come the tallest man in the U.S. at to get everyone on board to safety. THE CENSUS A police spokesman says the 7 feet, 8.33 inches and ended up A spokesperson for Alaska Air- driver could face charges of driv- staying in Rochester. lines said a passenger’s cellphone The amount in dollars a diner at a north Florida restaurant left ing under the influence and vehic- on flight 751 from New Orleans to 10K as a tip. The man, his wife and son had finished dinner at the ular battery. Jack Daniel’s age-stated Seattle caught on fire, KOMO-TV Wahoo Seafood Grill when he gathered the staff of 10 together to thank them whiskey first in a century reported. The aircraft crew used a for their hard work before leaving them the tip to share. Shawn Shepherd, who Man steals iCloud files battery containment bag to extin- owns the restaurant, got a call from employees alerting him. His first thought looking for nude images LYNCHBURG — The guish the fire, the spokesperson was to be suspicious. But the restaurant's point-of-sale system approved the TN producers of Jack Da- said. transaction. LOS ANGELES — A niel’s are offering the brand’s first Hazy conditions in the aircraft CA Southern California age-stated whiskey in more than a cabin forced the crew to deploy Orozco in July 2017 after they say downtown. man broke into thousands of Ap- century with the upcoming re- evacuation slides to get the guests he was driving erratically. While Police Chief Andrew Padilla ple iCloud accounts and collected lease of a 10-year-old Tennessee off the plane. being searched, officers found a told the Santa Fe New Mexican in- more than 620,000 private photos whiskey. There were 128 passengers and folded $100 bill. vestigators are reviewing surveil- and videos in an effort to steal im- Limited supplies will be availa- six crew members on board the When they unfolded it, memory lance footage in hopes of identify- ages of nude young women, feder- ble starting next month. The prod- flight, according to the spokesper- cards fell to the floor. ing a suspect. al authorities said. uct will become an annual release son. Testimony at a preliminary Hao Kuo Chi, 40, of La Puente, from the Jack Daniel Distillery in hearing indicated Orozco grabbed Man arrested after agreed to plead guilty to four felo- Lynchburg. Man who tried to swallow the memory cards and tried to eat crashing into 2 houses nies, including conspiracy to gain The distillery used an aging memory cards sentenced them. unauthorized access to a comput- process to mature Jack Daniel’s He swallowed one and chewed SIOUX FALLS — A er, the Los Angeles Times report- Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey in RALEIGH — A federal another that deputies were able to SD Pierre man was arrest- ed. oak barrels relocated throughout NC judge handed down a retrieve, an agent said. ed after he allegedly drove a truck Chi admitted that he imperson- the barrelhouse over the past dec- 12-year prison sentence to a man Three other cards were un- into two houses in Sioux Falls, ated Apple customer support staff ade. convicted on child pornography scathed, and they contained mul- sending a homeowner to the hos- in emails that tricked unsuspect- Old No. 7 Jack Daniel’s ages, on charges after authorities say he tiple images and videos of child pital. ing victims into providing him average, four to five years. tried to swallow memory cards pornography. The Argus Leader reported the with their Apple IDs and pass- Jack Daniel’s is the flagship containing pornographic images. 24-year-old man failed to navigate words, according to court records brand of Louisville, Ky.-based David Sierra Orozco, 31, a Mex- Police: Fire that burned a curb. He hit one house, then cited by the Times. Brown-Forman Corp. ican national, was sentenced this sculpture was arson crashed into a second. His truck He gained unauthorized access week, The News & Observer of ended up in a bedroom. The 41- to photos and videos of at least 306 Passenger’s cellphone Raleigh reported. Orozco was con- SANTA FE — Au- year-old homeowner was sleeping victims across the U.S., most of catches fire after landing victed in March of possessing NM thorities in Santa Fe in the room and suffered a concus- them young women, he acknowl- child pornography. Orozco is a were searching for a suspect who sion when he was hit by debris. edged in his plea agreement with SEATAC — A passen- resident of Georgia and an unlaw- set fire to a sculpture over the Jesse Peterson, the owner of the federal prosecutors in Tampa, WA ger’s cellphone ful immigrant who will be deport- weekend. first home that was struck, said Fla. caught fire after an Alaska Air- ed at the end of his sentence, the Fire officials said someone de- the impact sounded like an explo- He faces up to five years in pris- lines flight landed at the Sea-Tac newspaper said. liberately committed arson sion. He said he found the driver on for each of the four crimes. International Airport, forcing the Court records say sheriff’s dep- against a 21-foot tall sculpture out- unconscious. Nobody in his house crew to deploy evacuation slides uties in Harnett County stopped side of the Form & Concept gallery was hurt. From The Associated Press PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 NATION House OKs $3.5T budget blueprint

Associated Press projects that’s already passed the WASHINGTON — Striking a Senate. deal with moderates, House Dem- Backed by the White House, ocratic leaders have muscled Speaker Nancy Pelosi huddled President Joe Biden’s multitril- privately with lawmakers and lion-dollar budget blueprint over a leaders to engineer an offramp. In key hurdle, ending a risky stand- brokering the compromise, Pelosi off and putting the party’s domes- committed to voting on the bipar- tic infrastructure agenda back on tisan package no later than Sept. track. 27, an attempt to assure lawmak- The 220-212 vote Tuesday was a ers it won’t be left on the sidelines. first move toward drafting Biden’s It’s also in keeping with with Pelo- $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan this si’s insistence that the two bills fall, and the narrow outcome, in move together as a more complete the face of unanimous Republican collection of Biden’s priorities. Pe- opposition, signaled the power a losi has set a goal of passing both AMANDA ANDRADE­RHOADES / AP few voices have to alter the debate by Oct. 1. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D­Calif., walks toward the House Chamber on Capitol Hill. The House and the challenges ahead still Pelosi told her colleagues be- approved President Joe Biden’s budget blueprint Tuesday after striking a deal with moderates. threatening to upend the presi- fore the vote that the legislation dent’s agenda. would lead to a federal investment Democrats’ so-slim House major- or break a deal, as they are in posi- smaller public works plan of road, From the White House, Biden on par with the New Deal and the ity. But as the drama spilled out tion to do in the weeks to come as public transit and broadband praised the outcome as “a step Great Society. during what was supposed to be a moderates and progressives draft spending that has already passed closer to truly investing in the She brushed aside the delays. quick session as lawmakers re- and vote on the broader $3.5 tril- the Senate. American people.” He said at a “That’s just part of the legislative turned to work for a few days in lion package. Progressives signaled early on news conference that he had process,” she said, according to an August, it showcased the party dif- “I think it’s important to those of they wanted the Biden budget pri- called to congratulate House lead- aide granted anonymity to discuss ferences that threaten to upend us who are moderate Democrats orities first before they agree to ers for the work. a closed-door caucus meeting. Biden’s ambitious rebuilding to make sure that our voices are the smaller Senate package, wor- Tensions had flared during a “Not only are we building the agenda. heard,” said Rep. Jim Costa, D- ried it would be an insufficient turbulent 24 hours that brought physical infrastructure of Ameri- With Republicans fully opposed Calif., one of the negotiators. down payment on his goals. the House to a standstill as a band ca, we are building the human in- to the president’s big plans and ar- Challenging their party’s most But the moderates want the op- of moderate lawmakers threat- frastructure of America,” Pelosi guing that Congress should be fo- powerful leaders, nine moderate posite, insisting Congress quickly ened to withhold their votes for the said on the House floor. cused instead on the crisis in Af- Democrats signed onto a letter send the smaller, bipartisan in- $3.5 trillion plan. They were de- Easing off the stalemate will ghanistan, the Democratic lead- late last week raising their objec- frastructure measure they helped manding the House first approve shelve, for now, the stark divisions ers have just a few votes to spare. tions to pushing ahead with Bi- shape with the senators to Biden a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan between moderate and progres- That gives any band of lawmakers den’s broader infrastructure pro- so he can sign it before the politi- package of other public works sive lawmakers who make up the leverage that can be used to make posal without first considering the cal winds shift. Report: Police House passes bill bolstering emergency system civil rights-era voting law Associated Press any voting legislation before the WASHINGTON — House 2022 midterm elections, when mishandled Jan. 6 Democrats have passed legisla- some in the party fear new GOP Associated Press tion that would strengthen a land- laws will make it harder for many WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police didn’t ade- mark civil rights-era voting law Americans to vote. quately respond to frantic calls for help from officers weakened by the Supreme Court The John Lewis Voting Rights when they pressed panic buttons on their radios over the past decade, a step party Advancement Act, named for the seeking immediate backup as scores of pro-Trump leaders tout as progress in their late Georgia congressman who rioters beat officers with bats, poles and other weap- quest to fight back against voting made the issue a defining one of ons, an inspector general’s report found. JOHN MINCHILLO / AP restrictions advanced in Repub- his career, would restore voting The report obtained by The Associated Press of- Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump lican-led states. rights protections that have been fered new details about the shortcomings by law en- try to break through a police barrier at the U.S. The bill, which is part of a dismantled by the Supreme forcement during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capi- Capitol on Jan. 6. An inspector general’s report broader Democratic effort to en- Court. Under the proposal, the tol. says U.S. Capitol Police did not properly respond to act a sweeping overhaul of elec- Justice Department would again The report found that most of the emergency acti- officers’ use of an emergency notification system. tions, was approved on a 219-212 police new changes to voting laws vations from individual officers’ radios were never vote, with no Republican support. in states that have racked up a simulcast on police radio, a standard protocol de- Capitol Police Command and Coordination Bureau, Its Tuesday passage was praised series of “violations," drawing signed to spread the word to other officers about which among other responsibilities prepares for spe- by President Joe Biden, who said them into a mandatory review emergencies and crises. The on-duty watch com- cial events and manages the response to emergencies it would protect a “sacred right” process known as “preclea- mander appears not to have been made aware of at at the Capitol complex. The inspector general de- and called on the Senate to “send rance.” least some of the system activations, the report said. tailed what it said were outdated and vague policies this important bill to my desk.” The practice was first put in Police officials in Washington are increasingly and procedures as well as problems in preparedness. But the measure faces dim pro- place under the Voting Rights Act concerned about a rally planned for Sept. 18 on feder- coordination and emergency planning. spects in that chamber, where of 1965. But it was struck down by al land next to the Capitol that organizers have said is A law enforcement official said because so many Democrats do not have enough a conservative majority on the meant to demand “justice” for the hundreds of people officers were pressing their panic buttons, fellow of- votes to overcome opposition Supreme Court in 2013, which already charged in connection with January’s insur- ficers couldn’t respond to all of the calls at once and from Senate Republicans, who ruled the formula for determin- rection. needed to prioritize their emergency responses. The have rejected the bill as “unnec- ing which states needed their “Without the ability to connect with help or request official spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity to essary” and a Democratic “power laws reviewed was outdated and reinforcements during emergencies, officers are at discuss the report because it has not been publicly grab.” unfairly punitive. The court did, risk of facing dangerous or even deadly situations,” released. That bottleneck puts Demo- however, say that Congress could the report said. Even so, the inspector general report says, the crats right back where they start- come up with a new formula, The July report focuses on deficiencies inside the emergency system was not handled properly. ed with a slim chance of enacting which is what the bill does. Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Harris urges Vietnam to join US in opposing China ‘bullying’ Associated Press meeting with Vietnamese President tion.” trade and the coronavirus pandemic. HANOI — Vice President Kamala Har- Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The vice president’s rebuke of China She announced that the U.S. will send 1 ris called on Vietnam to join the United Harris also expressed support for send- comes in the middle of her weeklong tour million additional doses of the Pfizer vac- States in challenging China’s “bullying” ing an additional U.S. Coast Guard cutter of Southeast Asia, a trip that brought her cine to Vietnam, bringing the total U.S. in the South China Sea, continuing her to Vietnam to help defend its security in- to Singapore and Vietnam in a bid to vaccine donation to Vietnam to 6 million sharp rhetoric against Beijing as she met terests in the disputed waterway, and strengthen U.S. ties to the Indo-Pacific re- doses. with Vietnamese leaders Wednesday. pledged that the U.S. would “maintain a gion to counter China’s growing military The U.S. will also provide $23 million to “We need to find ways to pressure and strong presence in the South China Sea” and economic influence there. help Vietnam expand distribution and ac- raise the pressure, frankly, on Beijing to to challenge China. In addition to her commitment to de- cess to vaccines, combat the pandemic abide by the United Nations Convention During remarks in Singapore on Tues- fend the South China Sea against Beijing and prepare for future disease threats. on the Law of the Sea, and to challenge its day, Harris said Beijing’s actions to press advances, Harris unveiled an array of The Defense Department is delivering 77 bullying and excessive maritime claims,” its territorial claims in the South China new partnerships and support for Viet- freezers to store vaccines throughout the she said in remarks at the opening of a Sea amount to “coercion” and “intimida- nam in areas including climate change, country. Duterte confirms he’ll run for Philippines’ VP next year Associated Press vice president to death rates and a slow vaccination has suggested he might not run for Facebook later Wednesday that MANILA — Tough-talking Phi- “continue the rollout, but Duterte’s popularity vice president if his daughter de- her father had told her he would lippine President Rodrigo Duterte crusade.” ratings have remained high. cides to announce a bid for presi- run for vice president with his for- has confirmed rumblings that he “I will run for Polls suggest that running Du- dent. mer aide, Sen. Christopher will run next year for vice presi- vice president,” terte in tandem with his daughter, “The campaign for Sara Du- “Bong” Go running for president. dent, in what critics say is an at- he said. “I’m Sara Duterte, currently the mayor terte has more or less kicked off, it She did not address her own as- tempt at an end-run around con- worried about of Davao City, as the presidential seems, almost irrespective of pirations, but said her father and stitutional term limits. the drugs, insur- candidate would be a strong pair- what Duterte’s position will be,” Go should announce publicly that Duterte Duterte, who is notorious for his gency. Well, ing, said Manila-based political Heydarian said. “A Duterte/Du- they would run together if they vulgar rhetoric and crackdown on number one is insurgency, then analyst Richard Heydarian. terte tandem is increasingly look- have made that decision. illegal drugs, which has killed criminality, drugs.” The idea of the two running to- ing like the formidable team to “I respectfully advise them to thousands of mostly petty sus- The Philippines has been strug- gether has been discussed since beat in the next year’s elections.” stop talking about me and make pects, said in comments broadcast gling through the COVID-19 pan- 2019, he said, though Duterte ad- Further muddying the waters, me the reason for them running or Wednesday that he will run for demic, with rising infections and visers have reportedly said that he however, Sara Duterte posted on not running,” she wrote. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander John Rodriguez, Europe chief of staff Gaseous obfuscation on Afghanistan isn’t helping Lt. Col. Michael Kerschbaum, Pacific commander BY GEORGE F. WILL secretary of state, once said that the Soviet dic- U.S. history. The grandiosity has two dimen- Michael Ryan, Pacific chief of staff Washington Post Writers Group tator Leonid Brezhnev “shares our dreams sions. One is government’s siphoning away of WASHINGTON and aspirations.” But why does it seem that, a hitherto unimaginable portion of society’s entagon spokesman John Kirby, a now more than ever, government officials current and future fiscal resources. The other EDITORIAL retired rear admiral, recently said who have nothing sensible to say insist on is a radical revision of the nation’s civic vocab- that during the long U.S. undertak- proving this? ulary by postulating, as in Oregon, that dispar- Terry Leonard, Editor [email protected] Ping in Afghanistan “the goals did The economist Arthur Pigou wrote that “en- ities in social outcomes are prima facie evi- migrate over time.” Did the goals themselves vironments … as well as people, have chil- dence of the nation’s endemic viciousness. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor have agency — minds of their own? Why do so dren.” Today’s social environment is the child Suddenly the Afghanistan tragedy has be- [email protected] many people, particularly in government, en- of decades of no-longer-new communications come a powerful accelerant of the U.S. gov- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation gage in such gaseous talk? Because it envelops technologies. In an era of instant, inexpensive ernment’s prestige leakage, punctuating sev- [email protected] in abstract, obfuscating vocabularies things and high-velocity dissemination of anyone’s en months of government aggrandizement. that are awkward to defend. And because we words, there is a Gresham’s law of rhetoric: Has there ever been such a swift contraction BUREAU STAFF are decades into the “leakage of reality” from Bad drives out good. Hence the plague of of a new president’s standing? Herbert Hoov- American life. pompous garrulousness — of officials insult- er, whose many pre-presidential accomplish- Europe/Mideast President Joe Biden says the Taliban is “go- ing the public’s intelligence with bromides no ments gave him momentum for the public’s Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief ing through sort of an existential crisis about one believes. respect, was in his eighth month as president [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 do they want to be recognized by the interna- Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D- when the stock market collapse presaged tional community as being a legitimate gov- N.Y., said that historian Edward Gibbon de- what became, unnecessarily, a decade-long Pacific ernment.” Which is worse, if he means this, or tected a “leakage of reality” in the late Roman Depression. It took, however, several years Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief if he doesn’t? U.S. Ambassador to the United empire. Moynihan often used this phrase to before the gravity of the contraction became [email protected] Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield says “we denote Americans’ “seeming weakness at apparent and the public’s confidence in Hoov- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 expect the Taliban to respect women’s rights” grasping the probable consequences of what er withered. Washington and “to be respectful of humanitarian law.” No we do or fail to do.” Often, however, it is worse Perhaps few 2022 voters will cast ballots sentient person expects anything of the sort. than a weakness: It is a calculated effort to with today’s scenes from Kabul’s airport on Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief [email protected] Secretary of State Antony Blinken pro- make blurry some realities concerning which their minds. But because of those mortifying (+1)(202)886-0033 claims three musts: “Afghans and interna- speaking clearly would be awkward. For ex- scenes, a significant number of voters might Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News tional citizens” who wish to leave Afghanistan ample, according to The Dispatch, Oregon has have a more jaundiced view of government’s [email protected] “must” be allowed to. Roads, airports and bor- just adopted “equitable graduation stan- extravagant 2021 pretentions regarding its der crossings “must remain open.” “Calm dards.” This anodyne verbiage means that ability to rearrange the nation’s economy and CIRCULATION must be maintained.” “Must,” lest nice people “students of color” can graduate from high transform its moral premises. And perhaps Mideast frown? State Department spokesman Ned school without demonstrating high-school- many will remember the government’s often Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Price is pleased that the U.N. Security Council level proficiency in reading or writing, or self-serving and disgraceful rhetoric about [email protected] has asked the Taliban to create a government math. The Oregon Department of Education Afghanistan. [email protected] that is “united, inclusive, and representative, urges teachers to read a handbook for “dis- Clement Attlee, Britain’s prime minister DSN (314)583-9111 including with the full and meaningful partici- mantling racism in mathematics instruction.” from 1945 to 1951, once told Harold Laski, Europe pation of women.” If this were even remotely Today’s stunning leakage is of prestige chairman of Attlee’s Labour Party, that “a pe- Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager possible, why were 20 years and $2 trillion de- from government. Biden has exhorted con- riod of silence on your part would be wel- [email protected] voted to resisting the Taliban? gressional progressives, who needed no en- come.” Biden should say that to some of his [email protected] Nonsense from high officials is nothing couragement, to force the most comprehen- subordinates, and some of them would serve +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 new. Cyrus Vance, President Jimmy Carter’s sive peacetime expansion of government in him by saying it to him. Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 The US must not leave Kabul without these students CONTACT US BY CHARLES LANE gnant disgrace. demic affairs, told FranceInfo, a Paris- Washington The Washington Post Then-first lady Laura Bush presided over based radio network, officials scrapped the tel: (+1)202.886.0003 resident Joe Biden is sticking to the opening of AUAF in 2006. Developed school’s website and “burned the universi- 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 the Aug. 31 deadline for removing with $100 million in U.S. aid, it grew into Af- ty’s servers [and] all the documents we Reader letters all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, ghanistan’s only independent, private, not were able to take before leaving, such as the which means that time is rapidly for profit, nonsectarian, coeducational in- lists of professors, students.” Fontan, who is [email protected] P running out for those desperate to escape stitution of higher education. It epitomized now in France, told of her own harrowing Additional contacts Taliban rule. As news of Biden’s decision the U.S. effort to equip future Afghan lead- escape. Her country’s embassy refused her stripes.com/contactus broke on Tuesday, hundreds of young wom- ers, men and women, with skills beneficial request to grant her students asylum. en with a special U.S. affiliation were in hid- to their country’s development. That was on Aug. 15. Since then, of the OMBUDSMAN ing across Kabul, waiting for news regard- Those who studied and taught law, engi- 1,200-person AUAF community — local Ernie Gates ing when, or if, their chance at evacuation neering, computer science and other sub- staff, faculty and students, 45% of the last will come. jects there, as well as the support staff, put group being women — perhaps 50 have The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the They are students at the American Uni- their faith in the United States — both its os- been able to get out, according to Leslie military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s versity of Afghanistan — though by now tensible power and its professed principles. Schweitzer, president of Friends of the independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for they have destroyed documents that identi- The Taliban targeted the AUAF accord- American University of Afghanistan, a U.S. fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman fy them as such for fear of discovery by the ingly. On Aug. 24, 2016 — five years ago nonprofit. What the remaining AUAF com- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by email at [email protected], or by phone at Taliban. Among all those people that U.S. Tuesday — terrorists wielding guns and ex- munity and other potential evacuees in Ka- 202.886.0003. officials label “vulnerable Afghans,” these plosives carried out a 10-hour raid on the bul most need now, according to Kelley De- AUAF women are some of the most endan- campus. The attackers killed 15 people, in- Conciliis, a U.S.-based exfiltration security Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday gered, according to sources familiar with cluding seven students. Earlier that same expert, is for “the U.S. military to clear a through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and their current situation. The Taliban have month, two of the school’s English instruc- gate entrance [to the Kabul airport] without Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send been violently mistreating women at check- tors, one each from the United States and Taliban stationed there, to allow safe pas- address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, points and, sometimes, circulating after Australia, had been taken hostage; their re- sage.” How that could happen now that the APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the Department of Defense for members of the military services dark in captured U.S. night-vision goggles, lease, in exchange for senior Taliban lead- Taliban has announced a blockade on Af- overseas. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are marking houses of suspected opponents ers, did not come until 2019. ghans moving to the airport is unclear. unofficial, and are not to be considered as the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspa- with spray paint. Also, the Taliban on Tues- The AUAF rebuilt from the 2016 disaster The United States is treating itself to po- per, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to day repeated their demand that the United and reopened on March 27, 2017. About a litical arguments over what went wrong in remote locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. States stop encouraging Afghans to exit. week ago, Taliban fighters occupied it, un- Afghanistan. AUAF’s story reminds us that The appearance of advertising in this publication does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or Thus, the sources declined to provide more opposed. The entire campus — blast-proof there were bright spots, and that, in any Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. detail on who, and where, the students are. walls, classrooms, laboratories, manicured case, real people — flesh-and-blood human Products or services advertised shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, What is clear, though, is that any U.S. res- green quad — fell into their hands. beings — staked their lives on this country’s religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical cue operation that leaves behind these stu- Understandably, and fortunately, given promises. 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© Stars and Stripes 2021 — will cap what is already an American de- already fled. As Victoria Fontan, the institu- Charles Lane is a Washington Post editorial writer specializing feat in Afghanistan with an especially poi- tion’s French-born vice president of aca- in economic and fiscal policy, and a weekly columnist. stripes.com Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

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Carpe Diem 53 “Qué —?” 54 Rushmore face 55 Linguist Chomsky Beetle Bailey Bizarro Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 FACES Stones drummer Watts dies at 80 Associated Press Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and un- shakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock’s greatest rhythm sections and used his “day job” to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 80. Bernard Doherty said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.” “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones, one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said. Watts had announced he would not tour with the Stones in 2021 because of an unde- fined health issue. The quiet, elegantly dressed Watts was often ranked with Keith Moon, Ginger Bak- er and a handful of others as a premier rock drummer, respected worldwide for his muscular, swinging style as the Stones rose from their scruffy beginnings to interna- tional superstardom. He joined the band early in 1963 and remained for almost 60 years, ranked just behind Mick Jagger and CHRIS PIZZELLO, INVISION/AP Keith Richards as the group’s longest last- Members of the Doobie Brothers — from left, Tom Johnston, John McFee, Michael McDonald and Pat Simmons — pose for a portrait ing and most essential member. at Show Biz Studios in Los Angeles on Aug. 17. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, back on tour, have an album coming out this fall. Watts stayed on, and largely held himself apart, through the drug abuse, creative clashes and ego wars that helped kill found- ing member Brian Jones, drove bassist Bill Wyman and Jones’ replacement Mick Tay- lor to quit and otherwise made being in the Taking it minute by minute Stones the most exhausting of jobs. A classic Stones song like “Brown Sugar” and “Start Me Up” often began with a hard Returning to the road, Doobie Brothers try to keep long train running guitar riff from Richards, with Watts fol- lowing closely behind, and Wyman, as the BY ANDREW DALTON landmarks remain. Their self-titled debut based era of the Doobie Brothers, with bassist liked to say, “fattening the sound.” Associated Press album was released 50 years ago this year. songs like “Black Water” and “Long Train Watts’ speed, power and time keeping were he Doobie Brothers are celebrat- Their breakthrough, “Toulouse Street,” Runnin’,” define the band for him. His more never better showcased than during the ing their 50th anniversary in their with the hits “Listen to the Music” and “Je- keyboard-centric version, with hits includ- concert documentary “Shine a Light,” 51st year, heading out tenuously sus Is Just Alright,” will have its 50th in ing “What a Fool Believes” and “Takin’ It to when director Martin Scorsese filmed Ton a delayed tour and hoping they 2022. the Streets,” is the variant. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” from where he can keep taking it to the streets and letting The tour comes as many other big-venue “Those are the guys whose music people drummed toward the back of the stage. audiences listen to the music as cancella- acts, including Garth Brooks, BTS, Nine will always think of as the Doobie Broth- Watts didn’t care for flashy solos or atten- tions abound around them. Inch Nails and Stevie Nicks, have either ers,” McDonald said. “I think most people tion of any kind, but with Wyman and Ri- 2020 ought to have been a banner year for canceled dates or entire tours as the delta kind of consider me a phase of Brothers.” chards forged some of rock’s deepest the band, with an anniversary tour that unit- variant of the coronavirus threatens the re- Embracing his supplemental role, McDo- grooves on “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown ed its two eras — the original Tom John- sumption of public entertainment around nald will play mandolin and accordion at Sugar” and other songs. The drummer ston-led version of the early 1970s, and the these concerts along with his usual key- adapted well to everything from the disco of more R&B Michael McDonald-led version boards. The hits he wrote will certainly be “Miss You” to the jazzy “Can’t You Hear Me of the late 1970s — and an invite to the Rock “It’s a crapshoot, in the set list, but he’s more than happy to Knocking” and the dreamy ballad “Moon- & Roll Hall of Fame that many fans felt was sing backup on songs penned by Johnston light Mile.” decades overdue. really, whether we’ll and Simmons. The Stones began, Watts said, “as white “We had everything going and it got “I’ve always found it easier to sing other blokes from England playing Black Amer- dumped on by the pandemic, which kind of make it to the end of people’s music than my own,” McDonald ican music,” but quickly evolved their own sucked,” Johnston told The Associated said. “For some reason, the songs I’ve writ- distinctive sound. Watts was a jazz drum- Press in an interview at the group’s re- this or not, but I hope ten aren’t really that singer-friendly.” mer in his early years and never lost his af- hearsal space as they prepared for the tour. The band includes guitarist-since-1979 finity for the music he first loved, returning “We did the virtual induction into the Rock we do.” John McFee, making for a lineup not seen in to it during the long breaks between Stones & Roll Hall of Fame; that was pretty much Michael McDonald 25 years. Despite dozens of shifting mem- tours. it. Then it was a year of every day’s Thurs- bers through the decades, they remain, day and nothing ever changes. It was pretty Doobie Brothers singer/multi-instrumentalist Johnston says, a “tight-knit little family.” much a lost year.” “I have to say, everybody is really putting They’re trying to make up for it with the the country. in all effort,” he said. “I’m proud to be part tour that finally launched Sunday in Des “It’s a crapshoot, really, whether we’ll of it.” Moines, Iowa, and runs through late Octo- make it to the end of this or not, but I hope The vibe in the rehearsal studio and on ber, with previously scrapped dates re- we do,” McDonald said. “The main thing I the road is neither fraught with rivalry nor booked for summer 2022. think is if we start to see that anything that overly professional. The tour, which comes as a new album we’re doing has a potential of being a super- “It’s really more like just old friends,” drops in October, includes two founders, spreader. I don’t think any of us are worried McDonald said. “It’s been that way for quite Johnston and the group’s most constant so much about getting sick ourselves. We’re a while.” member, Patrick Simmons, who began all vaccinated. But if we test positive, that And they’ll deal with it if they have to can- playing for mostly bikers in dive bars and means all the people in our workplace are cel. Rolling with it has been their specialty rugged roadhouses near their hometown of being exposed.” from the start. AP San Jose, Calif., in 1970. McDonald, 69, is the group’s most famous “Nothing is planned. It just happens,” Charlie Watts, who died Tuesday, was one They were forced to sit out the 50th anni- name and face, but he’s happy to humbly as- Johnston said. “It’s always been that way. of rock’s most respected drummers. versary of those first shows, but plenty of sume a supporting role. Johnston’s guitar- And it’ll always be that way. I like that.” Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 SCOREBOARD

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NFL Preseason WNBA Tuesday’s Transactions Jose Alvarado and RHP Seranthony Dom- LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Placed LB Darron inguez to Lehigh Valley on rehab assign- Lee on IR. Waived WR Marcell Ateman and BASEBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE ments. Agreed to terms with free agent DT Darius Stills. Sunday’s games Major League Baseball RHP Taylor Guerrieri on a minor league LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Activated S Cleveland 17, N.Y. Giants 13 WLPct GB MLB — Suspended Arizona LHP Caleb contract. Sent LF Matt Joyce to Clearwater Nasir Adderley from the COVID-19 list. Re- San Francisco 15, L.A. Chargers 10 Smith 10 games and fined an undisclosed (Low-A Southeast) on a rehab assign- leased LS Ryan Langan, WR Austin Proehl, x-Connecticut 18 6 .750 — amount for possessing a foreign sub- ment. TE Matt Seybert and OT Kyle Spalding. Re- Monday’s games stance on his glove in an August 18th ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned LF leased LB Damon Lloyd and DL Chris Chicago 12 12 .500 6 New Orleans 23, Jacksonville 21 game against Philadelphia. Austin Dean to Memphis (Triple-A East). Okoye with an injury designation. New York 11 14 .440 7½ American League Reinstated CF Dylan Carlson from the 10- LOS ANGELES RAMS — Activated P Corey Friday’s games Washington 9 14 .391 8½ BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled INF Kel- day IL. Agreed to terms with C Yadier Moli- Bojorquez from the COVID-19 list. Waived vin Gutierrez from Norfolk (Triple-A East). na on a one-year contract for 2022. TE Kyle Markway. Placed RB Raymond on Indianapolis at Detroit Atlanta 6 18 .250 12 Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets Optioned RHP Konner Wade to Norfolk SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Da- IR. Pittsburgh at Carolina Indiana 5 18 .217 12½ (Triple-A East). niel Camarena from El Paso (Triple-A MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released OL Jer- Minnesota at Kansas City BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled RHP Tan- West). Optioned RHP Miguel Diaz to El Pa- maine Eluemunor and WR Isaiah Ford. WESTERN CONFERENCE ner Houck from Worcester (Triple-A East). so. Placed WR Lynn Bowden Jr on IR. Waived Saturday’s games Optioned OF Jarren Duran to Worcester. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP WR Robert Foster with an injury designa- Green Bay at Buffalo WLPct GB CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated INF/ Kevin Gausman on the 10-day IL. Rein- tion. OF Leury Garcia from the 10-day IL. Op- stated INF Evan Longoria from the 10-day MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Placed DT Jor- Baltimore at Washington Las Vegas 17 7 .708 — Chicago at Tennessee tioned RHP Ryan Burr to Charlotte (Tri- IL. dan Scott on IR. Arizona at New Orleans x-Seattle 18 8 .692 — ple-A East). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Claimed TE Steven Fuentes to Wilmington (High-A Kahale Warring off of waivers from Hous- Tampa Bay at Houston Minnesota 15 9 .625 2 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Sent 1B Bobby L.A. Rams at Denver Bradley and CF Harold Ramirez to Lake East) on a rehab assignment. Recalled LHP ton. Placed OL Marcus Martin on IR. L.A. Chargers at Seattle Phoenix 13 10 .565 3½ County (High-A Central) on rehab assign- Sam clay and RHP Patrick Murphy from Waived WR Devin Ross, OL R.J. Prince, LS Dallas 10 14 .417 7 ments. Rochester (Triple-A East). Optioned RHP Brian Khoury, LB Cassh Maluia and S Malik Sunday, Aug. 29 DETROIT TIGERS — Sent C Eric Haase to Gabe Klobosits to Rochester. Designated Gant. Los Angeles 10 14 .417 7 Jacksonville at Dallas Toledo (Triple-A East) on a rehab assign- RHP Jefry Rodriguez for assignment. An- NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed CB ment. Reinstated OF Akil Baddoo from the nounced RHP Javy Guerra cleared outright Brian Poole, DT Jalen Dalton and OT Ethan Las Vegas at San Francisco Monday’s games Miami at Cincinnati 10-day IL. Designated RHP Drew Hutchin- waivers and declared free agency in lieu Greenridge on IR. Released P Nolan Coo- No games scheduled. son for assignment. of accepting assignment to Rochester. ney. Waived LB Marcus Willoughby with New England at N.Y. Giants BASKETBALL Cleveland at Atlanta HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent RHP Jose Ur- an injury designation. Tuesday’s games quidy to Sugar Land (Triple-A West) on a National Basketball Association NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived DB Montre Connecticut 76, Las Vegas 62 rehab assignment. Recalled RHP Bryan BOSTON CELTICS — Re-signed C Robert Hartage and Cole Hikutini with an injury Chicago 86, Atlanta 79 Abreau from Sugar Land. Reinstated RF Williams III to a rookie scale extension. designation. Placed TE Rysen John and CB PRO SOCCER Washington 78, Los Angeles 68 Kyle Tucker from the 10-day IL. Placed RHP CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Re-signed G Quincy Wilson on IR. Released LS Carson Minnesota 76, Seattle 70 Pedro Baez on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Terry Rozier to a veteran extension. Tinker. MLS Aug. 22. Placed LF Chas McCormick on the INDIANA PACERS — Signed G DeJon Jar- NEW YORK JETS — Placed DL Vinny Curry Wednesday’s games 10-day IL. reau to a two-way contract. Waived C Ami- on the reserve/non-football injury list. Phoenix at New York MINNESOTA TWINS — Sent RHP Randy da Brimah. Waived WRs Manasseh Bailey and Josh Eastern Conference Dobnak to St. Paul (Triple-A East) on a re- FOOTBALL Malone, LB Edmond Robinson and OL Tris- Thursday’s games hab assignment. National Football League ten Hoge. Placed DB Corey Ballentine on WLTPts GF GA Dallas at Washington NEW YORK YANKEES — Transferred RHP ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed DL Jack IR. Las Vegas at Atlanta Corey Kluber’s rehab assignment to Som- Crawford on IR. Released OL Branden PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived DE Joe New England 15 3 4 49 44 26 Los Angeles at Connecticut erset (Double-A Northeast). Bowen and DL David Parry. Waived LB Ja- Ostman with an injury designation. Orlando City 9 4 7 34 30 24 SEATTLE MARINERS — Sent RHP Robert mell Garcia-Williams with an injury desig- Waived WR Hakeem Butler and C Harry Friday’s games Crider. Waived OT Casey Tucker from IR Philadelphia 8 5 8 32 27 20 Dugger outright to Tacoma (Triple-A nation. Phoenix at New York West). ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed QB Josh with a settlement. Nashville 7 2 11 32 32 20 Chicago at Seattle TAMPA BAY RAYS — Reinstated DH Nel- Rosen. Released OL Willie Wright, WR Aus- PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Waived DB An- NYCFC 9 6 4 31 34 19 son Cruz from the 10-day IL. Placed 1B Ji- tin Trammell, RB Javian Hawkins, DT Olive toine Brooks with an injury designation. Released OL Aviante Collins, WR Tyler CF Montréal 7 7 7 28 27 26 Man Choi on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sagapolu and OLB Shareef Miller. Placed August 23. Sent RHP David Hess outright to QB A.J. McCarron on IR. Waived WR J’Mon Simmons RB Pete Guerriero and LB Calvin D.C. United 8 10 3 27 32 31 YOUTH BASEBALL Durham (Triple-A East). Moore from IR with a settlement. Bundage. Atlanta 6 6 9 27 25 26 TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled CF Leody BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived QB Kenji SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released S To- Taveras from Round Rock (Triple-A West). ny Jefferson from IR with a settlement. Columbus 6 9 6 24 22 27 Little League World Series Bahar. Selected the contracts of 1B Curtis Terry BUFFALO BILLS — Released LB Tyrell Placed LB Mychal Kendricks on IR. Re- New York 6 9 4 22 23 24 At Williamsport, Pa. and 3B Ryan Dorow from Round Rock and Adams, OL Tyler Gauthier, TE Bug Howard, leased DL Shilique Calhoun and CB B.W. Inter Miami CF 6 9 4 22 21 31 agreed to terms on a major league con- WR Lance Lenoir and S Tariq Thompson. Webb. Waived WR River Cracraft and OL HANK AARON tracts. Placed C Jonah Heim on the 10-day Corbin Kaufusi. Chicago 5 11 5 20 23 33 Claimed DT Joey Ivie and WR Rico Gafford WEST A, Honolulu, Hawaii; MIDWEST A, IL. off waivers. Placed DT Cole Beasley, WR SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released CB Cincinnati 3 8 8 17 19 34 Hastings, Neb.; GREAT LAKES A, Taylor, TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RHP Julian Gabriel Davis, DT Star Lotulelei on the CO- Pierre Desir. Acquired CB John Reid from Toronto FC 3 12 6 15 25 44 Mich.; NORTHWEST A, Sammamish, Merryweather to Florida Complex League VID-19 list. Placed WR Duke Williams on IR. Houston for a conditional 2023 seventh- Wash.; NEW ENGLAND B, Manchester, (FCL) on a rehab assignment. Sent C Dan- CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released DE round pick. Re-signed TE Luke Willson. Western Conference Conn.; MID-ATLANTIC B, Toms River, N.J.; ny Jansen to Buffalo (Triple-A East) on a Kendall Donnerson and DT Caraun Reid. Waived DE Alex Tchangam. Activated RB SOUTHEAST B, Palm City, Fla.; SOUTH- rehab assignment. Waived WR Krishawn Hogan, G Marquel Travis Homer from the physically unable WLTPts GF GA WEST B, Abilene, Texas National League Harrell and DT Walter Palmore. to perform (PUP) list. ATLANTA BRAVES — Reinstated C Travis CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed DB Don- TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed K Seattle 12 3 6 42 35 17 TOM SEAVER d’Amaud from the paternity list. Optioned nie Lewis on IR. Ryan Succop on the COVID-19 list. Waived Sporting KC 11 4 6 39 36 21 SOUTHEAST A, Nolensville, Tenn.; NEW C William Contreras to Gwinnett (Triple-A CHICAGO BEARS — Waived OLs Badara OL Chidi Okeke with an injury designation. East). Traore Dareuan Parker and RB C.J. Mara- TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived DB Kevin Colorado 11 4 4 37 29 19 ENGLAND A, Hooksett, N.H.; MID-ATLAN- TIC A, Oaks, Pa.; SOUTHWEST A, Lafayette, CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated RHP Te- ble. Placed DL Mike Pennel and S Jordan Peterson. Placed LB Nick Dzubnar and RB LA Galaxy 11 8 2 35 32 32 La.; GREAT LAKES B, Hamilton, Ohio; WEST jay Antone from the 10-day IL. Designated Lucas on IR. Jeremy McNichols on reserve/COVID-19 Minnesota 7 6 7 28 22 23 B, Torrance, Calif.; NORTHWEST B, Lake LHP Sean Doolittle and RHP Michael Feliz CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived CB Rob- list. Placed OT Paul Adams, K Tucker Oswego, Ore.; MIDWEST B, Sioux Falls, S.D. for assignment. Agreed to terms with free ert Jackson. Released K Cody Parkey from McCann and G Ross Reynolds on IR. Real Salt Lake 7 7 6 27 30 23 agent LHP Tommy Milone on a minor IR with a settlement. Placed OT Alex Tay- WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM — Re- San Jose 6 7 8 26 24 29 Double Elimination league contract. lor on IR. leased CB Jordan Brown, T Rick Leonard, Portland 7 10 3 24 27 39 LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived K Lirim LB Justin Phillips, DT Justus Reed and C Jon Thursday, Aug. 19 LHP Julio Urias from the 10-day IL. Desig- Hajrullahu. Toth. LAFC 6 9 5 23 25 28 Game 1: Hawaii 9, Connecticut 1 nated RHP Neftali Feliz for assignment. DENVER BRONCOS — Released LB Josh HOCKEY Vancouver 5 7 8 23 23 30 Game 2: Ohio 1, Tennessee 0 MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with Watson. Waived WR Branden Mack. National Hockey League FC Dallas 5 9 7 22 25 30 Game 3: Nebraska 5, New Jersey 2 RHP Cody Carroll on a minor league con- Placed RB Adrian Killins on IR. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Extended its Game 4: California 10, New Hampshire 2 tract. Sent RHP Zach Pop to Jupiter (Low-A DETROIT LIONS — Released WR Darius affiliation agreement with Florida (ECHL). Austin FC 5 11 4 19 17 24 Southeast) on a rehab assignment. Jennings. Waived NT P.J. Johnson, RB Ja- NEW YORK RANGERS — Named Gord Houston 3 8 10 19 23 32 Friday, Aug. 20 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed INF von Leake, LB Robert McCray and QB Jor- Murphy, Mike Kelly and Jim Midgley as- Game 5: Oregon 8, Pennsylvania 2 Eduardo Escobar on the 10-day IL, retroac- dan Ta’amu. sistant coaches. Named Steve Smith as- Note: Three points for victory, one point Game 6: Michigan 8, Florida 0 tive to August 23. Recalled INF/OF Pablo GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed S Will sistant coach for Hartford (AHL). for tie. Game 7: South Dakota 2, Louisiana 0 Reyes from Nashville (Triple-A East). Redmond on IR. Traded CB Ka’dar Hollman SOCCER Friday’s games Game 8: Texas 6, Washington 0 NEW YORK METS — Sent RHP Jordan Ya- to Houston in exchange for a 2022 sev- Major League Soccer mamoto to St. Lucie (Low-A Southeast) on enth-round draft pick. Released DL Josh MINNESOTA UNITED FC — Loaned F Aziel Cincinnati at Columbus Saturday, Aug. 21 Toronto FC at CF Montréal a rehab assignment. Reinstated INF Fran- Avery and LB Kamal Martin. Jackson to North Carolina FC (USL League Miami at Orlando City Game 9: New Hampshire 4, Tennessee 1 cisco Lindor from the 10-day IL. Optioned HOUSTON TEXANS — Waived DT Au- One). Game 10: New Jersey 11, Connecticut 4 INF Travis Blankenhorn to Syracuse (Tri- zoyah Alufohai and C Drake Jackson. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Trans- Saturday’s games Game 11: Washington 1, Florida 0 ple-A East). INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived TE Noah ferred F Tajon Buchanan to Club Bragge of Nashville at Atlanta Game 12: Louisiana 5, Pennsylvania 3 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Bryan Togiai with an injury designation. Waived the Belgian First Division A for an undis- Chicago at New York Sunday’s games Minniti and Scott Proefrock consultants K Eddy Pineiro. Waived TE Noah Togiai closed amount at the end of the 2021 sea- LA Galaxy at Los Angeles FC for the 2022 season. Designated OF Jorge with an injury designation. Placed LB Skai son. New England at New York City FC Game 13: California 9, Ohio 0 Bonifacio for assignment. Reinstated SS Moore on IR. COLLEGE Philadelphia at D.C. United Game 14: Hawaii 11, Nebraska 3 Freddy Galvis from the 10-day IL. Rein- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed RB BELMONT — Named Scott Corley vice Colorado at Sporting Kansas City Monday’s games stated RHP Sam Coonrod from the 60-day Travis Etienne on IR. Waived OL Derwin president, director of athletics. Minnesota at Houston IL. Optioned RHP Enyel De Los Santos to Gray, CB Jameson Houston and DT Kenny TENNESSEE TECH — Named Andrew Sunday’s games Game 15: Michigan 6, Texas 5 Lehigh Valley (Triple-A East). Sent LHP Randall. Steele assistant men’s basketball coach. Game 16: South Dakota 3, Oregon 0 FC Dallas at Austin FC Game 19: Ohio 8, Louisiana 2 Real Salt Lake at Vancouver Game 20: Nebraska 3, Washington 2 Portland at Seattle TENNIS Tuesday’s games NWSL Game 17: Texas 2, New Jersey 1 Game 18: New Hampshire 14, Oregon 6 Winston-Salem Open Thiago Monteiro, Brazil, def. Eduardo lyn Christian, United States, and Nao Hibi- WLTPts GF GA Nava, United States, 7-5, 6-1. no, Japan, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Wednesday’s games Carlos Alcaraz (15), Spain, def. Alexei Alicja Rosolska, Poland, and Eri Hozumi, Portland 9 3 2 29 21 8 Tuesday Game 21: New Hampshire vs. Ohio At Wake Forest University Popyrin, Australia, 6-7 (9), 6-1, 7-6 (1). Japan, def. Eden Silva, Britain, and Quinn North Carolina 8 4 3 27 22 9 Game 22: Nebraska vs. Texas Winston-Salem, N.C. Men’s Doubles Gleason, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Game 23: California vs. South Dakota Round of 16 Tereza Martincova and Marketa Von- Washington 6 5 4 22 19 18 Purse: $717,955 drousova, Czech Republic, def. Marta Kos- Game 24: Michigan vs. Hawaii Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, and Reign FC 7 7 1 22 20 17 Marcelo Arevalo-Gonzalez, El Salvador, tyuk, Ukraine, and Clara Tauson, Denmark, Thursday’s games Men’s Singles 7-6 (3), 6-3. Gotham FC 5 3 6 21 16 12 Round of 32 def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, and An- dreas Mies, Germany, 6-2, 5-7, 11-9. Orlando 5 5 6 21 19 19 Game 25: Game 24 loser vs. Game 22 win- Benoit Paire (12), France, def. Gilles Si- Cleveland Championships ner mon, France, 6-3, 6-3. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Austin Krajicek, Chicago 6 7 3 21 16 22 Game 26: Game 23 loser vs. Game 21 win- Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Fe- United States, def. Nicholas Monroe and Jackson Withrow, United States, 7-6 (4), Tuesday Houston 5 6 3 18 17 20 ner derico Coria, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. At Flats West Bank Pablo Carreno Busta (1), Spain, def. 6-4. Louisville 4 6 4 16 12 20 Saturday’s games Cleveland Kwon Soon Woo, South Korea, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Chicago Women’s Open Purse: $235,238 Kansas City 1 10 4 7 7 24 Jan-Lennard Struff (9), Germany, def. Tom Seaver Championship Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Note: Three points for victory, one point Gianluca Mager, Italy, 6-2, 6-2. Tuesday Women’s Singles for tie. Game 27: Game 23 winner vs. Game 26 Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, def. Alexander At XS Tennis Village Round of 16 Wednesday’s games winner, Noon Bublik (5), Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Chicago Magda Linette (6), Poland, def. Linda Marton Fucsovics (4), Hungary, def. Yo- Purse: $235,238 Hank Aaron Championship Fruhvirtova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Louisville at Kansas City suke Watanuki, Japan, 7-5, 6-1. Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Na- Gotham FC at Portland Game 28: Game 24 winner vs. Game 25 Ilya Ivashka, Belarus, def. Marin Cilic (6), Women’s Singles dia Podoroska (5), Argentina, 6-7 (7), 6-4, Saturday’s games winner Croatia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Round of 16 6-4. Mikael Ymer, Sweden, def. Albert Ra- Varvara Gracheva, Russia, def. Ana Bog- Kansas City at Chicago Sunday, Aug. 29 Daria Kasatkina (1), Russia, def. Caty mos-Vinolas (11), Spain, 6-3, 6-1. dan, Romania, 7-5, 3-1, ret. McNally, United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Sunday’s games Daniel Evans (3), Britain, def. Lucas Marta Kostyuk (8), Ukraine, def. Kaia Ka- Third Place Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Polo- North Carolina at Washington Pouille, France, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. nepi, Estonia, 6-2, 6-3. na Hercog, Slovenia, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Orlando at Gotham FC Game 29: Game 27 loser vs. Game 28 los- Marcos Giron, United States, def. Feder- Kristina Mladenovic (7), France, def. Women’s Doubles Louisville at Houston er ico Delbonis (10), Argentina, 6-3, 6-4. Francoise Abanda, Canada, 6-3, 6-2. Round of 16 Portland at Reign FC Max Purcell, Australia, def. Jordan Women’s Doubles Ulrikke Eikeri, Norway, and Catherine Championship Thompson, Australia, 7-5, 6-4. Round of 16 Harrison, United States, def. Tara Moore, Wednesday, Sept. 1 Game 30: Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 Frances Tiafoe (13), United States, def. Nicole Melichar, United States, and Britain, and Emina Bektas, United States, Reign FC at Houston winner Andy Murray, Britain, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Demi Schuurs (1), Netherlands, def. Kait- 6-3, 5-7, 10-7. Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 MLB

Scoreboard ROUNDUP

American League East Division WLPct GB Tampa Bay 78 48 .619 _ New York 74 52 .587 4 Yankees push win streak to 11 Boston 72 55 .567 6½ Toronto 65 59 .524 12 Baltimore 38 86 .306 39 New York hits three HRs, Central Division holds off Atlanta 5-4 WLPct GB Chicago 73 54 .575 _ Associated Press Cleveland 61 62 .496 10 Detroit 61 66 .480 12 ATLANTA — Wandy Peralta re­ Kansas City 56 69 .448 16 tired Freddie Freeman with the Minnesota 54 71 .432 18 bases loaded for the final out, and West Division the New York Yankees held off the WLPct GB Atlanta Braves 5­4 Tuesday night to Houston 74 52 .587 _ extend their longest winning streak Oakland 70 57 .551 4½ in 36 years to 11 games. Seattle 69 58 .543 5½ DJ LeMahieu’s two­run homer in Los Angeles 63 64 .496 11½ Texas 44 81 .352 29½ the fifth inning gave New York the National League lead. Giancarlo Stanton and Roughned Odor also went deep for East Division the Yankees. WLPct GB New York closer Aroldis Chap­ Atlanta 68 58 .540 _ man, trying to preserve the lead, Philadelphia 63 62 .504 4½ New York 61 64 .488 6½ gave up two hits and two walks in Washington 54 70 .435 13 the ninth. Chapman’s bases­loaded Miami 51 75 .405 17 walk to Jorge Soler cut the margin Central Division to one, and manager Aaron Boone WLPct GB pulled Chapman for Peralta. Milwaukee 77 49 .611 _ The Yankees remained four Cincinnati 69 58 .543 8½ games behind first­place Tampa JOHN BAZEMORE/AP St. Louis 63 61 .508 13 Bay in the AL East. New York Yankees second baseman Rougned Odor, right, celebrates with Aaron Judge after hitting a solo Chicago 55 72 .433 22½ Pittsburgh 46 80 .365 31 The 11­game winning streak is home run in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ 5­4 win over the Atlanta Braves Tuesday in Atlanta. West Division New York’s longest since Aug. 31 to WLPct GB Sept. 10, 1985. ing one. Rays 3, Phillies 1: Nelson Cruz The Orioles’ streak is the major Charlie Morton (12­5) allowed Red Sox 11, Twins 9: Hunter returned from the COVID­19 list, leagues’ longest skid since Kansas San Francisco 81 44 .648 _ Los Angeles 79 47 .627 2½ four runs and six hits in five innings. Renfroe homered twice, the second played first base for the first time in City dropped 19 straight in 2005. San Diego 68 59 .535 14 He had nine strikeouts. during a five­run fifth inning that his career and hit a tiebreaking two­ White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2:Dylan Colorado 57 68 .456 24 Clay Holmes (2­0), the third of six gave host Boston a six­run advan­ run double in the eighth inning as Cease pitched seven effective in­ Arizona 42 85 .331 40 Yankees relievers, earned the win. tage as it defeated last­place Min­ visiting Tampa Bay beat Philadel­ nings, José Abreu hit a three­run Tuesday’s games Dodgers 5, Padres 2:AJ Pollock nesota. phia. homer and Chicago won at Toronto Seattle 5, Oakland 1 Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1 hit a two­run single and robbed Alex Verdugo had three hits, and The 41­year­old Cruz, the Rays’ to stop a three­game slide. Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto 2 Texas 7, Cleveland 3 Manny Machado of a two­run Renfroe drove in five runs with his designated hitter who had never Cease (10­6) retired his first 11 L.A. Angels 14, Baltimore 8 N.Y. Yankees 5, Atlanta 4 homer to lead visiting Los Angeles 14th career multi­homer game. Ki­ played first, handled all his chances batters, fanning six, before Vladi­ Detroit 4, St. Louis 3 past sinking San Diego in a series ké Hernández added a two­run cleanly in his first action anywhere mir Guerrero Jr. lined a single to Boston 11, Minnesota 9 Houston 4, Kansas City 0 opener between NL West rivals homer. on defense since he played right right in the fourth. Cease allowed Pittsburgh 4, Arizona 2 San Francisco 8, N.Y. Mets 0 headed in opposite directions. Jorge Polanco hit a two­run field for Seattle in 2018. He singled one run and four hits. Liam Hen­ Washington 5, Miami 1 Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 4 Will Smith homered for the homer for the Twins and Josh Do­ in the first and sixth innings before driks earned his 29th save in 35 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 2 Dodgers and Julio Urías (14­3) al­ naldson added a solo shot in the his big hit in the eighth, a line drive chances. Colorado at Chicago Cubs, ppd. Wednesday’s games lowed one hit over five scoreless in­ ninth. off Archie Bradley (7­2) that scored Tigers 4, Cardinals 3: Miguel Detroit at St. Louis nings in his return from the injured Brewers 7, Reds 3:Omar Nar­ Brett Phillips and Randy Arozare­ Cabrera and Robbie Grossman hit Kansas City at Houston L.A. Angels at Baltimore list to match Chicago Cubs right­ váez hit a tiebreaking double in a na. back­to­back home runs to lead De­ Tampa Bay at Philadelphia Chicago White Sox at Toronto hander Kyle Hendricks for most four­run seventh inning, Kolten JT Chargois (2­0) struck out the troit to an interleague victory at St. Minnesota at Boston wins in the majors. Wong added a two­run homer in the only batter he faced to end the sev­ Louis. Texas at Cleveland Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 2 Los Angeles has won 10 of 11. The eighth and host Milwaukee rallied enth, and Andrew Kittredge Two days after hitting his 500th Arizona at Pittsburgh San Francisco at N.Y. Mets Padres have lost 10 of 12. past Cincinnati. worked the last two innings for his homer, Cabrera connected on No. Washington at Miami Cincinnati at Milwaukee Urías, who missed his previous Brewers shortstop Willy Adames third save. 501. At 423 feet, it was his second L.A. Dodgers at San Diego turn with a bruised left calf, held exited early with a leg injury, but Rangers 7, Indians 3:Nathaniel longest home run this season. Thursday’s games San Diego hitless until Eric Hosm­ first­place Milwaukee hit a trio of Lowe was 5­for­5 with a three­run Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 2: JT L.A. Angels (Quintana 0-3) at Baltimore (Akin 0-8) er doubled with one out in the fifth. sacrifice flies to win the opener of a homer in the first inning, and visit­ Brubaker pitched five scoreless in­ Chicago White Sox (TBD) at Toronto (Ryu 12-6) Giants 8, Mets 0:Brandon Belt three­game series between the top ing Texas beat Cleveland after add­ nings for his first win in nearly Minnesota (Gant 4-7) at Boston (Sale 2-0) Texas (Lyles 6-10) at Cleveland (TBD) hit two of visiting San Francisco’s two teams in the NL Central. ing another player to the COVID­19 three months, and host Pittsburgh N.Y. Yankees (Taillon 8-4) at Oakland four home runs to push his career­ Hunter Strickland (3­1) pitched a list. beat Arizona. (Kaprielian 7-4) Kansas City (Keller 8-12) at Seattle (Ki- best total to 19 and rookie Sammy scoreless inning in relief of starter Lowe homered in the first, sin­ Brubaker (5­13) allowed four hits kuchi 7-7) Cincinnati (Gray 5-6) at Milwaukee (An- Long pitched into the sixth inning in Corbin Burnes to help the Brewers gled in the third, seventh and ninth, with six strikeouts, stranding five derson 4-7) a win over slumping New York. win for the 11th time in 14 games. and doubled in the fifth. DJ Peters runners in scoring position. Since Arizona (Gallen 1-7) at Philadelphia (Moore 2-3) LaMonte Wade Jr. and Mike Josh Hader earned his 27th save in also hit a three­run homer in the last winning May 29, Brubaker St. Louis (Mikolas 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Peters 0-1) San Francisco (Wood 10-4) at N.Y. Mets Yastrzemski also connected in the 28 chances. ninth and drove in four runs. went 0­9 with a 7.08 ERA in 12 (Carrasco 0-2) Washington (Corbin 7-12) at Miami (Her- first four innings as the Giants Astros 4, Royals 0:Luis Garcia Nationals 5, Marlins 1:Tres Bar­ starts. Chris Stratton picked up his nandez 0-1) jumped to a 7­0 advantage against pitched into the seventh inning and rera had three hits, including a second save. L.A. Dodgers (Scherzer 11-4) at San Die- go (TBD) rookie Tylor Megill (1­3). two relievers completed a four­hit­ homer, and visiting Washington Mariners 5, Athletics 1: Luis Friday’s games San Francisco catcher Buster ter as host Houston blanked Kansas sent Miami to its eighth straight Torrens hit a tiebreaking two­run Tampa Bay at Baltimore Boston at Cleveland Posey was removed with left knee City. loss. single, Chris Flexen pitched into Toronto at Detroit Houston at Texas discomfort in the fifth. Garcia (10­6) struck out seven Yadiel Hernádez singled and tri­ the seventh inning and Seattle 2 Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox Belt ended a 2­for­30 skid with and scattered four hits across 6 ⁄3 pled, while Ryan Zimmerman also swept a two­game series at Oak­ Milwaukee at Minnesota San Diego at L.A. Angels two homers and a single in his first sharp innings. Ryne Stanek got the went deep for the Nationals. land. N.Y. Yankees at Oakland Kansas City at Seattle three plate appearances and added next four outs before Kendall Gra­ Angels 14, Orioles 8:Baltimore The A’s managed three straight Arizona at Philadelphia St. Louis at Pittsburgh an RBI infield single in the eighth veman worked a perfect ninth. staggered to its 19th consecutive singles in the first against Flexen 2 Cincinnati at Miami for his season­high fourth hit. Long Carlos Correa had two hits and loss, allowing 19 hits and falling be­ (11­5), who struck out five over 6 ⁄3 Washington at N.Y. Mets 1 San Francisco at Atlanta (2­1) tossed three­hit ball over 5 ⁄3 two RBIs to help the Astros snap a hind visiting Los Angeles by 11 runs innings. He allowed six hits and Colorado at L.A. Dodgers innings, striking out four and walk­ two­game skid. early. walked one. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 NFL/SPORTS BRIEFS Rams bolster BRIEFLY Serena pulls out backfield by of U.S. Open, cites adding Michel hamstring injury BY KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press Associated Press NFL limits locker rooms FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Los Angeles Rams Serena Williams added herself are getting some much-needed help in the backfield. to the list of big-name withdrawals to vaccinated personnel The Rams announced Wednesday that they ac- from the U.S. Open on Wednes- The NFL has mandated that on- quired running back Sony Michel from the Patriots day, pulling out of the year’s last ly fully vaccinated personnel, with for undisclosed 2022 draft picks. Grand Slam tournament because a maximum of 50 people, will have Michel, who was drafted in the first round in 2018, of a torn hamstring. access to locker rooms while play- brings some relief to a Rams offense that was running Williams hasn’t competed since ers are present on game days. low on healthy running back options with the regular injuring her right leg in the first In a memo sent to the 32 teams season fast approaching. set of her first-round match at and obtained by The Associated Darrell Henderson left practice Monday with a Wimbledon in late June. Press, the policy becomes effec- tive immediately. The personnel sprained thumb. The Rams won’t have two of last CHRIS SZAGOLA/AP The American, who turns 40 covered by the policy includes season’s top three running backs this fall after Cam Sony Michel runs with the ball during the Patriots’ next month, announced her deci- coaches, athletic trainers, equip- Akers’ season-ending Achilles tendon injury and preseason game against the Eagles last Thursday. sion to sit out the U.S. Open via a ment staffers, one general manag- Malcolm Brown’s departure for Miami. They also The Los Angeles Rams traded for Michel, who was social media post. She joins Roger er, one team security representa- won’t have emerging talent Raymond Calais, who a first­round pick by New England in 2018. Federer and Rafael Nadal in sit- tive, three club communications was waived with an injury designation Monday after ting out the competition in Flush- media workers and one clubhouse breaking his foot in their preseason game against Las 4.7 yards per carry. ing Meadows, where play begins support staffer. Vegas. He appeared in 14 games in 2019 but saw his pro- next Monday, raising questions Players are not required to be That left only undrafted second-year pro Xavier duction tail off. He ran for 912 yards and seven TDs about what the future of tennis vaccinated against COVID-19, but Jones, rookie seventh-round pick Jake Funk and roo- while his yards per carry average fell to 3.7. might look like without them. The the NFL has reported that more kie Otis Anderson as the remaining options to sup- That average rose to 5.7 last season before a qua- draw for the tournament is Thurs- than 90% of them are. port quarterback Matt Stafford. driceps injury sidelined him for six games. The 26- day. Michel entered the preseason at a pivotal point of year-old also spent a week on the COVID-19 list. This will be the first major tour- Astros’ Bregman back his injury-plagued career. His contract status left him entering training camp nament since 1997 without Wil- after 2 months on IL The Patriots declined to pick up his fifth-year op- fighting for a roster spot this season in New England. liams, Federer or Nadal in the sin- HOUSTON — Houston Astros tion in May, clearing the way from him to become a Damien Harris was productive in 2020, his second gles brackets. Williams made her third baseman Alex Bregman was free agent at the conclusion of the season. season, and got most of the snaps. The Patriots draft- Grand Slam debut at the 1998 Aus- activated from the disabled list During his rookie campaign, he fought through the ed former Oklahoma running back Rhamondre Ste- tralian Open; Federer made his Wednesday after missing more lingering effects of the left knee injury he suffered as venson in the fourth round in April, and he joined a the following year; Nadal in 2003. than two months with a strained a senior at Georgia. He appeared in eight games and depth chart that also includes veteran James White, Williams has won 23 Grand left quadriceps. rushed for 931 yards and six touchdowns, averaging Brandon Bolden and J.J. Taylor. Slam singles titles, a record in the Bregman was playing third and professional era. Only one player batting sixth in the lineup on in tennis history owns more, Mar- Wednesday as the Astros wrapped Jags RB Etienne out for season garet Court with 24. up a series against the Kansas City Federer, Nadal and Novak Djo- Royals after splitting the first two BY MARK LONG the 2022 season. kovic share the men’s record of 20. games. Associated Press Since Etienne landed on IR be- “After careful consideration The 27-year-old hasn’t played JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Travis fore 53-man rosters get set next and following the advice of my since he was injured running to Etienne was supposed to be a game- Tuesday, he can not return this sea- doctors and medical team, I have first base on June 16. Bregman changer for the Jacksonville Jag- son. decided to withdraw from the US went on two separate rehabilita- uars this season. Losing Etienne is a significant Open to allow my body to heal tion assignments at Triple-A Sug- He might not have had the same setback for the Jaguars, who completely from a torn hamstr- ar Land to prepare for his return. impact as rookie quarterback Tre- planned to use him to create mis- ing,” Williams wrote in Wednes- Bregman, the runner-up for AL vor Lawrence, but Clemson’s other matches as a receiver in the slot and day’s post. MVP in 2019, is batting .275 with offensive star and the Atlantic Coast as a change-of-pace back. Her note ended with: “I’ll see seven homers and 34 RBIs in 59 Conference’s all-time leading rush- Etienne tallied 4,952 yards in four you soon.” games this season. er looked like he would be a promi- seasons at Clemson. He also set nent figure — maybe even the go-to ACC records for rushing touch- guy — in coach Urban Meyer’s of- downs (70), total touchdowns (78) fense. and points scored (468), and the Matchup nightmare? Versatile Jaguars were counting on him to weapon? Big-play threat? Etienne have similar success as a rookie. was expected to provide all those He was essentially uncoverable and more after Jacksonville chose out of the backfield in training camp him with the 25th overall pick in and one of Lawrence’s favorite tar- April’s NFL draft. gets near the goal line. Now, though, Meyer and the Jag- Etienne also had been part of a uars will have to wait a year to see three-back rushing attack for Jack- DERICK HINGLE /AP what Etienne can do in the NFL. sonville, sharing carries with start- Jaguars running back Travis The team placed the running back er James Robinson and Carlos Etienne suffered a Lisfranc injury on injured reserve Tuesday, one Hyde. But Etienne has more speed on Monday, and the rookie will day after he suffered a Lisfranc in- and elusiveness and would have miss the entire regular season. jury to his left foot. played a major role. Tests revealed the extent of the Replacing Etienne won’t be easy, 2012. Defensive end Dante Fowler injury Tuesday. He is expected to if even possible. Jacksonville has no blew out a knee in rookie camp in have surgery as soon as possible. He one on its roster with his skillset. 2015. Running back Leonard Four- may have been able to return late in He’s the latest in a long list of first- nette struggled to pick up the of- the year, but the Jaguars opted to round picks by the Jaguars to have fense in 2017. And cornerback CJ KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AP take a cautious approach and give varying issues in Year 1. Receiver Henderson missed half of the 2020 Serena Williams dropped out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. She him plenty of time to recover before Justin Blackmon was arrested in season with injuries. joins Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in sitting out the tournament. Thursday, August 26, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Finding Volunteers Ex-Tennessee players among notable transfers boosting teams eyeing playoffs

BY STEVE MEGARGEE Associated Press Tennessee hasn’t finished a sea- son ranked higher than 22nd since 2007, yet there still figures to be a heavy Volunteer flavor to the playoff picture this year. Or to put it more accurately, an ex-Volunteer flavor. While the transfer portal was particularly active during the most recent offseason, no team lost more star power than Tennes- see, which fired coach Jeremy Pruitt in January when school of- ficials said an internal investiga- tion found serious NCAA viola- DANIEL LIN/AP tions. James Madison coach Curt Cignetti, whose team played eight games Three teams ranked in the top in the spring, said the Dukes had a physical camp, but he plans to dial 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 back the intensity of practices as this season wears on. landed notable former Volun- teers. No. 1 Alabama landed ex-Ten- Rest: nessee linebacker Henry To’o VASHA HUNT/AP FCS ‘offseason’ To’o. Running back Ty Chandler Linebacker Henry To’o To’o runs through drills during practice in transferred from Tennessee to No. Tuscaloosa, Ala. To’o To’o was two­year starter at Tennessee before 10 North Carolina. transferring to the No. 1­ranked Tide. lasted a short 80 days But the Voluteers’ presence is most notable at No. 2 Oklahoma. tions. Kentucky might not be the FROM PAGE 24 dets are coming off their first win- The Sooners have three former only SEC East team handing its “We’re down to 19 periods,” ning season in 40 years. Coach Vols in running back Eric Gray, starting quarterback job to some- Keeler said. “I give them a half- Scott Wachenheim wants to keep defensive back Key Lawrence and one who arrived by transfer this time after like the 11th or 12th peri- the momentum going, but not at offensive tackle Wanya Morris. offseason. Tennessee’s quarter- od every day where they literally the risk of wearing his players out. “Definitely for me as a running back competition includes Michi- just go over and hydrate.” “We’re well under the NCAA back, the history of the ‘RBU,’ so gan transfer Joe Milton and Vir- Keeler sent his team home after minimums for the amount of times many great running backs came ginia Tech transfer Hendon Hook- the championship win and didn’t that we’re going to have contact on through here, the history of the of- er, as well as Harrison Bailey. have them return until June 28, the field and the amount of time fense at Oklahoma, just the OU Florida State QB McKenzie when the community finally hon- we’re on the field,” he said. “We program in general, I was defi- Milton (UCF): Milton is a two- ored them with a parade. just feel we’ve got to keep our nitely attracted to it from day time American Athletic Confer- When the Bearkats resumed team healthy.” one,” Gray said. “Once I got to the ence offensive player of the year practice Aug. 4, just 80 days had His players, though, have been transfer portal, I kind of knew Ok- who finished eighth in the Heis- passed since they beat South Da- eager to get back to work, hoping lahoma was the school I wanted to man Trophy balloting in 2017 and kota State 23-21 for the title on a to build off what they accom- go to.” sixth in 2018, but he suffered liga- pass with 16 seconds to play. With plished in going 6-2 last season be- There are a number of transfers ment, nerve and artery damage to the season opener set for Sept. 2, fore losing in the playoffs at James who should make an impact this his knee in November 2018 and that is 108 days between games for Madison. The playoff berth was season and it’s no surprise this list hasn’t played in a game since. Mil- the Bearkats. Between the 2018 the first in school history. features a couple of former Ten- ton, who won his last 24 starts at and 2019 seasons, the last time “Everything’s fresh in your nessee players: UCF, now is attempting a come- things were normal, Sam Houston mind. You’re just still in kind of Notre Dame QB Jack Coan back with Florida State and com- had 286 days between games. game shape because a lot of the (Wisconsin): Coan already has SUE OGROCKI/AP peting with Jordan Travis for the By the time this regular season guys were here in the summer,” been named the starting quarter- Running back Eric Gray is one of right to open the season as the ends, assuming it goes on as said linebacker Stone Snyder, the back for No. 9 Notre Dame’s Sept. three players who transferred to Seminoles’ starting quarterback. scheduled, Sam Houston will have Southern Conference defensive 5 season opener at Florida State. Oklahoma from Tennessee, giv­ Georgia DB Tykee Smith (West played 20 games in 2021 — with player of the year. Coan made 18 starts for Wisconsin ing the No. 2 Sooners even more Virginia): Smith was a third-team the potential for postseason games Jakob Herres, the Keydets’ All- from 2018-19, but he injured his firepower. Associated Press All-America se- a very real possibility. American wide receiver, agreed. right foot before the 2020 season lection for West Virginia last sea- Sam Houston is one of many He played on a team that went 1-10 and never played for the Badgers yards against Vanderbilt and son. He had 61 tackles — eight for programs that have banned, or se- when he was a freshman and 5-7 again with Graham Mertz taking gaining 120 all-purpose yards and loss — and two interceptions in 10 verely limited, tackling in prac- as a sophomore. over the job. Coan completed scoring the winning touchdown games. Smith also had 53 tackles tice, but not every highly regarded “I think once we all got that little 69.6% of his passes for 2,727 yards against Indiana in the Gator Bowl. and two interceptions as a fresh- program follows suit. taste of what winning was like, we with 18 touchdowns and five inter- He was named the most valuable man in 2019. Smith will be part of a “Football is a collision sport,” didn’t want to let it go back to what ceptions in 2019 while helping player of the Gator Bowl. Gray Georgia secondary that also in- James Madison coach Curt Cig- it was,” Herres said this week. Wisconsin reach the Big Ten should form a quality running cludes Clemson transfer Derion netti said, “... and you still have to “The spring spring season was championship game and Rose back tandem with Oklahoma’s Kendrick. develop the toughness, the mind- definitely tough on the body, you Bowl. Coan will get a chance to Kennedy Brooks, who rushed for Alabama LB Henry To’o To’o set of your team in camp. So, we’ve know, starting in the cold and ev- face his former team Sept. 25, more than 1,000 yards in back-to- (Tennessee): To’o To’o was a two- had a physical camp. Everybody erything like that, practicing out- when the Fighting Irish face No. 12 back years in 2018 and 2019 before year starter at Tennessee who re- wanted a physical camp.” side,” he said, “... but I really only Wisconsin at Chicago’s Soldier opting out of the 2020 season. corded a team-high 76 tackles last The Dukes, who played eight took about a week’s break and Field. Kentucky QB Will Levis (Penn season. He also had 10 tackles for games in the spring, make conces- kind of just got right back to it.” Oklahoma RB Eric Gray (Ten- State): Levis will be the starting loss. He had 72 tackles as a fresh- sions elsewhere, beating the heat The FCS season begins Satur- nessee): Gray rushed for 772 quarterback for Kentucky’s Sept. man in 2019. Alabama coach Nick by practicing in the morning, and day. Sam Houston is the presea- yards and also caught 30 passes 4 season opener with Louisiana- Saban says To’o To’o has benefit- gradually dialing things back in son No. 1, followed by James Ma- for 254 yards in nine games last Monroe. Levis appeared in 15 ed from his familiarity with the practice as the season wears on, dison, South Dakota State, North season. He rushed for 539 yards as games for Penn State and went 61- system after playing at Tennessee Cignetti said. Dakota State and Delaware in the a freshman in 2019. He closed the for-102 for 644 yards with three for Pruitt, a former Alabama de- Down the road at VMI, the Key- top five. 2019 season by rushing for 246 touchdowns and two intercep- fensive coordinator. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Thursday, August 26, 2021 Volunteer force SPORTS Ex-Tennessee players expected to make impact ›› College football, Page 23

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Rest for the weary With short turnaround between seasons, FCS programs adjust practice regimens

BY HANK KURZ JR. Associated Press .C. Keeler didn’t ask his Sam Houston players to stick around long after they won the school’s first national championship last May, capping a long and draining sea- son — physically and emotionally — because of the pan- demic. KHe’s also not asking them to stick around as long at practice this year. Throughout the Championship Subdivision, coaches are making con- cessions this fall to acknowledge that the quick turnaround from last spring is hard. Practices that typically had 24 sessions in the Huntsville, Texas heat? SEE REST ON PAGE 23 Sam Houston State wide receiver Jequez Ezzard (12) has a pass broken up by South Dakota State cornerback Don Gardner during the FCS championship on May 16 in Frisco, Texas. Sam Houston will begin its defense of its first FCS title three months after winning it.

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