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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

‘Challenging times are ahead’

New York makes plea for help as  DOD halts Aviano volunteers shop, deliver announcing new world virus infections top 800K cases in ranks groceries to those stuck at home Associated Press In New York, the epicenter of Page 5 BY KENT HARRIS She picked up the items on the American outbreak, Cuomo Stars and Stripes the list she had and headed to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and health officials warned that the checkout, where the cashier begged for health care reinforce- AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — the crisis unfolding there is just  called the customer and took ments, saying up to 1 million more Schools in Senior Airman Sherraye Carter a preview of what other U.S. cit- their payment information. Then workers were needed to fight the went shopping Monday at the ies and towns will soon face. New Carter delivered six or seven gro- coronavirus, as the world total Japan, S. Korea commissary. It wasn’t much dif- York state’s death toll climbed by cery bags to a home not far from climbed to more than 800,000 ferent than a normal trip, she more than 250 people in a day to extend closures where she lives. cases. said, except that none of the items over 1,200, most of them in the “I would definitely do it again,” The plea came a day after Pres- Page 8 she bought were for her. city. she said. “I’m just waiting for an- ident Donald Trump warned, Carter, a member of the 606th other email.” “Challenging times are ahead “We’ve lost over 1,000 New Air Control Squadron, was one A worker moves items at a Carter is one of more than 150 for the next 30 days.” During the Yorkers,” Cuomo said. “To of the first people to participate federal medical station for people who have volunteered to Rose Garden press conference, me, we’re beyond staggering in an on-base grocery shopping hospital surge capacity set pick up and deliver groceries the president said the nation already.” and delivery program for those up at Temple University in for those who can’t go out them- should prepare for a coronavi- New York City’s Health De- whose movement is limited under Philadelphia on Monday. selves, said Senior Master Sgt. rus death toll that could exceed partment recorded the city’s first Italy’s sweeping coronavirus 100,000. SEE VIRUS ON PAGE 9 MATT ROURKE/AP restrictions. SEE DELIVERY ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9650 Macy’s, Kohl’s, Gap to furlough most workers Euro costs (April 1) ...... $1.07 Thailand (Baht) ...... 32.74 Dollar buys (April 1) ...... €0.8892 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.5727 British pound (April 1) ...... $1.21 (Military exchange rates are those BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO minimum workforce” needed to berg said the furloughs affect Japanese yen (April 1) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (April 1) ...... 1,192.00 Associated Press maintain basic operations. Ma- nearly 80,000 out of 129,000 work- Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3783 cy’s said that it has lost the bulk ers across all brands, including Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2404 NEW YORK — Macy’s, Kohl’s nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., of its sales due to the temporary Banana Republic and Old Navy. Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.4333 purchasing British pounds in Germany), and Gap Inc. all said Monday closing of more than 600 stores The furloughed workers will China (Yuan) ...... 7.0864 check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8134 that they will stop paying tens of starting March 18. continue to get health benefits. facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.7612 thousands of employees who were Kohl’s, based in Menomonee The moves are perhaps the Euro ...... $1.0954/0.9129 rates provided for reference when buying thrown out of work when the Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7533 currency. All figures are foreign currencies Falls, Wis., said that the furloughs most dramatic signs that even to one dollar, except for the British pound, chains temporarily closed their Hungary (Forint) ...... 328.46 will apply to 85,000 of its 120,000 big-name retailers are seeing Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5462 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, stores and sales collapsed as a re- employees at stores and distribu- their business evaporate and that Japan (Yen) ...... 108.23 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) sult of the pandemic. tion centers. It will continue to the $2 trillion rescue package Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3138 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 10.5451 Macy’s said that the majority ship products and do curbside passed by Congress and signed Philippines (Peso)...... 50.98 Prime rate ...... 3.25 of its 125,000 employees will be pickup from most stores with a by President Donald Trump last Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.14 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7650 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.10 furloughed this week and that it limited number of staff. week may only have a limited Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4256 3-month bill ...... 0.05 is transitioning to an “absolute Gap’s spokesman Sandy Gold- impact. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,219.97 30-year bond ...... 1.28 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 17 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 15 Crossword ...... 15 Faces ...... 16 Opinion ...... 18-19 Sports ...... 21-24 Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 PACIFIC 2nd ID: Foul play not fully ruled out in 2 Negotiator: US, S. Korea Humphreys deaths close on cost-sharing deal BY KIM GAMEL Stars and Stripes ‘ There is no danger BY KIM GAMEL but that money was due to run on readiness and our ability to AND YOO KYONG CHANG out Tuesday. The Defense De- deliver services at an acceptable SEOUL, South Korea — The to the public or the Stars and Stripes partment said it will continue level.” recent deaths of two American Camp Humphreys additional funding to support The issue doesn’t affect non- soldiers were not connected to SEOUL, South Korea — The “critical” logistics cost-sharing each other or the coronavirus, but community in regard United States and South Korea appropriated fund organizations contracts and other key positions. such as on-base restaurants, ex- foul play has not been completely are close on reaching a defense Gen. Robert Abrams, the to these deaths. change stores, bowling alleys ruled out as investigations are on- ’ cost-sharing deal, a negotiator USFK commander, told Stars and and other community activities going, the military said. Chris Grey said Tuesday in Seoul on the eve Stripes that he had secured ap- The 2nd Infantry Division sol- Army Criminal Investigation Command of American military plans to put proval to keep more people due to that receive money from other diers — Pfc. Marissa Jo Gloria spokesman half of its local work force on un- complications from the coronavi- sources. and Spc. Clay Welch — died in paid leave. rus pandemic. Military officials also have said their barracks rooms on Camp U.S. Forces Korea was able to U.S. service members also will previously that the mitigating Humphreys over two consecutive keep about 4,500 South Korean fill in for some of the vacated measures would ensure “limited days earlier this month. employees determined to be es- “She entered active duty on positions, he said Friday during to no observable reactions” for Seeking to stave off speculation sential for maintaining “life, January 2nd, 2019 and got her an interview. He wouldn’t say amid the coronavirus pandemic, health, safety and minimum the hospital on Camp Humphreys castle pinned April 2019. It was how many and acknowledged officials took the unusual step of readiness.” But the others will be and other medical facilities, law one the proudest moments of her the troops would have a learning immediately announcing that nei- furloughed beginning Wednesday enforcement, commissaries, life,” her obituary said, referring curve in their new roles. ther soldier had been ill nor ex- after the two sides failed in seven schools and post offices. to the Army Abrams said it was “heart- hibited symptoms of COVID-19. engineers’ rounds of talks to reach a new However, people could expect breaking” to have to put so many No cause has been released logo. Special Measures Agreement to increased wait times, modified people on unpaid leave. because the investigations are Welch, 20, replace the one that expired at hours and other delays in bus “A lot of these people, they’re ongoing, but the Army Criminal a combat the end of the year. services, non-emergency main- Investigation Command provided the breadwinner for their fam- medic from Jeong Eun-bo, South Korea’s tenance work orders, installation new details on Monday in re- ily and their extended family. It’s Dearborn lead negotiator, expressed regret access IDs and other administra- sponse to a query from Stars and Heights, that the U.S. was going forward just really hard, and it’s an unfor- tive needs. Stripes. Mich., was with the furlough after the State tunate situation,” he said Friday “Initial investigation reveals pronounced Department rejected Seoul’s pro- in an interview at his office on The South has helped support these two deaths are not con- dead at the posal to reach a separate labor Camp Humphreys. U.S. troops under the Special nected to each other and are not scene after agreement. The “litmus test” will be if the Measures Agreement since 1991, related to the COVID-19 virus,” Gloria he was found “South Korea and the U.S. are furlough is still on when a Penta- with most of the funds used for CID spokesman Chris Grey said unrespon- in the last stages for sealing a gon order barring moves to pre- more than 9,000 South Korean in an email. sive in his deal and have continued to hold vent coronavirus spread is lifted, employees, logistical support and “At this point in both of the barracks close discussions even after the creating a backlog of people try- construction projects. investigations, foul play is not room on ing to move on and off the penin- seventh round of talks in mid- President Donald Trump’s ad- suspected, but we have not com- March 22. sula, Abrams said. March,” he told reporters on ministration has demanded that pletely ruled it out while we con- He was as- Tuesday evening. “I was able to go back to the de- Seoul sharply increase its con- duct thorough investigations,” he signed to the “We call on the U.S. side to take partment and in light of COVID- said. Fort Riley, measures to return the Korean 19 to secure some additional tribution for offsetting the cost “I can also tell you there is no Kan.-based USFK employees facing a fur- authorizations so we’ve included of some 28,500 troops stationed danger to the public or the Camp 2nd Ar- lough to their workplaces as soon that,” Abrams said. on the peninsula because of the Humphreys community in re- mored Bri- as possible,” he said. “On the life, health, safety and threat from North Korea. gard to these deaths,” he added. gade Combat USFK had been paying the minimum readiness we’ll be OK Welch [email protected] “No further information will Team, 1st salaries with programmed funds in the short term,” he said. “I’ll Infantry Di- Twitter: @kimgamel be released at this time to pro- since the previous deal expired, be watching closely the impact [email protected] tect the integrity of the ongoing vision, which began a nine-month investigations.” rotation with 2nd ID in South Gloria, 25, of Moorhead, Minn., Korea last month. was pronounced dead at the scene “Clay’s death affects every after she was found unresponsive member in our formation. We are Japanese destroyer damaged in collision on March 21. She was a combat all deeply saddened by the loss,” engineer with the 2nd ID sustain- said his battalion commander, Lt. ment brigade and had been in Col. James Armstrong. with fishing vessel in the East China Sea South Korea since last April, ac- [email protected] cording to a press release. Twitter: @kimgamel BY MATTHEW M. BURKE AND AYA ICHIHASHI Stars and Stripes CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa-based AAFES A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer, the JS Shimak- aze, was damaged Monday after employee is accused of colliding with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea. The incident occurred at 8:28 damaging parked vehicle p.m. approximately 400 miles west of Yakushima Island, a Joint Stars and Stripes spokesman said. Staff spokesman said Tuesday. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force “The suspect was heavily in- Yakushima is part of Kagoshima CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa toxicated and could not talk when — An Okinawa-based employee prefecture, and is about 40 miles The Japanese destroyer JS Shimakaze, above, reportedly collided police officers arrested him at with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea on Monday. of the Army and Air Force Ex- south of Kyushu. site,” said the spokesman, speak- Japanese officials declined to change Service was arrested by ing on a customary condition of release details on what caused to reporters under the condition which is also home to a sizable Japanese police March 24 after anonymity in line with govern- the incident pending a joint inves- of anonymity. U.S. Navy contingent. he reportedly broke the side ment rules. tigation with its coast guard. The collision left a 3-foot by China has taken a more aggres- mirror of a parked vehicle while Police referred a charge of One of the 13 Chinese sailors 6-inch hole in the Shimakaze’s sive maritime posture in recent intoxicated. property damage to the Naha Dis- aboard the fishing boat com- port side, but the vessel was still years as it seeks resources to fuel Dustin Grand Johnson, 30, trict Public Prosecutors Office on plained of minor back pain after operable, the spokesman said. its rise as a global economic and was taken into custody shortly March 25, the spokesman said. the incident; none of the Shimak- Damage to the fishing vessel is military power. after the incident was observed Johnson was still in custody aze’s 260 sailors was injured, the unknown, but it was left operable in the Aragusuku neighborhood at the Ginowan police station spokesman said. as well. [email protected] Monday. Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 of Ginowan city at approximate- Some government spokesper- The Shimakaze is homeported [email protected] ly 12:25 a.m., a Ginowan police [email protected] sons in Japan customarily speak at Sasebo Naval Base in Kyushu, Twitter: @AyaIchihashi PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM Ex-detainees play key role in Taliban deal

BY MISSY RYAN team led by Trump’s Afghanistan AND HAQ NAWAZ KHAN envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad. The Washington Post “Some ‘hard-liners’ in our ranks were not ready to enter As American negotiators raced into direct talks with the invad- to clinch last month’s landmark ing forces and wanted to continue deal with the Taliban, several their fight until the last,” the of- shadowy figures played a sur- ficial said. “But when these top prising but significant role: for- five leaders were released and mer Guantanamo Bay detainees joined the political office, those whose release in a 2014 prisoner commanders also agreed to have exchange sparked a partisan Khairkhwa Fazl Noori Wasiq Omari a peace deal.” firestorm. The group also includes Abdul The so-called Taliban Five, a and a member of the House In- Bergdahl was captured after mer Taliban provincial governor Haq Wasiq, a former Taliban in- group of high-level militant in- telligence Committee, Sen. Lind- walking off his remote base in and Mohammad Fazl, the former telligence official, and Norullah mates traded for an American sey Graham, R-S.C., and Donald southeast Afghanistan in 2009 military commander accused of Noori, a former governor. during the Obama administra- Trump. under murky circumstances. crimes against Afghanistan’s Shi- Officials said Fazl made at least tion, worked behind the scenes to After a dozen years at Guan- After being taken across the bor- ite Hazara minority. two recent trips to Pakistan, in build support for the agreement, tanamo, the Taliban detainees der to Pakistan, he was held by Despite U.S. intelligence de- October and December, the first current and former U.S. and Tal- were sent to Doha with their the Haqqani network, a hard-line scriptions of the men as formida- known times any member of the iban officials say. families, where they were barred Taliban faction. He was chained ble threats, some Afghans earlier group has traveled outside Qatar Several of the men wielded their from traveling for one year and to a bed or locked in a cage for in the war saw them as potent since their arrival. clout, as prominent figures from placed under U.S. and Qatari long stretches, and his mental potential intermediaries. In 2011, In October, Fazl met with mem- the Taliban’s surveillance. and physical health suffered. then-President Hamid Karzai bers of the Quetta Shura, a Tal- pre-9/11 gov- In 2015, then-candidate Trump After his release, he pleaded requested that Khairkhwa be re- iban advisory council, according ernment and criticized the prisoner swap, call- guilty to desertion and misbehav- leased; U.S. authorities declined. to a third Taliban official. At the longtime ing Bergdahl a “no good, rot- ior before a military court and Tahir Khan, a Pakistani jour- time, the militants were scram- prisoners of ten traitor” and characterizing was dishonorably discharged. nalist who tracks the Afghan bling to regroup after the death of the United the released Taliban members Hagel, in an interview, said the Taliban, said the group’s deci- a U.S. soldier in an attack prompt- States, to as “five killers” who were now men were not among the most sion last year to incorporate the ed Trump to abruptly cancel a push months “back on the battlefield.” Pompeo radical at Guantanamo but ac- men into its political committee planned summit at Camp David of fractious said he had seen no proof that the knowledged that officials were not in Doha was “a timely and cal- negotiations men were reformed and would able to guarantee they would not culated step” as it scrambled to to sign a deal they supported. toward a not “return to trying to do harm conduct or incite violence against ensure compliance across a vast “That was a crucial time,” the deal. One to America.” Graham called them the United States. “Knowing like and sometimes fractious insur- official said. Bergdahl of them, a “the hardest of the hard core.” you always do that there’s never gent organization. During his second visit to Paki- fearsome former commander ac- “They have American blood on any certainty, we tried to get as Not only did the Taliban Five stan, Fazl made the case to Tal- cused in the deaths of religious their hands and surely as night many assurances as we could,” have the credentials of former iban commanders for a proposed minorities in Afghanistan, trav- follows day they will return to the he said. senior leaders, Khan said, they seven-day “reduction in violence” eled at least twice to Pakistan to fight,” Graham wrote in a 2014 After the exchange, the nonpar- also “have the trust of the foot period, which U.S. negotiators de- generate buy-in among skeptical letter to leaders of the Senate tisan Government Accountability soldiers.” manded after the Camp David militant commanders, the offi- Armed Services Committee. “In Office found the operation vio- A senior Taliban official said breakdown but some hard-line cials said. effect, we released the ‘Taliban lated the law because the Obama the men had made “great sacri- militants opposed. The Trump administration her- Dream Team.’ ” administration had not notified fices” for the movement and were When the two sides later an- alded the Feb. 29 agreement as a The blowback to the trade, Congress ahead of time. “trusted friends” of its founder, nounced the start to the weeklong milestone toward ending nearly which included contentious con- In 2015, news reports sug- Mohammad Omar. period, Fazl spoke with military two decades of war, but expected gressional appearances and was gested the former prisoners had A spokesman for the Taliban’s commanders on the phone in an talks among feuding Afghan par- reminiscent of the aftermath of attempted to “reengage” with political office in Doha did not attempt to ensure compliance, of- ties have not materialized amid the attacks on U.S. personnel militant activity by communicat- respond to queries on the subject. ficials said. disagreements over initial steps in Benghazi, Libya, effectively ing with extremist networks, an But a second Taliban official said If the next phase of talks do and political disarray in Kabul. shut down attempts to reach a assertion the Obama administra- the movement’s effort to resolve begin, it is likely that the Taliban In a bid to keep the process on peace deal during the Obama tion denied. the conflict gained energy after Five will be at the table attempt- track, Secretary of State Mike administration. The same men, now members Khairkhwa, Fazl and, most im- ing to negotiate a settlement that Pompeo met with Afghan lead- The controversy “tamped of the Taliban’s negotiating com- portantly, Abdul Ghani Baradar could bring the movement into ers in Kabul last week but also down the possibility of doing the mittee, were present when Pom- arrived in Doha. Afghanistan’s political process. with the top Taliban negotiator in things that actually could have peo attended a signing ceremony Baradar, the official whom It is unclear what impact the Doha, an illustration of an evolv- led to further progress,” said Jar- in Qatar to herald the U.S.-Tal- Pompeo met with in Qatar last COVID-19 crisis, now posing a ing political calculus that includes rett Blanc, a former State Depart- iban deal, which included a tem- week, was a Taliban co-founder serious challenge to the country’s engaging a group responsible for ment official who worked on the porary reduction in violence and in the 1990s. health infrastructure, will have thousands of American deaths. transfer. a timeline for withdrawing U.S. He was arrested in Pakistan on the planned negotiations. The Obama administration’s The defense secretary at the troops in exchange for a Taliban and released in 2018. On Saturday, a Taliban spokes- decision in 2014 to free the five time, Chuck Hagel, who signed promise to embrace Afghan po- Current and former officials man said the group would not militants in exchange for Bowe the Taliban Five’s release order, litical talks. described Khairkhwa and anoth- begin talks with a 21-member Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held cap- said he and other senior officials The former prisoners, some er ex-prisoner, a former Taliban negotiating team announced tive by the Taliban for five years, weighed the risks of freeing the of whom were captured in 2001 government communications by the government because the was met with scathing criticism men against the chance to free after attempting to surrender, chief named Mohammed Nabi militants did not believe it was from Republicans including Bergdahl, whose condition was include Khairullah Said Wali Omari, as active participants in sufficiently representative of the Pompeo, then a congressman believed to be deteriorating. Khairkhwa, a multilingual for- months of negotiations with a Afghan populace. Taliban team arrives in Kabul to monitor prisoner release

Associated Press There was no immediate comment from deal signed last month by the Taliban and Afghanistan’s political turmoil and the the Afghan government on the team’s U.S. that calls for the government’s release rivalry between Ghani and Abdullah have KABUL, Afghanistan — A three-mem- arrival. of 5,000 Taliban and the Taliban’s release impeded each step of talks with the Tal- ber Taliban technical team arrived Tues- On Monday, Jawed Faisal, spokesman of 1,000 government personnel and Afghan iban. Negotiations between the Taliban day in the Afghan capital to monitor the for the Afghan National Security Adviser’s troops. and the government are supposed to come release of their prisoners as part of a peace office, said Afghan officials and the Tal- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and po- next under the peace agreement. deal signed by the Taliban and the U.S., a iban agreed during a video conference that litical opponent Abdullah Abdullah both The peace deal calls for the eventual spokesman for the insurgent group said. the insurgent group should send a techni- declared themselves president in a parallel withdrawal of all 13,000 U.S. soldiers from Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid cal team to Kabul for face-to-face discus- inauguration ceremony last month. They Afghanistan in exchange for guarantees confirmed the team’s arrival in a tweet. sions on the release of Taliban prisoners. have been locked in a power struggle and from the Taliban that they will fight other It marked the first time a Taliban delega- The International Committee of the Red the discord has prompted Washington to militant groups, including the Islamic tion has been in Kabul since the group was Cross agreed to assist the team in getting say it would cut $1 billion in assistance to State group. The deal has been touted as driven out by the U.S. -led coalition in No- to Kabul. Afghanistan if the two can’t work out their Afghanistan’s best chance yet for ending vember 2001. The prisoner release is part of a peace differences. its relentless wars. Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK Pentagon orders installations to stop reporting virus cases

BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes ‘ Unit level readiness data for key military WASHINGTON — The De- forces is information that is classified as a fense Department has ordered commanders at all of its installa- risk to operational security and could tions worldwide to stop announc- jeopardize operations and/or deterrence. ing new coronavirus cases among Jonathan Hoffman’ their personnel, as the Pentagon said Monday that more than 1,000 Pentagon spokesman U.S. military-linked people had been sickened by the virus. LASHAWNA CUSTOM/U.S. Army The order issued by Defense said. one of the officials said. “People A soldier from the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade dead lifts Secretary Mark Esper on Friday “While services will not release are not going to be happy. I don’t during an Army Combat Fitness Test Jan. 27 at Fort Bliss, Texas. is meant to protect operational the numbers of cases at each base, think they’re going to understand The Army is postponing transition to the ACFT over virus concerns. security at the Defense Depart- we will continue to work closely this.” ment’s global installations, Jona- with the local communities to Individual installations had than Hoffman, the Pentagon’s ensure the health and well-being been providing the number of Restraints force Army chief spokesman, said in a state- of all,” he said. “Individual in- cases via official news releases, ment Monday. He said Defense stallations [and] commands will statements on their websites and Department leaders worried ad- continue to work closely with largely through social media, in- to halt ACFT transition versaries could exploit such in- their respective community’s cluding hosting virtual town hall formation, especially if the data health agencies on reporting, as events, in which top commanders showed the outbreak impacted ultimately our bases are part of a provided updates on the condi- BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON two minutes of situps and a two- U.S. nuclear forces or other criti- larger civilian community.” tions on their bases and answered Stars and Stripes mile run, has failed to adequately cal units. The policy change came after predict which soldiers could ac- questions from the public. “Unit level readiness data for Esper hinted last week during an Hoffman said the Defense De- The Army has halted its long- complish physical tasks neces- key military forces is informa- interview with the Reuters news planned transition to the Army sary in war. partment would not conceal infor- tion that is classified as a risk to agency that he would soon begin mation about coronavirus-related Combat Fitness Test, after on- The Army began field-testing operational security and could withholding “disaggregated num- base gym closures made it dif- the ACFT in late 2018 and in- deaths on its installations and jeopardize operations and/or bers” related to the virus. But the would work to keep local officials ficult for many soldiers to train troduced standards about a year deterrence,” Hoffman said in defense secretary did not specify with the strength equipment the later. In late January, the service abreast of any “health threats” the statement. “If a commander what information would be with- coming from military bases. test requires. began distributing ACFT gear to believes that [the coronavirus] held, Reuters reported. The ACFT, which was set to more than 1 million active duty, “We appreciate our citizens un- could affect the readiness of our On Sunday, Army officials in derstanding as we protect opera- become the service standard be- Reserve and National Guard sol- strategic deterrent or strategic Stuttgart, Germany, announced ginning in October, includes dead diers, a Jan. 22 Army memo said. tional security and our nation’s response forces, we understand- they could no longer provide the readiness,” he said. lifts, a standing power throw, Some soldiers said the equip- ably protect that information public updated information about pushups, the sprint-drag-carry, ment rollout left little time to from public release and falling cases in their local area. At that [email protected] Twitter: @CDicksteinDC leg tuck and a two-mile run. train to the new standards and to into the hands of our adversaries time, Stuttgart, which houses The new test will be “suspend- get familiar with the equipment, — as we expect they would do the headquarters for U.S. European ed until further notice” following which includes kettlebells, medi- same.” Command and U.S. Africa Com- gym closures and social distanc- cine balls, pullup bars, a dead lift He pledged the Pentagon would mand, had reported at least 80 in- ing restrictions put in place be- bar, weights and an exercise sled. continue to release near-daily up- fections among its personnel. cause of the coronavirus, Army Sgt. Awad Mohamed, a senior dates of total cases among troops, Meanwhile, officials at Camp spokeswoman Lt. Col. Robin human resource sergeant with DOD civilian workers, military Humphreys in South Korea on Ochoa told Military.com. the 82nd Airborne Division in dependents and defense contrac- Monday confirmed a fifth case Army officials were not im- Fort Bragg, N.C., welcomed the tors, which officials with Esper’s of the virus among personnel as- mediately available for comment ACFT’s delay. public affairs office have done for signed to that base, the largest Tuesday. “Finally, the Army is using nearly three weeks. Those num- U.S. base in that country. It was The Army Physical Fitness commonsense,” he said in an on- bers have grown steadily with not immediately clear why that Test, first introduced in 1980, will line chat Tuesday. “Some soldiers each release. information was released to the remain the service’s primary as- barely got instructions on how the As of Monday morning, the public given the new policy. sessment for now. Leaders have test will be.” Pentagon reported 633 service Defense officials at several long said that the test, which in- [email protected] members were among 1,087 total stateside military posts confirmed cludes two minutes of pushups, Twitter: Manny_Stripes cases within the Defense Depart- Monday that they had been issued ment community. Among those the order to stop providing data troops, 64 had recovered by Mon- about their cases. Several of these day, while 26 were hospitalized. officials raised concerns that the NJ National Guard member The latest data shows a dramatic new ban on local data could harm increase in cases among troops their ability to inform their own is first virus death in military since Friday, when the Pentagon force and strain their ability to reported 343 cases among ser- work with officials in their sur- vice members. rounding civilian communities BY ROSE L. THAYER “Today is a sad day for the De- The individual military ser- amid the pandemic. The officials Stars and Stripes partment of Defense as we have vices remain authorized to report spoke on condition of anonymity lost our first American service A member of the New Jersey coronavirus cases within their to speak about the policy. member — active, Reserve or ranks to the public, Hoffman “We’ll have to work through it,” National Guard died Saturday Guard — to coronavirus,” De- after a weeklong battle with the fense Secretary Mark Esper said coronavirus, service officials an- in a statement. “... The news of nounced Monday. He is the first this loss strengthens our resolve service member to die from the to work ever more closely with virus. Army Capt. Douglas Linn Hick- our interagency partners to stop ok was a drilling Guardsman and the spread of [coronavirus].” physician’s assistant originally Information provided from the from Jackson, New Jersey Gov. Defense Department and the gov- Phil Murphy said Monday in a ernor did not state Hickok’s age news conference. Though Hickok or whether he was activated with was a member of the New Jersey the National Guard at the time he National Guard, the father of four contracted the virus. resided in Pennsylvania and died [email protected] at a hospital there, Murphy said. Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Veterans groups go virtual to better connect BY J.P. LAWRENCE veterans shared their frustra- Stars and Stripes tions with self-quarantining. One had a wife who needed a COVID- James Martin logged in last 19 test. Another was struggling week to what he hopes can grow with his college classes after they into a regular meeting space for moved online. other veterans adjusting to life A friend of Martin’s, Gabriel under a pandemic: online video Beltres, also a wounded veteran game night. with WWP, lightened he mood Martin is a volunteer for the with a pregame speech: Wounded Warrior Project, which “Listen up, today hasn’t been a like other veteran service orga- good day, but it’s gonna turn into nizations is trying to find ways a good day. We are going to be to reach and connect veterans at happy, we are going to be good, a time when most can’t meet up because gaming is supposed to be in person, due to social distancing fun,” Beltres said. James Martin guidelines meant to contain the The WWP’s virtual gaming James Martin, a Marine veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, shows off his gaming setup in February at his spread of the coronavirus. nights and fitness lessons began home just outside of Pittsburgh. Martin, a volunteer for the Wounded Warrior Project, hopes to connect Martin, a former Marine in- over the last few weeks for vet- veterans during the coronavirus pandemic through video games. jured during combat in Afghani- erans, “just to give them a place stan in 2013, said he is helping to hang out during a crazy time,” of American Legion Post 109 in ferencing becomes a permanent Now, self-quarantining has WWP in its effort to build a vet- said Matt Twigg, livestreaming northern Minnesota. feature of VFW life. “Long-term, deepened the feeling of isola- eran online gaming community. and gaming specialist for the “For those who don’t use Face- I think this will benefit this post, tion some veterans already have, “Even though we’re locked in organization. book, it’s the greatest thing, because now it allows members he said. One of the veterans he’s the house, you can still be con- Other veteran service organiza- they all know how to talk on the that couldn’t really make it to mentoring is suffering through nected, you can still meet other tions, known for hosting pancake phone,” said Havlick, an Army meetings to attend,” he said. a recent divorce, has lost his warriors,” Martin said. “We can breakfasts and group workouts, veteran and originator of “en- It’s important for veterans to play video games together and are now organizing conference hanced buddy checks,” in which stay connected, said Timothy routine and shared thoughts of check on each other.” calls and virtual meetups. veterans call older veterans and Byrne, a retired Army lieuten- suicide. Each night, the 39-year-old Team Red, White and Blue ask if they need help buying gro- ant colonel and a peer mentor for “After me talking to him, logs in from his home just outside rolled out an online fitness chal- ceries or doing chores. WWP. Prior to the coronavirus spending some time, he said, ‘I Pittsburgh into a forum recently lenge for its members to do at Veterans of Foreign Wars, pandemic, Byrne would always went and got help,’ ” Byrne said. created by WWP on the site Dis- home, with groups of veterans which has been around for more encourage veterans, especially Keeping in touch with fellow cord. There, veterans and gamers doing bodyweight exercises in a than 100 years, is encouraging those who have just left the mili- veterans, even it’s not in person can chat and find others to play tournament styled on college bas- its members to reach out to each tary or are suffering from post- but over the phone or online, can games with. The forum brings to- ketball’s March Madness. other via Skype and other video traumatic stress, to leave the save lives, he said. gether veterans from all over the The American Legion is con- call services. house and interact with other “We do these virtual things, country, and Martin said the dis- necting members through their VFW Post 5066 in Collierville, people. and we still get that social contact cussion is not just fun and games phones. Using party line confer- Tenn., will be using the app Zoom “When we self-isolate, we get — it’s also about untangling the ence calls allows the inclusion of to conduct its elections and broad- into our own shells, think about with people,” Byrne said. “I don’t stresses of life as they play. older veterans who may not be cast a concert. stuff too much,” Byrne said on the know what we’d do without it.” In one gaming session Thurs- comfortable with social media, Its post commander, Justin phone from his home in Salem., [email protected] day night, Martin and a few other said Jennifer Havlick, member Johnson, said he hopes telecon- Mass. Twitter: @jplawrence3 Delivery: ‘I tried to put myself in someone else’s shoes,’ airman says of help

FROM FRONT PAGE the handful of home-bound customers Joseph Finney, who helped start the who have signed up for the program so program, called Wish List for Wyverns, far, Finney said. after the Italian government placed But with numerous categories of st r ic t l i m it s on pe ople’s movement s to t r y people eligible to apply for help through to curb the spread of the coronavirus. the program — people with kids and Italy has the highest mortality rate deployed spouses, those in isolation or from the coronavirus in the world, at quarantine, retirees, single parents, 11%, according to data posted on the and those whose spouses work extend- health ministry’s website. Of 101,739 ed hours — the numbers turning to the people who had tested positive for the program for help are expected to grow, virus in Italy as of Monday, nearly he said. 11,600 have died, the data show. Ev- The most complicated thing about eryone in the country has been ordered Wish List for Wyverns may be finding to stay home unless they’re traveling where to sign up online. People who to work, buying groceries or other es- need someone else to shop for them sential items, or seeking medical care. should contact their chain of command, Only one adult per family is supposed to who will give them instructions on how take care of those tasks, the rules say. Those doing the shopping and mak- to use the program. ing deliveries for Wish List for Wyverns Carter said her first trip went smooth- carry special memos issued by the base ly and that she was happy to help. ERICKA A. WOOLEVER/U.S. Air Force to prove they are providing an essential “I tried to put myself in someone else’s service and are authorized to be outside shoes,” she said. “If I were in that situa- Air Force Senior Airman Sherraye Carter bags green onions at the commissary on Aviano of their home, said Finney, also a mem- tion … I’d want someone to help me.” Air Base, Italy, on Monday. Carter is one of more than 150 people who have volunteered to ber of the 606th. [email protected] pick up and deliver groceries for those who can’t go out themselves because of Italy’s limits Volunteer shoppers vastly outnumber Twitter: @KentHar08780839 on people’s movements to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY Marines stop recruits from going to SC boot camp

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY coronavirus cases due to screen- Stars and Stripes ing measures put in place for re- cruits and the contact tracing of WASHINGTON — A coronavi- people who have tested positive rus outbreak at Parris Island has for the virus. forced the service to temporarily The coronavirus cases are “lo- stop new Marine recruits from calized and contained,” he said. heading there for boot camp. The suspension on shipping new The increase in illnesses at the recruits is a precautionary mea- base happened over the week- sure intended to protect more re- end, according to Capt. Bryan cruits, the training personnel and McDonnell, a spokesman for Ma- the installation community from rine Corps Recruit Depot Parris the virus, according to a Marine Island, S.C. The uptick in cases Corps statement Monday. comes after acting Navy Secre- “The preservation of our Ma- tary Thomas Modly announced rines, recruits and their families last week that two Marine re- cruits tested positive at Parris is the highest priority for Marine Island. Corps recruiting during this na- Base officials conducted an tional emergency,” Gen. David investigation and isolated every- Berger, the commandant of the one who was in contact with the Marine Corps, said in the pre- two Marines, McDonnell said. pared statement. “With that in Additionally, two other Marines mind, we’ve paused this week’s stationed at the base have tested shipping of new recruits to Parris Island and will revise our overall positive for the virus, though they MICHELLE BRUDNICKI/U.S. Marine Corps work separately from recruit shipping plan to ensure we are training. able to meet the nation’s needs Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, eat afternoon chow aboard Marine Corps McDonnell said that the out- while protecting its next genera- Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., on Thursday. break was less than 50 people, tion of Marines.” though he would not provide a The statement did not say how in California. begin again, other than to say it The statement tells new re- specific number due to a new many new recruits would be af- McDonnell said that the base is was “conditions based.” cruits to contact their recruiters Pentagon directive that prevents fected by the temporary sus- planning to have a 14-day isola- Recruits now at Parris Island to make certain that they under- pension. Marine Corps Recruit tion period before recruits begin will continue their training “with military installations from indi- stand changes to their shipping vidually reporting the number of Depot Parris Island is one of two their training once recruit arriv- continued emphasis on personal coronavirus cases at their bases. locations for training new re- als resume. and environmental cleanliness dates. McDonnell said that the base cruits, with the other at Marine He could not give a date for and social distancing,” according [email protected] was prepared to deal with the Corps Recruit Depot San Diego when recruit arrivals would to the Marine Corps. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Four Air Force recruits have contracted coronavirus BY COREY DICKSTEIN spread. other individuals for their first who have tested positive for the weeks. Tullos said that recruits Stars and Stripes Air Force Maj. Gen. John De- two weeks at the base in an effort virus. The services have contin- who train at Keesler will receive Goes, the commander of the 59th to limit the spread of the disease. ued their initial entrance training the same instruction as ones at WASHINGTON — The Air Medical Wing in San Antonio, Service officials have said that programs, though some of them Lackland at a slightly quicker Force halted sending new re- described the four cases as iso- continuing to train recruits is es- have made adjustments. The pace. cruits to basic training this week lated events that did not appear sential for the Air Force to com- Army, for example, has shipped “The airmen we produce at in an effort to ensure safety for to threaten others at Lackland. plete its global missions. Maj. Gen. about 50% fewer recruits than Keesler will meet the same … trainees and instructors amid the The infected recruits have been Andrea Tullos, the commander of normal to basic combat training. training objectives as the airmen coronavirus pandemic, which has isolated from others and are ex- 2nd Air Force, said that the ser- And the Marine Corps on Monday that we produce at Lackland,” sickened four people in the ser- periencing only minor symptoms, vice must strike a “delicate bal- announced that it would pause she said. “At the end of the day, vice’s initial training program, he said. ance” in training new airmen and sending recruits to its legendary the airman that comes out and officials said Monday. Three of the recruits appear helping stop the fast-spreading Parris Island Recruit Depot in marches across the parade field The pause is only expected to to have contracted the disease virus, which the Pentagon said South Carolina for at least one [at Keesler] is going to be the last one week and will allow the before shipping to basic training. Monday has infected more than week. same quality airman we deliver service to clean facilities and rest The fourth individual likely con- 1,000 members of the Defense Like the Army, the Air Force to our commanders.” its instruction cadre at Joint Base tracted the disease from one of Department community. is sending fewer recruits to basic San Antonio-Lackland Air Force the others — the first individual “Quite simply, it’s because we training amid the deepening cri- The initial 60 recruits will be Base in Texas, said Col. Jeffrey to test positive March 18 for the are our nation’s 9-1-1,” Tullos said sis. But the service also elected to the only class sent to Keesler until McLemore, the vice commander virus — while traveling to basic Monday. “When the nation needs send a class of 60 recruits to Kee- they complete training, Tullos of the Air Force Recruiting Ser- training together, DeGoes told us, we answer the call … [and] we sler Air Force Base, Miss., for a said. Service officials will study vice. The halt comes as the ser- reporters Monday. Last month, have a responsibility to be able to shortened basic training class at the class as it moves through vice plans to open a second site the Air Force instituted a move- continue to generate the forces the base on the state’s coast. training and decide later whether for basic training temporarily ment restriction policy for new for our nation to win the fight.” Those recruits will arrive at additional classes will be sent to to allow trainees more physical recruits, in which 40-person To date, all four military ser- Keesler on April 7 and conduct Keesler for basic training. space to follow social distancing groups flew to Lackland together vices with Pentagon-controlled basic training in six weeks. Air [email protected] policies meant to slow the virus’ and have been segregated from training have reported recruits Force basic typically lasts 8.5 Twitter: @CDicksteinDC First virus case at Navy basic training postpones new recruits’ arrival

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Health Care Center in Chicago, chief of naval personnel, said in a Navy official. Before arriving at basic train- Stars and Stripes the command announced on its statement. Recruit Training Command ing, new recruits are asked health official Facebook page. People who had been in close Great Lakes, the only basic train- screening questions about the WASHINGTON — The Navy “Given the positive case this contact with the recruit are being ing installation for the Navy, virus and have their body tem- has rescheduled sending new past weekend, and as we conduct notified and areas, including the started restricting movement for peratures checked. Most of the recruits to basic training after thorough contact tracing and fur- barracks, are being thoroughly 14 days on March 26 for incoming active-duty staff and instructors the service’s Recruit Training ther testing, out of an abundance cleaned, according to the social recruits prior to beginning their at the command have been moved Command Great Lakes, Ill., an- of caution we have rescheduled the media post. training. The policy requires nounced its first positive case shipping of new recruits planned New recruits have been re- them to practice social distanc- onto the base for at least 30 days Sunday. for this week in order to further scheduled to arrive next week in ing. The recruit who tested posi- in order to reduce the spread of A recruit tested positive Sat- assess the situation and enhance order to give the command time tive arrived a week prior to the the virus, Hecht said. urday and is being treated at the our mitigation measures,” Cmdr. to do a contact investigation and start of the new policy, according [email protected] Captain James A. Lovell Federal Dave Hecht, a spokesman for the clean the barracks, according to a to the Facebook post. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK DODEA schools in Japan, South Korea to extend closures

BY DAVE ORNAUER Stripes on Tuesday. Stars and Stripes “Decisions regarding the re- opening of schools will be made URUMA, Okinawa — Defense on a weekly basis and communi- Department schools in Japan and cated with families,” she said. South Korea will remain closed “The health and safety of our beyond spring break and virtual students and staff is always our instructions will continue “until priority,” she added. further notice” due to ongoing DODEA schools in Japan, in- coronavirus concerns, school of- cluding Okinawa, had been open ficials announced Tuesday. through most of March but shut “Due to the current health their doors March 23 with online MANDY FOSTER/U.S. Air Force protection conditions in our com- instruction beginning March 25. munities, we will not be able to The announcement came as Members of the 18th Medical Group test for coronavirus at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, on March 20. resume our normal operations on the number of coronavirus cases A family member visiting an airman who tested positive for coronavirus also has the disease. April 13,” said Lois Rapp, direc- on U.S. bases in Japan and South tor of the Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific, wrote Korea have increased. in a letter Tuesday . U.S. Forces Korea reported its Visiting relative of Okinawa-based The goal remains for students 14th confirmed case Tuesday. to meet required standards to The outbreak in South Korea move on to their next grade level began in Daegu and has spread, airman also tests positive for virus “and for seniors to graduate as with 9,661 cases confirmed as of Monday. scheduled, whether that accom- BY MATTHEW M. BURKE “In this case, this person had been under [restric- Bases in Japan have also seen plishment is celebrated in person Stars and Stripes tion of movement] well outside of the 48-hour win- or virtually,” Rapp wrote. several positive cases, including three sailors, two airmen and an dow prior to onset of symptoms,” officials wrote. DODEA schools in South Korea CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A family member “Bottom line: This person had no contact with the will also remain closed through Army dependent. visiting an Okinawa-based airman who tested posi- community inside or outside of Kadena Air Base.” spring break, and DODEA-Pa- DODEA officials will continue tive for coronavirus over the weekend also has the The World Health Organization has said the in- cific officials will “continue to to work closely with military of- disease, the Air Force announced Tuesday. cubation period for the virus appears to be between monitor the environment in coor- ficials to monitor the situation, The family member’s movements have been re- one and 14 days. dination with U.S. Forces Korea,” Rapp’s letter said. stricted since medical personnel began tracing his Officials previously stated that the 18th Wing air- DODEA-Pacific spokeswoman [email protected] contacts, 18th Wing officials at Kadena Air Base man had recently returned from Europe and that Miranda Ferguson told Stars and Twitter: @DaveOrnauer said in a message posted to Facebook on Tuesday. the person’s movements were restricted for 15 days “He has been in restriction of movement dur- ing the entire period of contact tracing and has not afterwards. Symptoms developed while the airman come in contact with any members in the local com- was in restriction. Marines delay deployment munity,” the message said. “The 18th Wing leader- Since that news broke Saturday afternoon, a sec- ship and medical teams are tracking this situation ond airman assigned to Kadena Air Base has tested very closely and are ensuring those affected receive positive. Base missions and services were reduced of 2,500 troops to Australia the best possible care.” Monday and Tuesday as a result. In response to a comment on the Facebook post, “Our collective ability to prevent further expo- BY SETH ROBSON March, Australian officials said base officials said medical teams examine a sub- sure is of the utmost importance right now,” the Stars and Stripes in an email Friday. ject’s contacts going back 48 hours prior to the de- Facebook message said. “All members of these elements velopment of symptoms, per Centers for Disease The Marine Corps is delaying [email protected] have conformed with Australian Control and Prevention guidelines. Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 the deployment of thousands of Government and Northern Terri- Marines to northern Australia tory protocols in place at the time for a six-month rotation starting of their arrival, including 14 days in April due to travel restrictions in quarantine on Defence prem- associated with the coronavirus, ises, away from the public,” the Navy, Marine base commanders in Japan U.S. officials said Monday. Australian Department of De- The Marines had planned to fence officials said. urge cooperation on anti-virus measures push ahead with the mission, Before they departed the U.S., known as Marine Rotational the Marines were subject to a BY JOSEPH DITZLER ni, whose commander announced Sasebo. Force-Darwin, by isolating troops range of medical precautions, in- similar measures Monday, ac- At MCAS Iwakuni, base in their barracks during their cluding daily temperature checks Stars and Stripes cording to Facebook posts. commander Col. Lance Lewis first 14 days Down Under. over four days prior to departure The commander of Sasebo late Monday declared similar However, Defense Secretary and pre-deployment medical Effective immediately, Stall- Naval Base imposed a series of measures. Mark Esper issued orders last screening, the officials said. ings wrote, the Sasebo base gym closures of many base activities Lewis wrote that he expects week barring nearly all official The Marine Corps said it is pre- is closed, along with bars and Tuesday to prepare for the coro- active-duty Marines, their fami- movement overseas for Defense pared to conduct the deployment playgrounds. Most retail shops navirus, which is cropping up on lies, Defense Department civil- Department personnel. later this year if the situation per- along with theaters and hobby military bases in Japan. ians and contractors to “be smart “In cooperation with the Aus- mits, keeping within health and shops are closed. The command- Base commander Capt. Brad and follow the guidelines in place. tralian government, the MRF-D force protection concerns. The er is urging a community effort, Even the most rigid direction is 2020 rotation is delayed at this changes to this year’s deployment Stallings took an urgent tone and said base spokesman Aki Nichols. all for naught if someone is selfish time due to concerns over COVID- do not change the plans for those cited “folks who are not following Civilians as well as military need enough to break the rules.” 19, and we agree that force pro- in subsequent years, the Marines’ the guidance, which is placing the to cooperate, he said. He, too, stressed personal hy- tection must be a top priority for statement said. force and the community at risk,” Civilian Defense Department giene and social distancing. both countries as we continue to Scheduled transfer of equip- according to his announcement employees and contractors, while “Instead of pushing the rules, fight the virus,” Marine Corps ment and supplies will still take on Sasebo’s Facebook page. mostly exempt from military or- live your life like the health of Forces Pacific commander Lt. place to ensure that future rota- “I take this situation dead seri- ders aimed at stemming the coro- every person on this base depends Gen. Lewis Craparotta said in a tions are supported. No personnel ously,” Stallings wrote. “It is up to navirus pandemic, have been on your actions,” Lewis wrote. will accompany the supply trans- each and every one of us to follow encouraged to comply as com- statement Monday. “Spoiler alert: We are counting fers and all equipment and sup- the guidance and keep this virus manders increasingly tighten The U.S. remains committed to on everyone to protect everyone plies will comply with Australian out of our community. For you restrictions. its defense treaty with Australia, else.” he said. quarantine and inspection re- that are ‘all in now,’ thank you!” Stallings emphasized coopera- The deployment was to have quirements, the statement said. No cases of coronavirus have tion, in capital letters: “THIS IS Stars and Stripes reporter James Bolinger contributed to this report . involved 2,500 Marines. Some [email protected] been reported at either Sasebo or FOR ALL 7,500 INDIVIDUALS [email protected] elements arrived in Darwin in Twitter: @SethRobson1 Marine Corps Air Station Iwaku- THAT LIVE AND WORK” on Twitter: @JosephDitzler Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Health care workers dread tough decisions

Associated Press 19 also say age alone shouldn’t be a deciding factor. Among the NEW YORK — A nurse with situations where they said inten- asthma, a grandfather with can- sive care should not be provided cer and a homeless man with no if availability is in short supply: known family are wracked with if the patient would need perma- coronavirus-induced fevers. They nent intensive care to survive. are struggling to breathe, and a The crushing emotional bur- ventilator could save their lives. den of carrying out potentially But who gets one when there life-and-death decisions is why aren’t enough to go around? the guidelines typically designate Health care workers are dread- separate triage teams to make ing the prospect of such dire sce- the call, rather than leaving it to narios as U.S. hospitals brace for the doctors and nurses providing a looming surge in patients who bedside care. need breathing machines and “This is a really terrifying de- other resources that could soon cision — you don’t want any doc- be in critically short supply. tor or nurse to be alone with this That has meant dusting off decision,” said Nancy Berlinger playbooks they’ve never before of the Hastings Center, a bioeth- had to implement on how to fairly ics research institute. ration limited resources during Having separate teams make an emergency. decisions also is intended to en- “I pray for their good judgment sure patients get a fair shot at care and their capacity as they make regardless of their race, social very difficult choices,” said Erik status or other personal factors. Curren, whose 77-year-old father Berlinger noted that underly- died last month from respiratory ing social inequities can still per- complications related to the virus sist — for example, poorer people after becoming infected at an as- tend to be sicker — but that those sisted living home in Florida. are deeper injustices that can’t Harrowing scenarios already be remedied in the throes of a are unfolding in country after JOHN MINCHILLO/AP pandemic. country hard-hit by the COVID- Another grim calculation that 19 pandemic, including Spain, Medical supplies are displayed before a news conference at the Jacob Javits Center in New York on experts say hospitals could make where one nursing home official March 23. Health care workers are dreading the prospect of deciding which patients would get a is how long a patient might need said sick residents are dying after ventilator that could save their lives when there aren’t enough for everyone. a hospital bed or ventilator and being unable to get into overflow- how many more lives the ma- ing hospitals. other patients. benefit to the greatest number of oped by New York state’s health chine might otherwise save. That Like much of the rest of the In New York City, the U.S. epi- people and prioritize those with department exclude some se- would help forestall an even more world, ventilators that help peo- center of the outbreak, one hospi- the best chance of recovery. But riously ill people from receiv- wrenching decision many doctors ple breathe are in particular de- tal logged 13 coronavirus deaths exactly how that’s determined is ing limited ventilators in major in the U.S. likely have never faced mand across the U.S., given the in a day and officials are setting fraught. emergencies, but note that mak- — whether to take a patient off a respiratory problems common up hundreds of hospital beds in Automatically excluding cer- ing old age an automatic disquali- machine to free it up for others. among people severely ill with a sprawling convention center as tain groups from receiving venti- fier would be discriminatory. The norms don’t apply in the COVID-19. cases climbed past 30,000. lators, such as those with severe The plans go on to add, however, current crisis and taking pre- As many as 900,000 corona- In preparation, health officials lung disease, invokes ethical that given the “strong societal cious resources away from one virus patients in the U.S. could across the country are reviewing issues, said Dr. Douglas White preference for saving children,” patient to save others in a pan- need the machines during the guidelines from sources including at the University of Pittsburgh. age could be considered in a tie- demic “is not an act of killing and outbreak, according to the Soci- state governments and medical Many hospitals seeking guidance breaker when a child’s life is at does not require the patient’s con- ety for Critical Care Medicine. groups on how to ration limited on COVID-19 in recent weeks stake. sent,” said a paper addressing the Yet the group estimates the coun- resources in emergencies. have adopted a policy he devised Recommendations published COVID-19 emergency published try has only 200,000, many of The general principle span- without such exclusions, he said. this week by German medical as- last week in the New England which already are being used by ning those plans: Bring the most Guidelines previously devel- sociations in response to COVID- Journal of Medicine. Virus: Deaths climb rapidly in US, which is poised to overtake China’s toll

FROM FRONT PAGE ery rooms for patients in less-se- or the determination of some gov- 11.5 million people has reported ing health problems, it can cause death of a person under 18 years rious condition, and authorities ernments to try to shape their more than 12,775 infections. severe symptoms like pneumonia old, though details about the per- are building makeshift field hos- pandemic narrative. National crisis-center coro- and even death. pitals in sports centers, libraries “This is going to be a long-term navirus spokesman Emmanuel son’s exact age were not disclosed. China on Tuesday reported just and exhibition halls. So far they battle and we cannot let down our Andre said Belgian authorities About 9,500 people are hospital- one new death from the corona- ized with the disease statewide. have added 23,000 beds. guard,” cautioned Dr. Takeshi expect the disease to reach its More than 66,000 people state- Overnight, Spain recorded 849 Kasai, the World Health Organi- peak in coming days, and that virus and 48 new cases, claiming wide have tested positive for the new deaths, the highest daily toll zation’s regional director for the “we will arrive at a point where that all new infections came from virus, including more than 38,000 since the pandemic hit the south- Western Pacific. “We need every we’re close to saturation point at overseas. in New York City. ern European country. It has now country to keep responding ac- our hospitals.” In Serbia, Hungary and other claimed the lives of 8,269 people cording to their local situation.” To the east, Russia registered Even before the governor’s nations, concerns were rising appeal, close to 80,000 former in Spain, forcing Madrid to open Hard-hit Italy and Spain now 500 new confirmed cases in the that populist leaders were using nurses, doctors and other profes- a second temporary morgue this account for more than half of the biggest spike since the beginning sionals were stepping up to vol- week after an ice rink pressed 40,636 COVID-19 deaths report- of the outbreak, bringing its total the situation to try to seize more unteer in New York, and a Navy into service last week become ed worldwide and the U.S. has the to 2,337. Moscow, the capital, has power and silence critics. hospital ship had arrived with overwhelmed. most confirmed cases at 174,467, been on lockdown since Monday The economic devastation 1,000 beds to relieve pressure on Authorities are shifting ven- according to a tally by Johns and the government is edging to- continued, with British Airways tilating machines to regions Hopkins University. ward to declaring a national state the city’s overwhelmed hospitals. suspending all its flights at Gat- Spain and Italy are still strug- with the highest number of ICU Italy’s death toll rose to nearly of emergency. gling to avoid the collapse of their patients. 12,428 — the highest in the world Worldwide, more than 826,000 wick Airport amid a collapse in health systems, with Spain say- Deaths climbed rapidly in the by far — but its rates of new infec- people have been infected and demand as nations close borders ing hospitals in at least half of United States, which was poised tions were slowing. at least 174,115 have recovered, and airlines slash flights. its 17 regions are at or very near to overtake China’s reported A 12-year-old girl became the according to Johns Hopkins In Japan, the countdown clocks their ICU bed limits and more virus death toll of 3,309. But ex- youngest person to die in Belgium, University. were reset and ticking again for than 13,000 medical workers are perts say all numbers reported which has counted 705 deaths so For most people, the corona- the Tokyo Olympics. The clocks among the country’s reported by governments and states in this far, including 98 in the last day. virus causes mild or moderate 94,417 infections. pandemic are faulty in different It was not disclosed whether she symptoms, such as fever and now read 479 days to go, with the Dozens of hotels across Spain ways, due to the lack of testing, suffered from any underlying cough. But for others, especially games scheduled to begin on July have been converted into recov- mild virus cases that are missed condition. The country of about older adults and people with exist- 23, 2021. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Carrier skipper seeks to isolate crew ashore

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR ship’s captain, Capt. Brett Cro- now, we are failing to properly reviewing options to ensure the ships, is vulnerable to infectious Associated Press zier, said the spread of the disease take care of our most trusted health and safety of the crew. disease spread given its close is ongoing and accelerating, and asset our sailors,” Crozier said in In Asia, a carrier presence is quarters. WASHINGTON — Facing a said that removing all but 10% a memo obtained by The Associ- central to what the Pentagon has The massive ship is more than growing outbreak of the corona- of the crew is a “necessary risk” ated Press. identified as a fundamental shift 1,000 feet long; sailors are spread virus, the captain of the aircraft in order to stop the spread of the A U.S. Navy official said Crozier from fighting insurgent and ex- out across a labyrinth of decks carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt virus. alerted commanders on Sunday tremist conflicts in the Middle linked by steep ladder-like stairs is asking for permission to isolate U.S. Navy leaders on Tuesday evening of the continuing chal- East to a return to “great power the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew were scrambling to determine lenges in isolating the virus. The competition.” That means, prin- and narrow corridors. Enlisted members on shore, which would how to best respond to the ex- official, who spoke on condition cipally, a bigger focus on China, sailors and officers have separate take the warship out of duty in an traordinary request as dozens of of anonymity to discuss internal including its militarization of dis- living quarters, but they routinely effort to save lives. crew members tested positive. deliberations, said Crozier wants puted areas of the South China grab their food from crowded buf- The ship is docked in Guam. “We are not at war. Sailors do more isolated housing for the Sea. fet lines and eat at tables joined In a memo to Navy leaders, the not need to die. If we do not act crew and that Navy leadership is The carrier, like other Navy end-to-end. 15,000 guardsmen now on active duty

BY ROSE L. THAYER to increase medical capacity in Stars and Stripes other states, including New York, where the death toll has climbed A team of 19 Arizona National precipitously since Sunday. Other Guard soldiers built a 50-bed missions include delivering sup- medical station overnight Sunday plies and protective equipment, to begin supporting the Navajo support coronavirus testing sites Nation in the fight against the and delivering food in hard-hit coronavirus pandemic. communities. Eight soldiers from the Iowa “This response isn’t just about National Guard set up two tents delivering food or supporting Friday at a Department of Vet- [coronavirus] test centers. It’s erans Affairs hospital to screen about protecting our children, people entering. parents and grandparents. Our In Pennsylvania, 25 National nation is looking to the National Guard members unloaded equip- Guard to help and we can’t let ment during the weekend to help them down,” Gen. Joseph Lengy- the Federal Emergency Manage- el, chief of the National Guard ment Agency build a non-corona- Bureau, said in a statement. virus overflow clinic at a school. With more than 2,700 activated These are some of the missions service members, New York Na- of the nearly 15,000 National tional Guard has the largest con- Guard members working in every tingent of troops. Some of them U.S. state and territory. are working with about 600 ac- “This pivot into the medical tive-duty Army soldiers at a field realm demonstrates the depth and hospital in New York City’s Jacob breadth of the skill sets that the Javits Convention Center. Arizona National Guard brings to Though the troops are following emergency response,” Maj. Gen. protocols to mitigate the spread of Michael McGuire, Arizona’s ad- the virus among themselves, they jutant general and director of the are not immune. On Friday, the Department of Emergency and Maryland National Guard con- Military Affairs, said in a state- firmed a service member had ment. Prior to Sunday, the state’s tested positive for the virus and troops had focused on filling gaps was moved to isolation, The Bal- in the grocery supply chain by timore Sun reported. About 20 getting products from warehous- additional soldiers who came into OFFICE OF MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI/AP es to stores. contact with the soldier are now “We will adapt as needed to being quarantined as a precau- National Guard troops set up beds at a medical station at the Los Angeles Convention center to help defeat this pandemic and we will tion to prevent the spread of the relieve nearby hospitals. be always ready, always there for virus. the citizens of this great state,” “All elements of society are propriately. This virus affects us during a news conference. also give the service members McGuire said. impacted by [coronavirus], said just as it affects everybody else. On Friday, the Defense Depart- federal benefits such as Tricare Arizona now has more than Maj. Kurt Rauschenberg, Mary- We’re all in this together.” ment took steps to move all Guard health insurance and access to 1,000 troops activated to respond land National Guard spokesman. At least 26 members of the members from state active-duty military medical facilities during to the pandemic. “It’s something that’s impacted Guard have contracted the virus, status to a federally funded sta- their activation. National Guard troops through- the Maryland National Guard as including a Colorado Guard mem- tus known as Title 32. This would [email protected] out the country are also working well. We’re monitoring our per- ber on duty at a coronavirus test- allow states to remain in control Twitter: @Rose_Lori with the Army Corps of Engineers sonnel closely and responding ap- ing site, Lengyel said last week of how the troops are used, but New York congressman activated for National Guard duty

BY NIKKI WENTLING response to the coronavirus He made the announcement line medical staff and our first constituent services, he said. Stars and Stripes pandemic. in a video posted to Twitter on responders out there each and “Soon enough, I’ll be back out Rose, a combat veteran who Tuesday. every day putting their lives on of the military and in my full WASHINGTON — Rep. Max served in Afghanistan, is a cap- “You won’t be hearing from me the line without the equipment roll as congressman,” Rose said. Rose, a Democrat from New tain in the Army National Guard. as much because I’ll be activated they so desperately need.” “Stay safe, stay strong, and I’ll York, will start National Guard He will serve at Staten Island in the military,” Rose said. “This Rose represents Staten Island see you soon.” duty Wednesday after his unit facilities as an operations offi- is a small, small thing compared and parts of southern Brooklyn. [email protected] was called to support the state’s cer in the coronavirus response. to the doctors, nurses, our front- His staff will continue to work on Twitter: @nikkiwentling Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Cruise ship with sick, dead aboard begs Fla. to dock

Associated Press “This is obviously very help- ful for states like ours because it MIAMI — As a cruise ship sends a clear message that we are stranded at sea with dozens sick nowhere near over the hump, that and four dead makes for Florida, we still have an awful lot of work passengers who have been con- to do to try to flatten the curve, fined to their rooms for more and I think it creates a realistic than a week are anxious for relief, expectation in the public about hoping Gov. Ron DeSantis will the time horizon that we are on,” change his mind and allow them Edwards said. to disembark despite confirmed coronavirus cases aboard. Hundreds of passengers and Texas crew members from the Zaandam ORANGE — Texas extending have not stepped on dry land for a mandatory self-quarantine to 15 days as the virus prompted au- drivers crossing from neighbor- thorities around the world to seal ing Louisiana, one of the hot spots borders, implement checkpoints in the coronavirus outbreak in and force people into quarantine. the U.S., began Monday with few Passengers were asked to keep clear signs of how the order was their rooms dark and leave their being enforced as traffic moved drapes closed when they passed freely across state lines. through the Panama Canal on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s Sunday after days of wrangling order Sunday ratcheted up at- with local authorities. tempts to isolate travelers coming JOHN LOCHER/AP The Zaandam’s plans to dock as from areas of the country where early as Wednesday in Florida are coronavirus cases are rising fast- People prepare places to sleep at a makeshift camp for the homeless Monday in Las Vegas. Officials still up in the air but have already est. Abbott said Texas state troop- opened part of a parking lot as a makeshift homeless shelter after a local shelter closed when a man been rebuked by local officials ers would increase patrols near staying there tested positive for the coronavirus. and DeSantis, who says health the Louisiana border and require care resources are stretched too drivers who are stopped to fill the Henry County Democratic Newsom signed an executive while vetoing $167 million she thin. The governor said he has out forms indicating where they Party chairman. He died in Clin- order to temporarily expand the said should be saved as Michigan been in contact with the Coast would isolate. ton, said state Chairwoman Jean health care workforce to staff confronts what are expected to be Guard and the White House about But how troopers would con- Peters Baker . the facilities that will supply the plummeting tax revenues amid diverting the ship. duct those patrols was unclear on 50,000 hospital beds he estimated the pandemic’s economic fallout. Broward County officials will the first day the order went into Minnesota could be needed when the surge Just weeks ago, the Democratic meet Tuesday to decide whether effect. peaks. State models now estimate governor and Republican-led to let the ship dock at its Port The Texas Department of Pub- MINNEAPOLIS — Minne- the peak occurring in mid-May. Legislature had agreed to addi- Everglades cruise ship terminal, lic Safety said in a statement it sota students experienced some The state will waive certain tional mid-year spending to fund where workers who greet passen- would not disclose details about glitches as they began learning professional licensing and certifi- their priorities after a budget im- gers were among Florida’s first enforcement, adding there would from home Monday, a new nor- cation requirements to get work- passe last fall. confirmed coronavirus cases. be no checkpoint on the Louisi- mal that may last the rest of the ers in the field faster. “The world has changed since Dozens on board the Holland ana border at this time. It did not school year as the state tries to “If you’re a nursing school stu- those negotiations, and we must America Line ship have reported immediately respond to requests slow the spread of COVID-19. dent, a medical school student, react and change along with it,” flu-like symptoms and four peo- about how many drivers had been Minnesota had 576 confirmed we need you,” Newsom said. “If Whitmer told reporters while also ple have died, with at least two of stopped Monday . cases as of Monday, up 73 from you’ve just retired in the last few announcing directives to restrict the deaths blamed on the corona- Sunday. The state’s death toll years, we need you.” state departments’ discretionary virus by Panamanian authorities. Massachusetts from COVID-19 rose by one, to spending and to suspend hiring. The company said eight others 10. Health officials said 56 pa- Hawaii She blocked $35 million for a have tested positive for COVID- BOSTON — The superinten- tients were hospitalized Monday, new program she had touted that 19 but 2,300 passengers and crew dent of a Massachusetts veteran’s including 24 in intensive care. HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. would have provided financial members are in good health. home was removed from his du- Gov. Tim Walz gave the closing David Ige further tightened trav- assistance for adults age 25 and ties Monday after 11 residents order two weeks ago to allow ad- el restrictions to limit the spread older to attend community col- Louisiana died, including at least five who ministrators and teachers time to of the coronavirus on Monday by lege. Also vetoed was $16 million had tested positive for coronavi- figure out how to make distance ordering people moving between to partially revive Pure Michigan, BATON ROUGE — Gov. John rus and another five whose re- learning work for the state’s islands to adhere to a 14-day the state’s tourism campaign. Bel Edwards said Monday that he sults are pending. nearly 900,000 public and char- self-quarantine. will extend Louisiana’s “stay at Bennett Walsh was placed on ter school students. They’re not The order, which takes effect North Carolina home” order through the end of paid administrative leave follow- scheduled to return to their class- Wednesday, won’t apply to essen- April, in line with President Don- ing the deaths at the Soldiers’ rooms until at least April 30. tial workers like health care work- RALEIGH — North Carolina’s ald Trump’s most recent guid- Home in Holyoke, The Boston Troubles with the popular ers traveling to other islands. new stay-at-home order won’t ance, as the number of Louisiana Globe reported . Schoology learning manage- The order comes a week after show any conclusive effect on residents who have died from Another surviving 11 resi- ment system were so numerous Ige ordered people arriving from blunting the intensity of the new COVID-19 jumped significantly dents have tested positive for the that it was trending on Twitter in other states or overseas to follow coronavirus for about two weeks, overnight. virus at the home, as have five Minnesota. the same two-week quarantine. the state epidemiologist said Louisiana’s health department staff members, according to the “We’re asking for patience from He’s also ordered all residents to Monday. reported that 185 residents had state Department of Veterans our educators, our families and stay at home for the next month. Restrictions on business op- died from the disease caused by Services. our students as we learn in this Earlier, a University of Ha- erations and prohibitions of gath- the new coronavirus, 34 more Health and Human Services new way for the very first time,” waii economist told lawmakers erings of more than 10 people than the number reported on Deputy Secretary Dan Tsai said Deputy Education Commissioner the coronavirus pandemic has issued by Gov. Roy Cooper on Sunday. Edwards has said Loui- the state has created an onsite Heather Mueller said on the gov- plunged the state’s economy into Friday took effect at 5 p.m. Mon- siana has the second-highest clinical team to respond . ernor’s daily conference call with a recession that’s unprecedented day. Several urban counties and COVID-19 death rate per capita reporters . for people alive in Hawaii today. some cities already began enforc- among states, and he’s warned Missouri “We know Hawaii is already in ing similar orders late last week. that the New Orleans region is California a deep recession. That recession Health officials reported a running low on ventilators, which KANSAS CITY — The number will surpass anything we’ve seen sixth death related to the coro- the hardest-hit patients need. of confirmed coronavirus cases LOS ANGELES — California in our lifetimes,” Carl Bonham navirus Monday — the first re- The Democratic governor’s in Missouri surpassed 1,000 on is recruiting thousands of retired told members of a House commit- ported in Mecklenburg County. stay-home order was supposed to Monday and the state’s death toll health care workers along with tee on the economic and financial Residents from Harnett, Cabar- end April 13, but he said he would rose to 13. medical and nursing students effects of the virus. rus, Buncombe, Johnston and extend it to April 30. That will Health officials said that as of to help as emergency hospitals Rowan counties also have died. keep schools closed, nonessential Monday afternoon, 1,031 cases of that could include sites like the Michigan The state now counts more than businesses shuttered, restaurants COVID-19 have been confirmed Los Angeles Coliseum and other 1,300 positive COVID-19 cases, limited to delivery and takeout in Missouri. That is an increase sports arenas handle an antici- LANSING — Gov. Gretchen a jump of 140 from Sunday. The and gatherings above 10 people of 128 from Sunday. pated flood of coronavirus pa- Whitmer on Monday signed onto number of people hospitalized banned. Edwards thanked Trump One of the deaths announced on tients, Gov. Gavin Newsom said a $150 million funding package to from the virus has grown to more for revising the guidelines. Sunday was William “Al” Grimes, Monday. fight the coronavirus pandemic than 135. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 NATION Trump rolls back mileage standard

Associated Press appears driven by Trump’s push to undo regulatory initiatives of WASHINGTON — The Trump administration rolled back ambi- former President Barack Obama tious Obama-era vehicle mileage and say even the administration standards Tuesday, raising the has had difficulty pointing to the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel kind of specific, demonstrable emissions for years to come and benefits to drivers, public health /AP MATTHEW BROWN gutting one of the United States’ and safety or the economy that A bison walks through the snow in Yellowstone Lamar Valley near Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. biggest efforts against climate normally accompany standards change. changes. The Trump administration The Trump administration released a final rule Tuesday on says the looser mileage standards Yellowstone slaughters wild mileage standards through 2026. will allow consumers to keep buy- The change — after two years of ing the less fuel-efficient SUVs Trump threatening and fighting that U.S. drivers have favored for states and a faction of automakers years. Opponents say it will kill bison to shrink park’s herds that opposed the move — waters several hundred more Americans down a tough Obama mileage a year through dirtier air, com- BY MATTHEW BROWN the National Park Service logo American Indian tribes. standard that would have encour- pared to the Obama standards. Associated Press has long drawn criticism from Of the animals that were cap- aged automakers to ramp up pro- Even “given the catastrophe wildlife advocates and some tured, 105 were kept alive for po- duction of electric vehicles and they’re in with the coronavirus, BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellow- members of Congress. tential enrollment in a quarantine more fuel-efficient gas and diesel they’re pursuing a policy that’s stone National Park is done cap- Officials insist that the pro- program that transfers disease- vehicles. going to hurt public health and turing wild bison for the year gram is necessary to prevent free animals to locations outside “We are delivering on Presi- kill people,” said Chet France, after rounding up almost 550 cattle in the Yellowstone region the park. One bison died in the dent Trump’s promise to correct a former 39-year veteran of the of the wild animals and send- from being infected with brucel- park’s holding pens. the current fuel economy and EPA, where he served as a senior greenhouse gas emissions stan- ing most to slaughter as part of a losis, which can cause abortions To reduce the number of bison official over emissions and mile- dards,” Andrew Wheeler, head population control program, park in pregnant animals. slaughtered, state and park of- age standards. officials said. of the Environmental Protection Park officials had sought to re- ficials have allowed the animals Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, the The culling is carried out under Agency, said in a statement Tues- duce Yellowstone’s approximately to roam more freely in parts of senior Democrat on the Senate a legal agreement between feder- day marking the release. 4,900 bison by 600 to 900 animals Montana and recently sought to Environmental and Public Works al and state officials aimed at pre- this year. At least 822 animals expand the quarantine program He said the final rule “puts in Committee, called it “the height venting the spread of an animal have been killed or removed, ac- so that bison declared disease- place a sensible” national pro- of irresponsibility for this admin- disease to cattle. cording to figures provided by free can be relocated. gram that “strikes the right regu- In addition to those captured, park officials. But that has not satisfied crit- latory balance that protects our istration to finalize a rollback that about 270 bison have been killed Before closing down the bison ics. Wildlife advocates last week environment, and sets reasonable will lead to dirtier air while our by Native American tribal hunt- capture pens along the park bor- filed a lawsuit in federal court in targets for the auto industry. This country is working around the ers as the hulking beasts migrated der near the small Montana com- Washington D.C. seeking to pro- rule supports our economy, and clock to respond to a respiratory outside the park to graze at lower mun it y of Ga rdiner in recent days, tect Yellowstone bison under the the safety of American families.” pandemic whose effects may be elevations in Montana, according workers consigned 442 bison to Endangered Species Act. Opponents contend the change exacerbated by air pollution. ” to figures released Friday. slaughter, said Yellowstone bison The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser- — gutting his predecessor’s The Obama administration The annual slaughter of an biologist Chris Geremia. The vice has previously rejected calls legacy effort against climate- mandated 5% annual increases in iconic animal that’s featured on meat is distributed to members of to protect the animals. changing fossil fuel emissions — fuel economy. US extends waivers on Iran nuclear cooperation sanctions

BY MATTHEW LEE “Iran’s continued expansion ever, had prevailed in an internal keep importing Iranian power. also said that some of the work, Associated Press of nuclear activities is unaccept- debate on the subject last week by President Donald Trump with- particularly at the Tehran reac- able. The regime’s nuclear extor- arguing that the coronavirus pan- drew from the nuclear deal in tor on nuclear isotopes which can WASHINGTON — The Trump tion is among the greatest threats demic made eliminating the waiv- 2018 and has steadily reimposed be used in medicine, is humani- administration on Monday re- to international peace and secu- ers unpalatable at a time when the U.S. sanctions on Iran that had tarian in nature. newed several waivers on U.S. rity,” State Department spokes- administration is being criticized been eased or lifted under its But Iran hawks in Congress sanctions against Iran, allowing woman Morgan Ortagus said in a for refusing to ease sanctions to terms. The so-called “civilian-nu- have been pressing Pompeo to Russian, European and Chinese statement. deal with the outbreak clear cooperation” waivers allow eliminate all the waivers, say- companies to continue to work Current and former officials Last week, the administration foreign companies to do work at ing that they should be revoked on Iran’s civilian nuclear facili- familiar with the matter said that slapped new sanctions on 20 Ira- some of Iran’s declared nuclear ties without drawing American Pompeo had opposed extending nian people and companies for sites without becoming subject to because they give Iran access to penalties. the waivers, which are among the supporting Shi ite militia in Iraq U.S. sanctions. technology which could be used Secretary of State Mike Pom- few remaining components of the held responsible for attacks on Deal supporters have said that for weapons. The hawks most peo signed off on the waiver ex- 2015 Iran nuclear deal that the bases where U.S. forces are locat- the waivers give international strenuously objected to the waiver tensions but couched the decision administration has not canceled. ed. At the same time, however, it experts a valuable window into that allowed work at Iran’s once- as one that continues restrictions The officials said Treasury extended another sanctions waiv- Iran’s atomic program that might secret Fordow facility, which is on Iran’s atomic work. Secretary Steven Mnuchin, how- er to allow energy-starved Iraq to otherwise not exist. They have built into a mountain. Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION US outlines plans for Epidemic likely dooms Missouri recreational Venezuela transition, marijuana campaign

Associated Press Campaign manager John relief on sanctions Payne said that because of social JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Nicolas Maduro distancing and other safety con- The spread of the coronavirus cerns, there is no practical way BY JOSHUA GOODMAN tary apart from Maduro. named by the other council mem- has likely doomed an effort to get for campaign workers to gather Associated Press What’s being dubbed the “Dem- bers. Neither Maduro nor Guaido a proposal to legalize recreational the signatures. He said that the ocratic Framework for Venezu- would be on the council. marijuana in Missouri on the No- campaign is exploring options MIAMI — The Trump admin- ela” would require Maduro and “The hope is that this setup pro- vember ballot, according to orga- and suggested the state could ex- istration is prepared to lift sanc- Guaido to step aside and hand motes the selection of people who nizers of the campaign. tions on Venezuela in support of tend the deadline for turning in power to a five-member coun- are very broadly respected and With businesses closing, public the signatures. a new proposal to form a transi- cil of state to govern the country known as people who can work gatherings restricted and more tional government representing But Maura Browning, spokes- until presidential and parliamen- with the other side,” U.S. Special people staying at home because allies of both Nicolas Maduro and woman for Secretary of State tary elections can be held in late Representative for Venezuela El- of the virus, it is becoming harder opposition leader Juan Guaido, Jay Ashcroft, said that Ashcroft to find voters to sign the petitions, U.S. officials said. 2020, according to a written sum- liott Abrams told the AP in a pre- doesn’t have the authority to ex- said Dan Viets, chairman of the The plan, which was to be pre- mary of the proposal seen by The view of the plan. “Even people in tend the deadline because the sented Tuesday by Secretary of Associated Press. the regime look at this and real- Missourians for a New Approach date is outlined in the Missouri State Mike Pompeo, echoes a pro- Four of the members would be ize Maduro has to go, but the rest committee. Constitution. posal made over the weekend by appointed by the opposition-con- of us are being treated well and The campaign has collected Payne said that the campaign Guaido that shows how growing trolled National Assembly that fairly.” 60,000 signatures. It needs to col- would try to put a similar ques- concerns about the coronavirus, Guaido heads. To draw buy-in The plan also outlines for the lect 170,000 signatures by May 3 tion on the 2022 ballot if the 2020 which threatens to overwhelm from the ruling socialist party, first time U.S. requirements for to get the question of whether to campaign ends. the South American country’s a two-thirds majority would be lifting sanctions against Maduro legalize the use of marijuana for If the question makes the ballot, already collapsed health system required. The fifth member, who officials and the oil industry — the those 21 or older on the Novem- Missouri would have a chance to and crippled economy, are reviv- would serve as interim president source of nearly all of Venezuela’s ber ballot, The St. Louis Post-Dis- become the 12th state in the U.S. ing U.S. attempts to pull the mili- until elections are held, would be foreign income. patch reported. to fully legalize marijuana. Wyoming court to make ruling on gender changes to birth certificates

Associated Press and rules for the Wyoming De- lature has not given the court the der woman who is exercising her Current Wyoming law does not partment of Health. power to issue a gender change rights under Wyoming law,” at- contain language recognizing CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wy- torney George Powers said. “The same-sex marriage or recognize oming Supreme Court is expect- The woman, identified only by order, but the health department’s ed to rule on a case that would the initials M.H., filed to have her rules allow the sex on a birth cer- statutes and law required her to that women can be police officers determine whether transgender name and gender legally changed tificate to be amended. get a court order to exercise those or firefighters. residents can change the genders in April 2019. The court said that it “could rights.” Burlingame said, “You think a on their birth certificates. The state health department not usurp the power of the legis- The Legislature has not kept woman never put a fire out?” The case could decide if the said that the request required a lature to create statutory author- pace with changes affecting Burlingame said that she hopes Laramie County District Court court ruling. ity where the legislature did not gender and vital statistics, said to bring future legislation to ad- has jurisdiction to recognize a A Laramie district court judge establish.” Democratic state Rep. Sara Bur- dress gender issues in the law. change of sex by a transgender said that Wyoming birth certifi- The woman’s lawyer said that lingame, who noted that some “We’re just doing what we’ve woman, The Wyoming Tribune cations identify a person’s sex, not the district court left them in a statutes have been on the books always done in Wyoming, which Eagle reported Sunday. gender, and denied the petition “Catch-22” situation, and they since Wyoming gained statehood. is stick up for our neighbors,” The high court is also expected because of a lack of jurisdiction. hope the Supreme Court appeal “That law no longer fits in Burlingame said. “We don’t need to decide whether the jurisdiction The district court filed a brief will allow her to proceed. 2020,” Burlingame said. “We to agree on all the particulars. We would comply with state statute arguing that the Wyoming Legis- “I’m representing a transgen- have wholly different issues.” just take care of each other.” PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 NATION FBI reaches out to senator over his stock sales

BY ERIC TUCKER a thorough review of the facts in Associated Press this matter, which will establish that his actions were appropri- WASHINGTON — The FBI has ate,” the statement said. reached out to Sen. Richard Burr Burr, whose stock sales were TONY DEJAK/AP about his sale of stocks before the first reported by ProPublica and coronavirus caused markets to The Center for Responsive Poli- Executive Director Chrisse France talks about Preterm, the busiest abortion clinic in Ohio, in plummet, a person familiar with tics, is one of several senators the procedure room in Cleveland in February. A judge ruled Monday that a new Ohio order is the matter said Monday. whose financial dealings have unconstitutional if it prevents abortions from being carried out during the coronavirus outbreak. The outreach suggests federal generated scrutiny in recent law enforcement officials may weeks. be looking to determine whether Senate records show that Burr the North Carolina Republican and his wife sold between roughly Judges slow abortion bans in exploited advance information $600,000 and $1.7 million in more when he dumped as much as $1.7 than 30 transactions in late Janu- million in stocks in the days be- ary and mid- fore the coronavirus wreaked February, Texas, Ohio, Ala. amid virus havoc on the economy. just before Burr has denied wrongdoing the market Associated Press Monday night, U.S. District but has also requested an ethics began to ‘ Judge Myron Thompson issued DES MOINES, Iowa — Fed- Preventing them review of the stock sales. nosedive and a temporary restraining order eral judges on Monday temporar- The Justice Department’s ac- government from getting an against Alabama’s order, say- ily blocked efforts in Texas and tion, first reported by CNN, was health offi- abortion doesn’t ing the ruling will be in effect confirmed by a person familiar cials began Alabama to ban abortions dur- through April 13 while he consid- with the matter who was not au- to sound ing the coronavirus pandemic, do anything to stop ers additional arguments. thorized to discuss it and spoke alarms handing Planned Parenthood Thompson wrote the state’s con- on condition of anonymity. The about the and other abortion providers a the COVID-19 virus, cerns about conserving medical Justice Department declined to Burr virus. Sev- victory as clinics across the U.S. it just takes the equipment during the pandemic, comment. eral of the filed lawsuits to stop states from does not “outweigh the serious, In a statement, Alice Fisher, an stocks were in companies that trying to shutter them during the decision whether to and, in some cases, permanent, attorney for Burr, said, “The law own hotels. outbreak. have a child out of harms imposed by the denial of is clear that any American — in- Burr has acknowledged selling A new Ohio order is also uncon- an individual’s right to privacy.” cluding a Senator — may partici- the stocks because of the corona- stitutional if it prevents abortions their hands. ’ Alabama abortion clinics had pate in the stock market based virus but said he relied “solely on from being carried out, a separate said that without court action, judge ruled Monday. The ruling Randall Marshall on public information, as Senator public news reports,” specifically executive director, ACLU of Alabama they would be forced to cancel Burr did. CNBC’s daily health and science instructed clinics to determine on more than 20 abortions scheduled “When this issue arose, Sena- reporting out of Asia, to make the a case-by-case basis if an abor- for Tuesday. tor Burr immediately asked the financial decisions. tion can be delayed to maximize “Preventing them from getting resources — such as preserving Senate Ethics Committee to con- There is no indication that Center for Reproductive Rights an abortion doesn’t do anything personal protective equipment — duct a complete review, and he Burr, whose six-year term ends and local lawyers in each state. to stop the COVID-19 virus, it needed to fight the coronavirus. If will cooperate with that review in 2023 and who does not plan to Their aim, like abortion pro- just takes the decision whether to as well as any other appropriate run for reelection, was acting on the abortion is deemed necessary viders in Texas, is to stop state have a child out of their hands,” inquiry. Senator Burr welcomes inside information . and can’t be delayed, it’s declared officials from prohibiting abor- Randall Marshall, executive di- legally essential. tions as part of temporary policy rector of the American Civil Lib- The rulings indicated judges changes related to the coronavi- erties Union of Alabama, said in a were pushing back on Republi- rus pandemic. statement. can-controlled states including Alabama closed many nones- Idaho governor signs into law abortion in sweeping orders as Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt an- nounced Friday that abortions sential businesses with a state the outbreak grows in the U.S. health order, effective Saturday. 2 anti-transgender measures In Texas, the ruling came down were included in his executive order banning all elective surger- Alabama Attorney General Steve after state Attorney General Ken Marshall said earlier Monday the Associated Press could cost $1 million if the state Paxton, a Republican, said abor- ies and minor medical procedures until April 7, unless the procedure state would not offer a “blanket had to defend the ban again and tion was included in a statewide exemption” to abortion clinics. BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. was necessary to prevent serious lost. ban on nonessential surgeries. In Ohio, Planned Parenthood Brad Little on Monday signed into health risks to the mother. Stitt “There’s an injunction that But U.S. District Judge Lee and abortion clinics that sued last law two anti-transgender bills, said the order was needed to help already absolutely forbids this Yeakel said the “Supreme Court year to try to thwart a law that making Idaho the first among preserve the state’s limited supply policy, and the government can’t has spoken clearly” on a woman’s bans most abortions after a first states that introduced some 40 enforce this law without violating right to abortion. One abortion of personal protective equipment, such bills this year to enact them. detectable fetal heartbeat are a court order,” said Peter Renn provider in Texas, Whole Wom- like surgical masks and gloves. asking a court to speed its deci- The Republican governor ap- of Lambda Legal, the law firm an’s Health, said it had canceled A spokesman for Stitt referred sion in that case and to consider proved legislation that prohib- that represented two transgender more than 150 appointments in questions about the challenge to a recent coronavirus order by the its transgender people from women whose lawsuit led to the the days after the Texas order Attorney General Mike Hunter, state health director. In filings changing the sex listed on their court ruling. “The ramifications went into effect. who vowed in a statement to de- Monday, the groups’ attorneys ar- birth certificates, and another of contempt (of court) are quite “There can be no outright ban fend the ban. gued “the state is again attempt- that bans transgender girls and furious.” on such a procedure,” Yeakel “My office will vigorously de- ing to ban abortions” through Dr. women from competing in wom- Backers of the legislation said wrote. Paxton said the state would fend the governor’s executive Amy Acton’s directive barring all en’s sports. the law is needed so Idaho has ac- appeal. order and the necessity to give “non-essential” procedures and The birth certificate measure curate birth records . The rulings happened Monday precedence to essential medical Attorney General Dave Yost’s ignores a 2018 federal court rul- The sports ban applies to all as lawsuits were also filed in Iowa procedures during this daunting threats that it will be enforced. ing that a past law barring trans- sports teams sponsored by public and Oklahoma, after governors public health crisis,” Hunter’s Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds gender people from making the schools, colleges and universities. in those states similarly ordered statement said. “Make no mis- spokesman Pat Garrett said the birth certificate changes violated A girls’ or women’s team will not a stop to non-emergency proce- take, this lawsuit will itself drain governor “is focused on protect- the U.S. Constitution. The judge be open to transgender students dures and specifically included significant resources, medical ing Iowans from an unprecedent- scrapped the ban and warned who identify as female. Backers abortion among them. and legal, from emergency ef- ed public health disaster, and she against new rules. The Idaho at- said the law was needed because The lawsuits were filed by forts, and likely, directly and suspended all elective surgeries torney general’s office, which transgender female athletes have Planned Parenthood, the Ameri- indirectly, bring harm to Oklaho- and procedures to preserve Io- didn’t appeal the ruling, said it physical advantages. can Civil Liberties Union, the mans as a result.” wa’s health care resources.” Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 FACES John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says John Prine is in stable condi- tion after being placed on a ven- tilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms, his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine, said Monday. The singer-songwriter’s fam- ily said Sunday that Prine was critically ill. Fiona Prine’s mes- NOW sage Monday on social media suggested his condition had im- proved overnight. Prine remains hospitalized. “Please continue to send your amazing love and prayers,” she said on Twitter. “Sing his songs. STREAM Stay home and wash hands. John loves you. I love you.” News that Prine’s health was in jeopardy provoked an outpouring of affection for Prine. Joan Baez responded with a video of her playing his song “Hello In There” THIS from her kitchen. Fiona Prine earlier in March tested positive for coronavirus and said the couple was quar- antined and isolated from each Universal Music other. Fiona Prine, who is also Prine’s manager, said Monday Sam Hunt took six years to release his second studio album, “Southside.” It’s sure to be a hit by the time it’s released this Friday. that she has recovered from COVID-19. The 73-year-old Prine, one of James Bond, ‘Onward,’ Sam Hunt and ‘The Talk’ freshly available this week the most influential singer-song- writers in folk and country music, Associated Press “The Other Lamb”: Raffey Cassidy plays time to create the album, releasing singles has twice fought cancer. a teenager who has been part of a cult since randomly. (“Body Like a Back Road” came pic adventures, exotic locales and birth in Malgorzata Szumowska’s beautifully in 2017, “Downtown’s Dead” in 2018 and Placido Domingo feels cocktails mixed to order by bar- disturbing film. Available for rental Friday “Kinfolks” last year.) “Southside” features tenders — they may be largely off ‘fine’ after coronavirus from IFC, it’s not quite a horror, but it is his signature sexy-talk delivery and is a mix limits for the moment, but not on a E haunting. And it’s only 97 minutes. of personal tunes and upbeat jams. Tenor Placido Domingo said device near you. “Onward”: Parents, rejoice; there’s anoth- Thundercat, “It Is What It Is”: Talented Monday he is resting at home after This week’s fresh offerings include a re- er fresh option to keep the family occupied: multi-instrumentalist Thundercat pays trib- catching the new coronavirus. cently-released Pixar animated tale, a mar- “Onward” is coming to Disney Plus on Fri- ute to his friend and collaborator, the late rap- Domingo said in a statement athon of James Bond films and new music day. AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote that per Mac Miller, on “Fair Chance,” one of the that he is “at home and I feel from country star Sam Hunt. Also out this “its eccentric odyssey of two brothers delv- songs from his new album, “It Is What It Is.” fine.” week is the reissue of a rare Nina Simone ing into a fantastical past to find their way It’s a special moment, but the new album, out The 79-year-old was reportedly record from her time in Paris when feelings through grief and self-doubt is a worthy ad- April 3, isn’t all somber: Just press play on hospitalized in Mexico after pub- of loneliness crept in. And the ladies of “The dition to the studio’s canon.” “Dragonball Durag,” a smooth, West Coast licly acknowledging on March Talk” return — at a safe social distance — — Lindsey Bahr 22 that he had tested positive for from their own homes. groove, and you’ll be in the right mood. “It Is What It Is” includes great collaborations, COVID-19 and said he was going Here’s a collection curated by The Asso- into isolation. Domingo had suf- ciated Press’ entertainment journalists of Music including guest appearances from Childish Gambino, Ty Dolla $ign, Kamasi Washing- fered from a fever and a cough. what’s arriving on TV, streaming services Nina Simone, “Fodder on My Wings”: Domingo wrote on Monday that and music platforms this week. ton and BADBADNOTGOOD. For a new generation who may have learned — Mesfin Fekadu “from the very first symptom I about the incomparable Nina Simone in the was, as usual, under medical su- Movies epic 2015 Netflix documentary “What Hap- Television pervision, given my age and my pened, Miss Simone?” — here’s a chance to comorbidity.” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”: Most discover her talents again in album form. “Desus & Mero”: Pals Desus Nice (Daniel “My thoughts right now are people missed what is arguably the best “Fodder on My Wings” was recorded in Baker) and The Kid Mero (Joel Martinez) with those who suffer and with movie of the year so far in theaters. Eliza 1982 not long after Simone moved to Paris. bring their comedic chemistry and a young- all those who are generously Hittman’s film about a teenage girl trying to She was said to be lonely and her mental er — sorry, network hosts! — perspective to working to save lives,” he said. “I get an abortion came out right as they began illness worsening while she recorded the thank everyone for your affection to close. Focus Features will release it for late-night from their respective homes. Fans album, and the mood is perfectly captured and once again I recommend ev- rental starting Friday. or the curious can tune in free with Show- on the title track. There are James Bond marathon: Get the martinis time’s 30-day, no-cost trial. eryone to stay safe at home. See more gems here: The song ready; Amazon Prime has 21 James Bond “The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show”: you soon.” “Alone Again (Naturally)” pics in 4K ultra high definition available Comedian-writer-actress Iliza Shlesinger starting Wednesday. is lyrical improvisation (“Spenser Confidential”) and an ensem- Other news about the death of her fa- ble cast tear into pop culture and gender ther. “Fodder on My Wings” tropes in Netflix’s six-part series, debuting  The Yemeni-American poet was not made widely available Wednesday. Threa Almontaser has won the until Friday. The original album “Hawaii Five-0” finale: CBS is saying Walt Whitman Award for best “Onward” will be expanded with three bonus goodbye after 10 seasons and welcome back first book. Almontaser’s “The comes to tracks from the recording sessions to Pauley Perrette, the network’s onetime Wild Fox of Yemen” comes out in Disney from a rare French reissue released “NCIS” star. The two-hour series finale April 2021. As part of the award, Plus this in 1988. Simone, who died at age 70 in of “Hawaii Five-0,” a reboot of the police the Academy of American Poets week. 2003, was inducted into the Rock and drama born in 1968, will air April 5 on AFN- will purchase hundreds of copies Disney/ Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Prime. Perrette switches gears with the sit- of her book and distribute them to Pixar Sam Hunt, “Southside”: Sam Hunt com “Broke,” debuting Thursday on CBS All members.  couldn’t fall into the trap of the sopho- Access, playing a single mom who takes in Tomie dePaola, the prolific more slump if he tried — his second studio her sister (Natasha Leggero) and brother- children’s author and illustrator album will reach gold status even before in-law (Jaime Camil) after they fall on hard who delighted generations with it is released on Friday. That’s because times. tales of Strega Nona, the kindly “Southside” includes the hit “Body Like a If you’re starting to run out of conversation and helpful old witch in Italy, Back Road,” has already sold six million at home, with yourself or others, the hosts of died Monday at age 85. He was tracks. It comes a whopping six years after CBS’ “The Talk” (daily, AFN-Spectrum) are badly injured in a fall last week Hunt released his uber-successful debut back to help. Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Un- and died of complications follow- album, “Montevallo,” which launched five derwood, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba and Marie ing surgery. He worked on close hits and earned him Grammy nominations Osmond will practice social distancing on to 250 books in a half century of for best new artist and best country album. “The Talk@Home.” publishing. Instead of rushing out a follow-up, he took — Lynn Elber From wire reports Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Gun in waistband accidentally discharged

COLEBROOK — Po- NH lice in New Hampshire said that they are investigating the unintentional discharge of a firearm by a man who was car- rying an unholstered gun in his waistband. State police said that Tyler Rancloes, 25, of Columbia, was brought to the hospital Sunday with injuries that were believed to be non-life-threatening. He was at a gathering with several others in Columbia when the gun went off. Police said that they are investigating whether cir- cumstances surrounding the unintentional discharge warrant criminal charges. Suspect dies of medical emergency after pursuit

MARION — A Virginia VA sheriff’s office said that a suspect died of an unspecified medical emergency after being taken into custody following a bi- zarre chase. The Smyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the case began when it received a call Saturday night about some- DAVID GOLDMAN/AP one driving the wrong way on a road. Another emergency caller said that the driver had crashed through the utility gate of a Worshipping at a distance business. Deputies found the pickup The Rev. Peter Gower waves to worshippers as they leave the Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church parking lot Sunday in Johnston, R.I. Gower truck, which then led investiga- started to celebrate the Mass from the front door of the church as gatherings became restricted due to the coronavirus. Parishioners do not tors on a pursuit, according to the take communion, there is no collection plate passed, and they remain in their cars as they listen to the service over the radio. news release. Authorities said that during the pursuit, the suspect headstones. THE CENSUS gia and a virtual field trip to the struck several police vehicles. The Delaware State Police marshes of Jekyll Island. After a n officer forced the said in a news release that troop- The approximate value per pound of baby eels, called Called “Scute School” after truck off the road, the driver tried ers responded to a single vehicle elvers, in Maine. The state’s lucrative harvest of elvers the name for the bony plates that to set it on fire. The sheriff said collision Saturday morning. The was to begin Monday after the coronavirus forced the form turtle shells, the series is officers forced their way into the release said the driver ran a red $2K season to be delayed. Fishermen catch elvers in rivers being streamed on the Facebook vehicle and removed the combat- light, crashed through a brick and streams every spring, as they’re an important part pages of the Georgia Sea Turtle ive driver. wall and drove over several head- of the worldwide supply chain for Japanese food. The season would have started Center and Jekyll Island. New in- Once in custody, the man suf- stones at the Midway Presby- on March 22, but Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick stallments are scheduled through fered a medical emergency, ac- terian Church cemetery in the Keliher said at the time that aspects of the fishery made it difficult to maintain at least April 10. cording to the news release. He Rehoboth Beach area. Witnesses social distancing and help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. was given CPR and taken to a hos- told officers the suspect got out of pital where he was pronounced the vehicle and fled on foot. Top court looks at small dead. The news release doesn’t The suspect, a 32-year-old town speeding dispute State Thruway Wednesday morn- clothes, attempted to take over define the medical emergency. from Rehoboth Beach, was found ing, police said. A trooper found the scene involving a barricaded nearby and taken into custody. SARANAC — The the vehicle and tried to handcuff subject in Espanola, N.M., on Authorities said heroin and drug A rson charges filed Gandia. Gandia got out of his car Saturday. Espanola Police Chief MI state’s highest court is paraphernalia were found in his in fire at school and tried to fight the trooper, au- Richard Jimenez wrote that of- taking a look at a speed limit dis- vehicle. thorities said. ficers reported Lujan smelled of pute in a small town in western GRAY — A man has The man was arrested on charg- Gandia was arrested, and po- alcohol and ignored commands to Michigan. ME been charged with set- es including driving under the in- lice reportedly found several leave the “kill zone” in front of the The Supreme Court said that ting fire to an elementary school fluence and drug possession. weapons and a pipe bomb in his house of the barricaded subject. it will hear arguments in the in Maine, officials said Sunday. car. Authorities also recovered Lujan told the Santa Fe New months ahead in the case of An- Robert MacKenzie, 22, was ar- More charges for man nine “possible” destructive de- Mexican that the accusations in thony Owen, who was accused of rested and charged with arson found with explosives vices from inside Gandia’s home, the criminal complaint are false. drunken driving in Saranac in Saturday. officials said. Ionia County. MacKenzie is accused of set- NIAGARA FALLS — Sea Turtle Center puts A sheriff’s deputy said that the ting a pile of leaves on fire in the NY A man in western New Police: Sheriff showed stop was justified because Owen entryway of Russell School, an el- lessons for kids online York who police said had nine ex- was speeding in a 25 mph zone. ementary school in Gray, accord- up at standoff drunk plosive devices in his home is fac- JEKYLL ISLAND But Owen’s lawyer argued that ing to a spokesman for the state ing additional charges. RIO RANCHO — The — Georgia’s hospital the speed limit was actually 55 Department of Public Safety. GA Jose M. Gandia, 47, of Niagara New Mexico Attor- for sick and injured sea turtles mph by default because there was The fire reportedly damaged NM Falls, has been charged with un- ney General’s Office is review- is holding online lessons for a table and a few other items in no sign on Parsonage Road. lawful possession of a destructive ing a case involving a sheriff who children. the entrance and released smoke The Michigan appeals court in device and unlawful possession of police said showed up drunk to a The Georgia Sea Turtle Cen- throughout the school. There was 2019 ruled in favor of Owen and a shortened shotgun, according to SWAT standoff and tried to order ter on Jekyll Island has been minimal damage to the building. threw out evidence of drunken U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy officers away. streaming live educational videos driving, saying that a “reason- Jr. He faces a maximum penalty Attorney General spokesman featuring insights from its turtle ably competent” officer should Cemetery crash leading of 10 years in prison. Gandia is Matt Baca told The Associated experts daily since March 19. have known that Owen couldn’t already facing other charges, in- Press late Friday that a complaint The series aims to help children to possible drug charges be stopped for speeding. But the cluding assaulting a police officer naming Rio Arriba County Sher- keep learning while schools are Supreme Court last week said REHOBOTH BEACH and menacing. iff James Lujan had been referred closed during the coronavirus DE — State troopers in State police troopers respond- to the office and the prosecutors pandemic. that it’s wondering if the officer Delaware arrested a man on ed to reports of a man pointing began reviewing it. Lessons so far have included simply “made an objectively rea- drug charges after they said he a shotgun with a red laser out of A criminal complaint filed segments on the different sea tur- sonable mistake of law.” drove into a cemetery and over a pickup truck on the New York Thursday said that Lujan, in plain tle species found in coastal Geor- From wire reports PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Crisis reveals a long list of deficiencies Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY CONOR SEN and borrowers took on more debt than they fight a public-health crisis. Outsourcing Bloomberg Opinion could afford on the assumption they would supply chains to other countries can lead soon sell their homes for a profit. Many of to shortages of essential goods. 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There’s always Hugh Hewitt, a Washington Post contributing col- © Stars and Stripes 2020 umnist, hosts a nationally syndicated radio show dubbed — and Democrats join in, and they time to buy the bicycle later on. and is author of “The Fourth Way: The Conservative stripes.com are joined by all the celebrities singing on To what end would our treasury use the Playbook for a Lasting GOP Majority.” Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 OPINION China fills leadership void as pandemic plays out

BY DOYLE MCMANUS second-largest, its military is far smaller Los Angeles Times than America’s. It has fewer allies. It limits access to the internet, jails dissidents and WASHINGTON recently expelled journalists from major n the best of all pandemic-ridden U.S. news organizations. worlds, the coronavirus would spur And Beijing’s aid offensive hasn’t been powerful countries to cooperate with error-free. There has been a backlash in Ione another since everyone is facing parts of Europe against clumsy Chinese the same danger. efforts to mix humanitarian aid with com- Not this time. The United States and mercial deals, like the electronic giant China have turned the pandemic into a Huawei’s shipments of surgical masks to battle zone in their struggle for global in- fluence. And so far, the United States is los- countries where it’s seeking big contracts. ing ground. “I’d say both the U.S. and China are After bungling its initial response to the playing the soft-power game very poorly,” infections that first appeared in Wuhan, Susan A. Thornton, a former State Depart- China appears to have largely contained ment China expert, told me. the contagion and is delivering medical “Trying to use a disaster response to supplies to Italy, Spain and other hard-hit score political points is tricky,” she said. countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping “When thousands of people are dying, spent last week on the phone offering you’d better be seen to be doing every- well-publicized help to leaders around the thing you can to save lives and cooperate, SZILARD KOSZTICSAK, MTI/AP world. or you’re not going to win any hearts and The White House bungled the U.S. re- A worker disinfects the baggage container of a plane of Hungarian airline WizzAir after minds.” sponse by failing to stockpile test kits and unloading boxes containing medical aid and protective materials sent from China to If the question is which political or medical supplies, insisting that a travel combat the coronavirus, at Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest on Saturday . economic model has been most effective ban with China would protect Americans. in fighting the pandemic, the answer is It didn’t. After initially sending aid to Italy, countries and then “claiming that they are ropean countries in the grips of the deadly neither China nor the United States. The federal officials are now frantically trying now the white hat.” pandemic want China’s help. They don’t places that have fared best so far are well- to buy masks and other critically needed Pompeo also created a needless diplo- want to score rhetorical points against Bei- run democracies with sophisticated health gear from other countries to cover short- matic flap last week by demanding that jing; they need to stay on Xi’s good side. care networks that did lots of early testing: ages at home. the Group of 7 democracies blame the China’s apparent recovery, coupled with South Korea, Taiwan, possibly Germany. Meanwhile, Beijing and Washington pandemic on the “Wuhan virus” in a joint the White House disarray, has given Xi Like any other global cataclysm, the squabbled over which country was to communique intended to show global pow- an opportunity to win hearts and minds pandemic appears likely to change the blame. ers standing shoulder to shoulder during a around the world. When people are sick, balance of power — depending partly on In China, officials initially tried to cover global crisis. they don’t care where the medicine comes which countries recover quickly. up the Wuhan outbreak and rebuffed U.S. The other G-7 countries refused and the from. Xi is simply doing what any normal So far, China appears to have increased and United Nations offers to send scientists joint statement was shelved. As a result, a big-power leader would do: working to ex- its influence; how much isn’t clear. It has to help study the virus. The Chinese For- once-powerful coalition led by the United pand his country’s influence. eign Ministry spread a conspiracy theory, States was visibly disunited. The problem isn’t that China is acting made the United States look ineffective; unsupported by evidence, that visiting U.S. President Donald Trump chairs the G-7 more like a global leader. It’s that the Unit- how durably isn’t clear. soldiers had introduced it. this year, but diplomats said he didn’t con- ed States is acting less like one. It has made traditional institutions of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called vene a videoconference of its leaders until The State Department offered aid to international cooperation, like the U.N. his counterpart in Beijing to complain, France’s Emmanuel Macron repeatedly more than two dozen countries, but it’s and the G-7, look irrelevant as a medical and launched a broad attack on Xi’s nudged him to. been virtually invisible, both because this catastrophe and economic carnage pose government. That’s not leadership. administration is preoccupied with the dangers to global stability. “The Chinese Communist Party poses a Pompeo is right about the facts. China pandemic at home and because it shows That makes the most likely outcome a substantial threat to our health and way of did try to cover up the initial outbreak. Its such disdain for alliances and internation- world in which nobody’s a winner. life, as the Wuhan virus clearly has demon- Communist Party does lead a brutally au- al organizations. Doyle McManus is a Washington columnist for the strated,” Pompeo told reporters, blasting thoritarian regime. China’s still recovering from its out- Los Angeles Times and director of the journalism Beijing for providing assistance to other But he is ignoring our allies’ needs. Eu- break. Although its economy is the world’s program at Georgetown University. Russian facade of control over COVID-19 is cracking

BY GARRY KASPAROV reporting on Moscow’s ability to blanket ics. HIV officially barely exists in Russia, the false and immoral choice between sav- Special to The Washington Post the world with lies. where it is still wrongly considered a “gay ing lives and restoring economic growth. The Kremlin could fudge the corona- disease,” and where the LGBTQ communi- Trump’s callousness about potential ith most of Europe and the virus numbers, tout its response on state- ty is a persecuted minority. Activist groups victims of the pandemic has been jarring, United States shutting down to run media and censor social media posts trying to track HIV and educate about it even by this president’s standards. A cri- slow the coronavirus pandem- exposing a mounting crisis, but ultimately are harassed and shut down. Unsurpris- sis means difficult choices, impossible Wic’s advance, it was surprising — just as China discovered — the govern- ingly, Russia is one of the few places where decisions that must still be made. But valu- in recent weeks to hear that Russia had ment could not spin a relentless virus. HIV cases are increasing. ing every life — including the elderly, the apparently dodged COVID-19 almost en- In the past few days, the Russian facade Putin’s coronavirus malpractice isn’t weak, the vulnerable — is one of the signal tirely. Maps of the outbreak drew a suspi- has begun to crack. Reports of overloaded just the latest misery visited upon the Rus- traits that distinguish democracies from ciously tidy ring around the largest nation hospitals are emerging, Moscow’s mayor sian people; he also endangers the rest of dictatorships. on Earth, as if Russian dictator Vladimir said the official numbers were wrong, and the world. Remember the lessons of Cher- Many of the core elements of democracy Putin had simply banned the virus like he Putin made one of his ritual photo-ops at a nobyl. The toxic nuclear cloud that the are already under pressure from the virus has free speech and opposition candidates. hospital in full protective gear, finally ac- Soviet authorities pretended didn’t exist itself. Public gatherings, including some It seemed an unlikely miracle. Russia’s knowledging the crisis. [A lockdown order until it was over Sweden did not stop at the elections, have been suspended. Privacy is risk factors include a health care system for the capital went into effect Monday, Soviet border. The artificially low corona- readily abandoned for tracking apps that that is creaky at best outside of the afflu- and will last for at least two weeks, city of- virus numbers kept Russia off most flight can help control the spread. Even the so- ent city centers; countless international ficials said] If the Trump administration’s ban and mandatory quarantine lists as the cial media platforms that routinely tolerate travelers; a large migrant labor force; and example is anything to go by, months of pandemic spread, with hundreds of flights offensive speech and foreign propaganda a 2,600-mile border with China, where the ignoring and distorting reality will almost going in and out of the country. have moved quickly to take down misinfor- virus originated. While COVID-19 was certainly make the consequences in Rus- The human cost would be beside the mation about COVID-19. Worthwhile mea- filling European hospitals, Russia was still sia far worse. point to Putin, who cares only about send- sures in the short term could be used for filling soccer stadiums with fans and, in It is remarkable that anyone ever took ing the message that he is strong and in bad ends in the wrong hands. one case, the opening ceremony of a chess Russia’s coronavirus numbers at face control. If you think that description also The pandemic will leave its mark, event in a theater with more than a thou- value. Like most dictatorships, Putin’s re- applies to President Donald Trump’s re- changing the world in ways big and small; sand people. gime lies constantly, even when it doesn’t cent news conferences, you wouldn’t be we must unite to determine the kind of so- Yet the official Kremlin line, parroted have to. Authoritarian regimes are ob- wrong. Trump’s tendency to echo auto- ciety we want to live in on the other side of to varying degrees by every Russian news sessed with information control, especially cratic rhetoric is well-established, and the it. While we battle to stop the virus from outlet, was that rapid testing and travel when there is news that could make them pandemic is no exception. Having wasted destroying our bodies, we must also hold restrictions had turned the country into a look weak. No appearance of vulnerability precious weeks minimizing the threat, dearly to our souls. America will outlast citadel. Reports on Russia’s success were can be permitted, otherwise the people Trump and his acolytes started (though the coronavirus despite Trump, and it also spread by the international media might start getting dangerous ideas. then abandoned) a drumbeat about return- doesn’t have to become like him to do it. with only marginally greater skepticism — Then there is Putin’s track record in ing to normal life by Easter — April 12! Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew despite having spent the past three years the specific realm of health and epidem- — in a rhetorical campaign that demanded Democracy Initiative. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 SCOREBOARD/MLB

Sports Red Sox’s on AFN Sale has Go to the American Forces Network website for the most surgery up-to-date TV schedules. myafn.net on elbow Deals BY JIMMY GOLEN Monday’s transactions Associated Press FOOTBALL National Football League BOSTON — Red Sox starter BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed DE Der- Chris Sale had Tommy John sur- ek Wolfe to a one-year contract. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed K Greg gery on his left elbow on Monday, Zuerlein, CB Maurice Canady and CB C.J. his 31st birthday, waiting 11 days Goodwin. DENVER BRONCOS — Re-signed OLB after doctors said he needed the Jeremiah Attaochu to a one-year con- operation because of difficulty in tract. Signed P Sam Martin to a three- year contract. scheduling during the coronavi- GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed RT rus pandemic. Rick Wagner and LB Christian Kirksey to two-year contracts. Re-signed DB Will Red Sox chief baseball offi- Redmond and RB Tyler Ervin to one-year cer Chaim Bloom said the team contracts. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB T.J. worked with doctors to make Carrie to a one-year contract. sure the procedure didn’t burden WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed TE Richard Rodgers and WR Cody Latimer. an already-stressed healthcare HOCKEY system. OCTAVIO JONES/Tampa Bay Times National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Signed F Mi- “Under normal circumstances Toronto Blue Jays minor league player Steward Berroa, center, prepares to fly home along with his chael Chaput to a one-year contract. we might have been able to have it LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed F Tyler teammates from the Dominican Republic at Tampa International Airport in Tampa, Fla., on March 15. Madden to a three-year contract. happen a little bit sooner,” Bloom said on a conference call with re- Pro soccer porters. “We know that this is not life and death. ... It’s apples and oranges with this versus when Support for minor leaguers extended MLS glance you talk about something that’s EASTERN CONFERENCE life-threatening.” Associated Press W L T Pts GF GA had told the National Association check from teams since the end of Atlanta 2 0 0 6 4 2 Dr. Neal ElAttrache replaced of Professional Baseball Leagues, the 2019 season. Exceptions were Montreal 1 0 1 4 4 3 NEW YORK — Major League Sale’s ulnar collateral ligament the minor league governing body, made for players from Venezuela New York 1 0 1 4 4 3 Baseball is extending its financial Toronto FC 1 0 1 4 3 2 at the Kerlan-Jobe Institute in that it was unable to supply play- and other high-risk areas, many Columbus 1 0 1 4 2 1 Los Angeles; the Red Sox said support to minor league players ers to minor league affiliates be- D.C. United 1 1 0 3 3 3 through May while suspending of whom remained at the spring Chicago 0 1 1 1 2 3 the surgery was a success. Sale cause of the emergency. camps. New England 0 1 1 1 2 3 is expected to miss 14-15 months, their contracts because of the Orlando City 0 1 1 1 1 2 Major and minor league sea- MLB reached an agreement which would bring him back in new coronavirus pandemic. Philadelphia 0 1 1 1 3 5 sons are on hold due to the new last week with the Major League Cincinnati 0 2 0 0 3 5 the middle of the 2021 season. MLB announced March 19 Inter Miami CF 0 2 0 0 1 3 coronavirus. Weekly minimum Baseball Players Association, “We look forward to his return that it was giving minor leaguers New York City FC 0 2 0 0 0 2 salaries on full-season minor which covers players in the mi- WESTERN CONFERENCE sometime next year,” Bloom said. $400 weekly allowances through league teams range from $290 at W L T Pts GF GA nors who have big-league con- Also Monday, Red Sox general April 8, the day before the minor Class A to $502 at Triple-A over Sporting KC 2 0 0 6 7 1 tracts. The teams are providing Minnesota United 2 0 0 6 8 3 manager Brian O’Halloran said league season was scheduled to the five-month season, meaning Colorado 2 0 0 6 4 2 $170 million in advance salaries FC Dallas 1 0 1 4 4 2 that the team will wait until next start. The commissioner’s office many players are making more Los Angeles FC 1 0 1 4 4 3 week to consider whether to re- said Tuesday that minor leagu- during this hiatus than they do to that group. Seattle 1 0 1 4 3 2 MLB’s minor league initiative Portland 1 1 0 3 2 3 open its facility in Fort Myers, ers will continue to receive those in-season. Vancouver 1 1 0 3 2 3 Fla., where a minor leaguer allowances and health benefits The allowances are meant to also does not cover players on the Real Salt Lake 0 0 2 2 1 1 restricted, voluntary retired, dis- LA Galaxy 0 1 1 1 1 2 tested positive for COVID-19 on through May 31 or the minor help players cover costs for hous- San Jose 0 1 1 1 4 7 March 24. league opening day, whichever ing, food and training. Most play- qualified or ineligible lists; and Houston 0 1 1 1 1 5 those already receiving housing Nashville SC 0 2 0 0 1 3 “The reports that we are get- comes first. ers were instructed to leave their Note: Three points for victory, one ting is that he is fine,” O’Halloran Minor league contracts have spring training complexes just or food from teams. In addition, point for tie. All games postponed until May 10. said. “There have been no other a provision allowing them to be over two weeks ago, sending them each team will make arrange- positive tests.” suspended “during any national scrambling to make ends meet be- ments for players on Dominican Sale missed the start of spring emergency.” MLB said Tuesday it cause they hadn’t received a pay- Summer League rosters. Pro basketball training with an illness the team described as a flu that morphed NBA glance into pneumonia. The Red Sox Safety: ‘Crazy, challenging’ season is ahead Eastern Conference then said he had a flexor strain Atlantic Division near the elbow, but the team W L Pct GB Toronto 46 18 .719 — hoped he would avoid ligament FROM BACK PAGE as many games as possible and lon, a union rep, “there’s no such Boston 43 21 .672 3 replacement surgery. get to a playoff scenario,” said thing as a bad idea right now.” Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ No one knows when baseball Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 and other suspended sports will Washington Nationals general Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis New York 21 45 .318 26 manager Mike Rizzo, whose team Andrus, also a union rep, de- Southeast Division Scoreboard resume, because no one knows Miami 41 24 .631 — when life might return to normal has turned over the grounds of its scribed a recent call about sched- Orlando 30 35 .462 11 spring facility to public testing uling options with other players Washington 24 40 .375 16½ in the aftermath of the COVID- Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 19 outbreak. More than 800,000 for the coronavirus. this way: “We were basically Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 MLB calendar people around the world have “As the commissioner said, talking about potential scenarios Central Division and how crazy this season will be, Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — TBA — Opening day, active rosters re- become infected and over 39,000 we’re going to need to get cre- Indiana 39 26 .600 14 duced to 26 players. how challenging it will be.” Chicago 22 43 .338 31 June 3-4 — Owners meeting, New have died, according to a running ative,” Rizzo added. “But beyond York. Barnhart, for one, is realistic Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ count kept by Johns Hopkins Uni- that, we’re just speculating on all Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 July 14 — All-Star Game at Los Ange- les. about what is going to drive the Western Conference versity, counts that include more of these things.” July 26 — Hall of Fame induction, Coo- ultimate decisions about what a Southwest Division perstown, N.Y. than 164,000 infections and more MLB and its players are hop- W L Pct GB season might look like. July 31 — Last day during the season than 3.100 deaths in the U.S. ing to complete initial discussions Houston 40 24 .625 — to trade a player. “It goes without saying that, as Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ on scheduling by April 10, and Spring training was halted players, we want to play as many Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ among the proposals under con- New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 This Date in Baseball on March 12; opening day was games (as possible), not only be- San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ sideration: pushing back the end April 1 supposed to be last week and cause we love playing, but also we Northwest Division 1972 — The first collective players of the season, even if it involves Denver 43 22 .662 — strike in major league history began. won’t happen any earlier than want to make as much money as Utah 41 23 .641 1½ The strike lasted 12 days and canceled mid-May. using neutral sites and domes to Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ 86 games. possible. That’s the God’s honest Portland 29 37 .439 14½ 2013 — Bryce Harper homered in his “At this point, it’s hard to say avoid colder weather in many cit- truth about it,” he said. “And the Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ first two at-bats, Stephen Strasburg what can or should be done. MLB ies; increasing doubleheaders to Pacific Division retired 19 batters in a row and the de- same goes with ownership and L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — fending NL East champion Washington is exhausting all of (its) brain- get more games in per week than all of that. So everybody wants to L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ Nationals opened the season with a 2-0 power and manpower, along with usual; playing games without Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ victory over the Miami Marlins. Harper, make money.” Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, hit the 30 clubs, to come up with spectators; changing the postsea- Golden State 15 50 .231 35 solo shots over the out-of-town score- son format. AP Sports Writers Will Graves, Stephen All games postponed at least until board in right-center field off Ricky No- some ideas and what’s the best Hawkins and Joe Kay contributed to mid-May. lasco in the first and fourth innings. way to play a regular season in “We’ve been told,” said Tail- this report. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, April 1, 2020 COLLEGE NCAA gives spring athletes an extra year of eligibility

BY RALPH D. RUSSO dents who take advantage of the Associated Press additional eligibility in 2020-21. Roster and scholarship limits The NCAA will permit Division for teams will be adjusted next I spring-sport athletes — such as season to fit returning seniors baseball, softball and lacrosse and incoming freshman. Similar players — who had their seasons changes have already been ap- shortened by the coronavirus proved in Division II. pandemic to have an additional Nebraska-Omaha softball play- year of eligibility. er Hailey Bartz was planning to The NCAA Division I Council graduate in December and move voted Monday to give spring- on from school. Now she’s not so sport athletes regardless of their sure. PHOTOS BY WILFREDO LEE (ABOVE) AND JOHN MINCHILLO (BELOW)/AP year in school a way to get back “I’ve been speaking with my the season they lost, but it did not family about it and trying to fig- Miami’s Manny Diaz, above, is trying to put in a new offense under coordinator Rhett Lashlee and a new guarantee financial aid to current ure out pros and cons. Do I want quarterback in Houston transfer D’Eriq King despite not having a full spring practice. Other coaches, seniors if they return to play next to take advantage of that year? Do with veteran players, such as Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell, below, should be less impacted by the loss of year. I not?” Bartz said. “Some of my spring football practice. Winter sports, such as basket- teammates have their schooling ball and hockey, were not includ- set up, full-time jobs. You have ed in the decision because many your life planned out and then this athletes in those sports had com- kind of pushes everything back Football coaches try to fill pleted all or most of their regular another year. At the same time seasons, the council decided. it’s really hard to pass up because The council is made up of col- it’s a game lege sports administrators rep- of love.” void without spring practice resenting all 32 D-I conferences, ‘ NCAA plus two members of the student- This has Division I BY RALPH D. RUSSO athlete advisory committee. Ear- a four- or rules allow pushed back activities until May lier in the day, 60 SAAC members athletes to Associated Press 31. released a letter calling for the fi ve-year Coaches are hopeful some of the have four Since taking over as Florida council to provide the extra eligi- time they have lost in the spring effect seasons of State coach in December, Mike bility to all athletes whose seasons might be given back in the sum- depending competition Norvell has spent seemingly end- were impacted by the COVID-19 mer, either through minicamps or in a five- less hours laying the foundation related shutdown. on how you year period. earlier starts to preseason prac- of his program. Voting is weighted to give the Schools will tices. But there is so much un- want to Winter is time for coaches to de- Power Five conferences more be allowed certainty the old coaching cliche . liver a consistent message, build say. Chairwoman Grace Calhoun, count it ’ to apply for of taking things one day at a time the culture they want and get who is Penn’s athletic director, Bill Scholl waivers to has never been more relevant. players to buy into a way of going declined to reveal the final vote. Marquette AD restore one Luke Fickell is entering his about their business whether they “At the end we really did of those sea- fourth season at Cincinnati with are in the weight room, a meeting coalesce around all of the de- sons for any an established core of experi- room or classroom. cisions that we made today,” Cal- athlete who competed while eli- enced players. He said his goal is Norvell has seen plenty of posi- houn said. “They were strongly gible in the spring season short- to give the players a routine. The supported.” ened by COVID-19 in 2020. After tive signs. Spring practice is the American Athletic Conference How much scholarship money the 2021 spring season, scholar- first opportunity to see how it has canceled athletic activities will be made available to each ship and roster limits will apply translates to the field. The Semi- for the rest of the school year. athlete whose college career to athletes granted the waiver. noles got in three practices before making sure players stay on top The Bearcats will be getting would have ended this spring will “This has a four- or five-year the coronavirus outbreak shut of their now online academics. workout regimens they can do on be determined by the athlete’s effect depending on how you want down college sports and upended Notre Dame normally offers no their own without access to local school . to count it,” said Marquette ath- nearly everything else. online classes. gyms. Fickell plans to organize The added scholarships could letic director Bill Scholl, whose “You spend so much time teach- “We’re all academic advisers,” online meetings with position cost a school hundreds of thou- school fields track, lacrosse, ten- ing them why we do things. And Kelly said of his staff. groups and assistant coaches. sands of dollars more than it nis and golf teams in the spring. you’re hopeful to get the chance Miami coach Manny Diaz “Don’t know how much they’re would usually spend on spring- “So the roster management piece to show them some of the payoff doesn’t have Kelly’s luxuries. The going to get out of the meetings. sport athletes. The extra expens- is just something our coaches, of that through spring practice,” Hurricanes have a new offense Don’t know how much they’re es come at a time when athletic we’re going to have to figure out Norvell said. under coordinator Rhett Lashlee going to get out of the workouts,” departments could be facing cut- and work our way through.” Normally, college football and a new quarterback in Hous- Fickell said. “We just have to cre- backs. The pandemic forced the Calhoun said the council did teams all over the country would ton transfer D’Eriq King. ate some type structure.” cancellation of the NCAA men’s not consider the possibility of be preparing for the upcoming “You can really hone in on the Fickell said he is not overly basketball tournament, which the fall sports season, including season. Installing new schemes. techniques, fundamentals (dur- concerned about his veteran play- cut the association’s distribution football, being interrupted. Foot- Working on fundamentals. De- ing spring practice),” Diaz said. ers. Sometimes keeping those to members by $375 million this ball generates billions of dollars, veloping less experienced players “That’s the time the players are guys engaged and motivated in year. especially for Power Five con- and expanding the skills of vet- introduced to the new scheme spring practice is a challenge. “We had long discussions ferences. Losing that would be erans. Building a cohesive team, and then they get a chance in the For younger players, especially around the fact that this does not potentially devastating to schools players and coaches connecting. summer to grasp it on their own at a developmental program like avoid substantially difficult cir- that play major college football. That’s gone now and coaches before we get back together again Cincinnati, losing spring practice cumstances, but what we felt was “There was an acknowledgment are trying to figure out how to for training camp in August.” is a huge setback. important was to localize that that we don’t know the future and recreate some of what has been Spring practice across major “They’re going to lose half a decision-making and to ensure if other seasons are canceled (or) lost. college football is typically done year of development,” he said. that we were as permissive as other things happen in the future “Your football team is under by the end of April. The Atlantic Norvell said he planned to send possible,” Calhoun said. “At the we’ll have to take that up with the construction,” Notre Dame coach Coast Conference and the South- his players a five-minute video end of the day, each institution is individual merits of the case at Brian Kelly said. “A new group of eastern Conference have can- of himself, twice a week. Having going to have to figure out what it time,” Calhoun said. players that require time. Those celed all athletic-related activities them hear his voice and see his can do.” hours mean a lot. You begin to through the academic year. The face is more about building trust Schools will be able to use the Associated Press writers Eric Olson in develop the DNA of your football Big 10 has pushed back “all orga- than teaching football. Omaha, Nebraska, and Steve Megargee NCAA’s Student Assistance Fund in Milwaukee contributed to this team.” nized team activities until May 4 “There’s a lot of uncertainty to pay for scholarships for stu- report. Kelly said his top concern was while the Big 12 and Pac-12 have with everyone,” Norvell said. Wednesday, April 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

With no March Madness, The Associated Press is moving stories and historical pieces to help fill some of the TOP 10 void in college basketball. A panel of AP sports writers voted in March on the top 10 men’s basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are being republished because the sport has been shut down by the No. 6 ALL-TIME coronavirus pandemic. The following game story, from April 7, 2008, was voted No. 6. Rock chalk, Jayhawk nice shot

Chalmers’ trey in 2008 final forced overtime, was highlight of Kansas’ rally over Memphis

BY EDDIE PELLS Chalmers was every bit as Associated Press clutch, while Memphis was the exact opposite. The ending made SAN ANTONIO a mockery of Tigers coach John ario Chalmers, meet Calipari’s theory that his players, Lorenzo Charles among the country’s worst with and Keith Smart. 59% free-throw shooting, would MThe Kansas guard always come through when the made one of the biggest shots in stakes were highest. NCAA history Monday night, a “Ten seconds to go, we’re think- three-pointer with 2.1 seconds ing we’re national champs, all of left to force overtime and lead the a sudden a kid makes a shot, and Jayhawks to the national champi- we’re not,” Calipari said. onship with a 75-68 victory over Hustling the ball down the Memphis. court with 10.8 seconds left, no Chalmers’ shot was the most timeouts and trailing by three, tremendous moment of a tremen- Sherron Collins handed off to dous game that saw the Tigers Chalmers at the top of the three- squander a nine-point lead over point line, and Chalmers took the the final 2:12. Derrick Rose and shot. It hit nothing but net and Chris Douglas-Roberts missed tied the score at 63. four of five free throws over the Robert Dozier missed a des- final 72 seconds to set the table peration heave at the buzzer, and for Chalmers, a junior from An- Rose went limping to the bench, chorage, Alaska, who is suddenly favoring his right leg. a household name. Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur “Probably the biggest shot ever and Darnell Jackson scored the made in Kansas history,” Kansas first six points of overtime to put coach Bill Self said. Kansas ahead 69-63. Memphis, “That has to be one of the big- clearly exhausted, didn’t pull any gest shots in basketball history,” closer than three the rest of the teammate Rodrick Stewart said. way. The win gave the Jayhawks Rose played all 45 minutes in PHOTOS BY MARK HUMPHREY (ABOVE) AND ERIC GAY (BELOW)/AP their first title since 1988, when what could very well be his last Above: Kansas guard Mario Chalmers shoots a three-pointer to take the game into overtime in his “Danny (Manning) and the college game. team’s 75-68 victory over Memphis in the 2008 national championship game in San Antonio. Below: Miracles“ pulled an upset over “Overtime, they kind of beat us Chalmers, now a pro player in Greece, celebrates after hitting the shot. Oklahoma. down,” Calipari said. “I didn’t sub Chalmers’ shot came almost 25 a whole lot, because I was trying But the Jayhawks (37-3) used Kansas cheering section Monday years to the date after Charles be- to win the game at the end.” the strategy any smart opponents wearing a Jayhawks sticker . came famous with his stick-back Although Chalmers will go of Memphis’ would, fouling the This game was a well-needed of Dereck Whittenburg’s air ball down in history, Rose was setting heck out of one of the country’s reprieve from a more-or-less blah to give North Carolina State a title himself up to be the star of the worst free-throw-shooting teams tournament in which many games — the one that sent Jim Valvano game, the next ‘King’ in Mem- and when Rose and Douglas-Rob- were blowouts and fewer — Kan- scurrying around the court look- phis. He took over in the second erts started putting up bricks, KU sas’ two-point win over Davidson ing for someone to hug. Smart’s half, scoring 14 of his team’s 16 had its opening. in the regional finals was one ex- baseline jumper with a second points during one stretch to lift “Being a leader of this team, I ception — were memorable. left gave Indiana a one-point vic- the Tigers (38-2) to a 60-51 lead feel I let them down by missing “Being up seven, being down tory over Syracuse in 1987. with 2:12 left. them,” Douglas-Roberts said. “I nine, being up two, down five, told them that I take the blame.” going to overtime,” Kansas cen- Everyone on Kansas deserves ter Cole Aldrich said. “We fought some credit. Arthur was domi- it out, and it’s surreal. It’s nuts.” nant inside, finishing with 20 Rose went crazy during Mem- points and 10 rebounds, lots on phis’ second-half run. A three- dunks and easy lay ups off lob pointer here, a scooping layup for passes. Chalmers finished with a three-point play next. Then, the 18 points. Rush had 12 and Collins capper, an off-balance, 18-foot had 11 points, six assists and did a wonderful job handling Rose for shot off glass with the shot-clock the first 28 minutes. buzzer sounding. Officials at first Rose wound up with 18 points credited Rose with a three, but in a game that showed how ready went to the replay monitor and saw he was clearly inside the line. he is for the NBA. He was 3-for- Lawrence for the third time in 4 from the line, however, and that the fabled program’s history. Even with the point deducted, one miss with 10.8 seconds left is The inventor of the game, Memphis had a 56-49 lead and what almost certainly would have James Naismith, was the first all the momentum. Most teams sealed the game and given the Ti- Jayhawks coach. It’s the school would have been demoralized. gers their first title. that made household names of Clearly, Kansas is not most ERIC GAY/AP “It wasn’t really the free Wilt Chamberlain, Manning and teams. Memphis guard Derrick Rose, right, covers his face in front of throws,” Rose said. “If we’d done yes, even North Carolina’s Roy “I just thought, ‘you know, we Kansas’ Sherron Collins and Mario Chalmers late in overtime in his things before the free throws, we Williams, the coach who famous- can do this, we can do this, and we team’s loss in the 2008 national championship. Rose led Memphis would’ve been in good shape.” ly left the Jayhawks, lost to them just need to catch a break,’ ” Self with 18 points. but missed a key free throw at the end of regulation. Instead, the title goes back to in the semifinals, but was in the said. “And we caught a break.” S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, April 1, 2020 F3HIJKLM Making up for lost time Spring-sport athletes granted SPORTS extra year of eligibility » Page 22

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Safety squeeze

ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP Cincinnati Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart is pictured during a spring training game against the Oakland Athletics on Feb. 28 in Goodyear, Ariz. Barnhart, a union representative, expressed concern during a conference call Monday that schedule adjustments could lead to injuries. As baseball ponders post-coronavirus season, players worry about health

BY HOWARD FENDRICH That’s also top of mind for Pittsburgh Pi- Associated Press Inside: rates pitcher Jameson Taillon, who already Red Sox LHP Sale has Tommy John surgery, Page 21 has been ruled out for 2020 while recover- As Major League Baseball and the ing from a second reconstructive surgery players’ union contemplate ways to cre- reporters. so many games in that you risk injury, and on his right elbow. He’s brought up the idea ate a schedule for whenever the coronavi- That involves how many off-days are you risk major injury to players, because of trying to return if the season goes into rus pandemic subsides, Cincinnati Reds salvaged in 2020, how many times teams you are trying to get in as many games as November, but said that’s been “shut down catcher Tucker Barnhart raised a concern are told to play in any given week and how you can,” Barnhart said. pretty quickly.” that is surely shared by others around the Speaking more generally about the ef- sport: Could trying to cram in games, and 2021 could be affected if there is a shorter- “This is all assumptions and thoughts fect an altered season could have on guys maybe extend the season into late Novem- than-usual offseason. from me specifically — it’s not from the around the majors, Taillon said: “This is a ber or December, lead to injuries? “Moving forward, I don’t think you can union — but you’re going to have to protect unique situation. We’re going to have to be “The player safety piece is a big thing,” do things that are going to compromise the us as players,” he continued. “And if you careful health-wise.” Barnhart, a union representative, said integrity of next season, as well. What I can’t do that, I think that would be where I Monday during a conference call with mean by that is forcing the issue of getting personally would kind of draw the line.” SEE SAFETY ON PAGE 21

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