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MILITARY FACES MILITARY Oldest living Marine ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Chinese video appears veteran celebrates HBO win big at to show simulated her 107th birthday virtual Emmys attack on US base Page 4 Page 14 Page 3 NFL Week 2 not for the weak as injuries hit multiple teams » Back page stripes.com Volume 79, No. 112 ©SS 2020 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas US announces new sanctions on Iran, others BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — U.S. officials on Monday announced a series of sanctions against Iran, including its missile programs, in an attempt to force the nation to renegotiate a new deal that would ban it from attaining nuclear weapons. “Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide. No matter who you are, if you violate the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, you risk sanctions,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a news conference at the State Department. Sanctions also will be imposed against other people and organiza- tions providing Iran financial and logistical support that allows the country to purchase and export weapons, said the senior U.S. officials, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper. The announcement comes days after U.N. sanctions on Iran were put back in place for violating terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. President Donald Trump also signed an executive order Monday to enforce the U.N. arms embargo and hold those who go against the sanctions accountable, Pompeo said. The DAVE ORNAUER/Stars and Stripes transfer of arms and military equip- ment to and from Iran is “a continuing Language arts teacher Karmen Kincaid makes a point to her sophomore students on Monday, the first day of in-class instruction threat to regional and international since late March, at Kubasaki High School on Camp Foster, Okinawa. security,” the order states. U.S. troops stationed in the re- gion are ready to respond to Ira- In-person learning resumes at nian aggression, Esper said, and the Defense Department is doing what is Back to class SEE SANCTIONS ON PAGE 3 more DODEA schools in Japan BY DAVE ORNAUER U.S. bases on Okinawa Stars and Stripes RELATED moved three weeks ago CDC changes recent from a substantial risk of ‘ Our actions today CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The superintendent for Depart- the coronavirus spread- are a warning that ment of Defense Education Activity schools on Okinawa watched as guidance on airborne ing to a moderate risk — or a line of students moved along a hallway from the library to a class- from Health Protection should be heard room for second period Monday at Kubasaki High School. virus transmission Condition-Charlie to con- Jimmy Journey smiled. Just having them in school for the first dition Bravo — permitting worldwide. No matter time in six months was a monumental step, he said. Page 6 schools to reopen under who you are, if you “It’s nice to see the kids again,” said Journey, who was on hand as DODEA guidelines. schools on Okinawa reopened their classrooms following months of Most DODEA schools in Japan opened on the first official day violate the U.N. arms remote learning due to the pandemic. of school, Aug. 24. embargo on Iran, you Not since late March had students been inside the 13 Pacific South Schools also reopened at Camp Zama near Tokyo on Monday, schools. They expressed relief and happiness that in-person sessions three weeks after U.S. Army Garrison Japan transitioned to con- risk sanctions. ’ were finally happening. dition Bravo. Schools at Yokosuka Naval Base, which moved to Mike Pompeo “I missed my friends. I missed the structure” of classroom learn- Bravo two weeks ago, will open Sept. 28. U.S. secretary of state ing, said Kubasaki senior Lily Leopold. SEE SCHOOLS ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Tuesday, September 22, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES EBay to use UPS more amid Postal Service delays Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9157 Euro costs (Sept. 22) ............................$1.15 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.33 Dollar buys (Sept. 22) ......................€0.8268 Turkey (Lira) .........................................7.6238 British pound (Sept. 22) ......................$1.25 (Military exchange rates are those The Washington Post ident Marni Levine, who had pre- Service’s largest customers pre- Japanese yen (Sept. 22) ....................102.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Sept. 22) ........1,133.00 viously expressed concerns about pared last spring showed the Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance The online auction and sales for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the the Postal Service’s decreasing e-commerce site was the agency’s Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3771 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For site eBay, one of the U.S. Postal British pound .....................................$1.2822 on-time delivery rate, wrote in a second-largest retail customer, nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3276 Service’s biggest customers, said purchasing British pounds in Germany), message to eBay sellers announc- shipping more than 130 million China (Yuan) ........................................6.8009 check with your local military banking it is shifting some of its business Denmark (Krone) ................................6.3316 ing the deal with UPS. items up to that point in the fiscal facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ....................................15.7385 to private-sector rival United rates provided for reference when buying The company said that by the year. The USPS generated more Euro .........................................$1.1751/0.8510 Parcel Service because of reli- end of September, eBay sellers than $743 million in revenue from Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7501 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, ability issues with the agency. will be able to print out discount- eBay packages in that fiscal year Hungary (Forint) .................................308.93 Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4540 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, “Customers want and expect ed UPS shipping labels, at a cost while grappling with a $160.9 bil- Japan (Yen) ...........................................104.60 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) to receive their packages in the up to 62% cheaper than typical lion deficit. Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3059 INTEREST RATES fastest and most reliable way pos- Norway (Krone) ...................................9.2693 UPS rates. EBay is second only to Ama- Philippines (Peso).................................48.50 Prime rate ................................................3.25 sible, which is why our collabo- For the Postal Service, the loss zon, which generated more than Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.82 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 ration with UPS comes at such a Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7504 Federal funds market rate ...................0.09 of eBay revenue could be substan- $2.3 billion in revenue for USPS Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3620 3-month bill ............................................. 0.10 critical moment,” eBay vice pres- tial: A spreadsheet of the Postal during the same time frame. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,165.44 30-year bond ...........................................1.45 WEATHER OUTLOOK TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY IN EUROPE WEDNESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 67/62 Kabul 86/48 Seoul 77/60 Baghdad 109/76 Kandahar 87/48 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 76/56 67/64 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 75/50 69/49 75/66 Iwakuni 75/71 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 92/89 Brussels 70/53 Guam 105/82 71/50 Ramstein 75/71 85/82 Lajes, 78/46 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 102/72 101/77 70/67 72/57 76/59 Aviano/ Vicenza 69/61 Naples 76/70 Okinawa Morón 82/79 87/61 Sigonella Rota 84/68 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 103/84 78/62 75/71 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 15 Crossword ................. 15 Faces ........................ 14 Opinion .................16-17 Sports .................. 18-24 Tuesday, September 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Chinese video depicts simulated attack on island BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS of the targeted base appeared “to Stars and Stripes be the main U.S. air force base on Guam.” A promotional video the Chi- The H-6K bomber has a com- nese air force released on Satur- bat radius of nearly 2,200 miles, day appears to depict a simulated placing Guam within its range, strike on a Pacific island some according to the Center for Se- media outlets identified as curity and International Studies’ Screenshot Guam. Asia Maritime Initiative. A video released by the Chinese air force Saturday appears to include footage taken from the 1996 In the two-minute clip posted to Eagle-eyed internet sleuths, Hollywood film “The Rock.” the force’s Weibo social media ac- however, noted on social media count, inspirational music plays that the simulation appears to be San Francisco Bay. possesses when it comes to land- China has previously signaled as a Chinese H-6K long-range cut from several Hollywood films. The Chinese air force video did based … cruise missiles and a capability to strike Guam, test- bomber soars over rural China to The clip of the missile speed- not indicate which island it in- ground-based conventional mis- the Pacific Ocean. With the pilot’s ing toward an island matches an firing its DF-26 ballistic missile tended to depict. siles and where they are headed press of a button, a missile speeds opening scene in “Transformers: in January 2019. Defense analysts The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific with ground-based hypersonic toward what appears to be a mili- Revenge of the Fallen.” The ensu- nicknamed the missile “Guam tary base on an unnamed island, ing explosion matches that from Command, Adm.

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