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NBA FACES MILITARY Players, coaches say Broken ankle complicated House committee version no asterisk needed for Scott Eastwood’s participation of defense bill includes champ in trying season in war film ‘The Outpost’ Stars and Stripes funding Back page Page 16 Page 4 DOD says Taliban still working with al-Qaida despite US deal » Page 7 Volume 79, No. 55 ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas VIRUS OUTBREAK US job market improves, but its gains could be short-lived BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. unem- ployment fell to 11.1% in June as the economy added a solid 4.8 mil- lion jobs, the government report- ed Thursday. But the job-market recovery might already be fal- tering because of a new round of closings and layoffs triggered by a resurgence of the coronavirus. The jobless rate was down from 13.3% in May, but it is still at a De- pression-era level. The data was gathered during the second week of June, before a number of states began to reverse or suspend the reopenings of their economies to try to beat back the virus. “This is a bit of a dated snap- shot at this point,” said Jesse Edgerton, an economist at J.P. Morgan Chase. The news came as the number of confirmed infections per day in the U.S. soared to an all-time high of 50,700, more than doubling in the past month, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. SEE GAINS ON PAGE 14 Bitter defeat For the men of 1st Platoon, President Donald Trump’s pardon of an officer they helped convict of murder is a crushing betrayal BY GREG JAFFE walk free? Samuel Walley is The Washington Post “I feel like I’m in a nightmare,” Lucas Gray, a pictured with his former specialist from the unit, texted his old squad fiancee, Hannah nly a few hours had passed since Presi- leader, who was out of the Army and living in Fay- Smallwood, in their dent Donald Trump pardoned 1st Lt. etteville, N.C. garage in Buford, SETH WENIG/AP Clint Lorance and the men of 1st Pla- “I haven’t been handling it well either,” replied Ga. Walley lost his toon were still trying to make sense of Mike McGuinness on Nov. 15, the day Lorance was right leg and part A customer’s temperature is how it was even possible. pardoned. of his left arm in checked before entering a O Afghanistan. How could a man they blamed for ruining their “There’s literally no point in anything we did or store at Garden State Plaza lives, an officer the Army convicted of second- said,” Gray continued. “Now he gets to be the hero in Paramus, N.J., on Monday. .” BONNIE JO MOUNT Employers likely rehired several degree murder and other charges, be forgiven so The Washington Post million workers in June, but data easily? How could their president allow him to just SEE BITTER ON PAGE 10 suggests that the resurgent coronavirus will limit gains. PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 3, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Workers: Tesla threatens firing if they don’t return Military rates Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9438 Euro costs (July 3) ................................ $1.10 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.09 Dollar buys (July 3) ...........................€0.8639 Turkey (Lira) .........................................6.8562 British pound (July 3) ...........................$1.22 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those Bay Area. er safety including temperature Japanese yen (July 3) .........................105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (July 3) .............1,171.00 “There are people we are pay- checks, the wearing of gloves and Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance DETROIT — Some Tesla work- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the ing to keep us safe, and they’re masks, installing barriers be- Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3775 ers and labor activists say the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound .....................................$1.2506 just turning the other cheek,” said tween workers and maintaining nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., company is threatening to fire Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3567 purchasing British pounds in Germany), Tesla worker Carlos Gabriel, who social distancing. In early May, China (Yuan) ........................................ 7.0671 employees who haven’t returned check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ................................ 6.6101 is among the organizers of a rally Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, told facility. Commercial rates are interbank to the company’s California fac- Egypt (Pound) ....................................16.1238 rates provided for reference when buying tory since it reopened because scheduled for Thursday at the Al- workers that they didn’t have to Euro ........................................ $1.1273/0.8871 ameda County Public Health De- return to the plant if they weren’t Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7503 currency. All figures are foreign currencies they’re afraid of catching the to one dollar, except for the British pound, partment in Oakland. comfortable with it. Hungary (Forint) ................................. 311.72 coronavirus. Israel (Shekel) .....................................3.4406 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, The group wants the practice A Tesla spokesman wouldn’t Gabriel and another Tesla Japan (Yen) ........................................... 107.54 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) to stop, and it also wants state and immediately comment Wednes- worker say they have heard of Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3079 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...................................9.4661 county officials to do a better job day, but company officials said COVID-19 cases among workers Philippines (Peso).................................49.64 Prime rate ................................................3.25 making sure proper safety proce- that claims of Fremont workers at the Fremont factory, but don’t Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.96 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7507 Federal funds market rate ...................0.08 dures are followed at the factory being fired are untrue. Tesla has know numbers because the com- Singapore (Dollar) ..............................1.3933 3-month bill ............................................. 0.14 in Fremont, in the San Francisco released plans to maintain work- pany won’t tell them. South Korea (Won) ..........................1,197.88 30-year bond ...........................................1.43 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 63/60 Kabul 88/68 Seoul 80/64 Baghdad 111/77 Kandahar 108/78 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 75/66 78/68 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 65/51 68/60 74/64 Iwakuni 73/70 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 94/88 Brussels 69/59 Guam 109/87 68/55 Ramstein 79/62 84/81 Lajes, 68/54 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 110/78 109/84 67/63 68/59 76/68 Aviano/ Vicenza 76/66 Naples 85/70 Okinawa Morón 74/71 97/60 Sigonella Rota 98/62 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 105/88 77/64 80/73 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup 15 Comics ................. 17 Crossword ............ 17 Faces ................... 16 Opinion ........... 18-19 Sports ............. 20-24 Friday, July 3, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Army wraps up 3-day recruiting campaign BY JAMES BOLINGER flooded social media with simple Stars and Stripes themes about the benefits of ser- vice, including signing bonuses The coronavirus pandemic took for specialized career fields, stu- a bite from its recruiting goals dent loan repayment plans, medi- this year, but the Army expects to cal benefits and housing, he said. retake that ground with a three- The $2,000 bonus for recruits day campaign that ended Thurs- who joined during three-day push day, according to the service’s applies only to active-duty enlist- deputy chief of recruiting. ments, not the Army Reserve or The Army has offered an ad- National Guard. ditional $2,000 bonus on top of The Army campaign turned to career incentives to recruits who successful social media influenc- joined during Army Hiring Days, ers in its own ranks, like Staff Sgt. a drive that relied heavily on so- Jorge Ortiz, a recruiter in San cial media, Brig. Gen. Patrick Antonio. Michaelis, deputy command- Ortiz has a prolific Instagram ing general of Army Recruiting account, @ssg_ortiz_jorge, with Command, told Stars and Stripes thousands of followers from by phone on Wednesday. The goal across the country, he said via is 10,000 new soldiers, which telephone Wednesday. meets strength requirements for He shares stories about his life the year. as a member of the San Antonio This type of recruiting drive is community to humanize the idea a first for the Army. of being a soldier, he said, adding “We wanted this to be like that stories about his wife, son dropping a brick into a puddle,” and their dog provide a real-life he said. perspective on the Army. The service was on track to Michaelis said the Army fo- meet its recruiting and reten- cused its effort on Facebook and tion goals before a three-month Instagram but encouraged sol- lockdown due to the coronavirus SARAH SANGSTER/U.S. Army diers to use the platform they forced its 10,000 recruiters to were most comfortable with. Recruits visit the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, as part of Army work from home, Michaelis said. “The only environment we are National Hiring Days on Tuesday. During that same period, U.S. not playing in is TikTok, and that unemployment skyrocketed as is based on where their servers businesses closed and people The service devised a strategy by McDonald’s several years ago. Michaelis said. Any recruits who are located,” he said. stayed home to curtail the virus’ to put potential recruits in touch The fast-food giant hired nearly sign up after the Army meets its The Army banned soldiers from spread.

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