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Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force ARMED FORCES FEB 28-MARCH 1 San Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY NINTH YEAR NO. 44 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 SOUTH KOREA-BASED SOLDIER IS FIRST U.S. SERVICE MEMBER TO TEST POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS by Kim Gamel and Yoo Morning commuters waited also limited access to instal- Kyong Change, as long as five hours Wednes- lations in the capital and near Stars and Stripes day at the Camp Humphreys the border with North Korea to SEOUL, South Korea - An gates, where Soldiers wearing “mission-required visitors.” American Soldier tested posi- gloves and filtering face masks tive for the new coronavirus, asked drivers about possible The infected Soldier is sta- the military said Feb. 26 as it exposure to the virus and took tioned at Camp Carroll, in the tightened restrictions aimed at temperatures. southeastern part of the country. keeping the pneumonia-like ill- The infected Soldier also visited ness off base. Some gates that had been Camp Walker in Daegu. closed reopened on a limited The 23-year-old Soldier, sta- basis Feb. 27 to facilitate traffic, Ballanco urged the 9,000- tioned at Camp Carroll, is the Tremblay said in an update on strong military community in first U.S. service member in- Facebook. Daegu and surrounding areas to fected with COVID-19, which remain calm. has spread globally with alarm- Yongsan Garrison in Seoul see COVID-19, page 8 ing alacrity since it first appeared in China in December. DOD releases military The widow of a military retir- ee who had base access also was reported to be infected earlier spouse licensure report this week in the nearby city of The Department of Defense delivered to Congress the “Military Daegu, which is at the epicenter Spouse Licensure: State Best Practices and Strategies for Achieving of the recent outbreak. A 2nd Infantry Division Soldier checks for a temperature as dozens of vehicles Reciprocity” report Feb. 18. The report covers license reciprocity for line up to enter the Dongchang-ri gate at Camp Humphreys, South Korea Feb. military spouses, illustrated through state best practices, along with The two cases underscored the 26. Photo by Matthew Keeler a way ahead for states to achieve improvements. It also provides growing threat that has forced criteria DOD has developed to assess the states’ licensing practices. the military to increasingly focus as a protective measure. the country as the outbreak is “We are doing a very thorough “The department is committed to improving license portability for attention and resources on fight- believed to have begun with an trace history on this service military spouses,” said Matthew Donovan, performing the duties ing the virus. South Korea has the largest infected woman who attended member,” said Col. Edward of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. number of confirmed cases services at a church run by a Ballanco, the Army garrison “Secretary Esper has established military spouse employment as “We’re in this for the long outside China, with the number secretive religious movement. commander for the affected a key aspect of supporting military families, and the secretaries of haul, and it’s going to take soaring past 1,200 and 12 deaths area. “We’re going to know the Military Departments have also expressed the importance of everyone’s patience and coop- reported as of Feb. 26, according The KCDC said 24 novel everywhere this service member military spouse licensure by making it part of the consideration for eration,” Col. Michael Trem- to the Korea Centers for Disease coronavirus patients had fully and his family has been over the future mission basing.”Military spouses face a 24 percent unem- blay, the garrison commander Control and Prevention. recovered and been released. last week.” ployment rate, much higher than the general population. The high at Camp Humphreys, said amid rate of unemployment is driven in large part by the mobile military frustration over long delays at Twenty South Korean service The American Soldier who Meanwhile, long lines formed at life. Many military spouses who move interstate face new licensure access gates. members also have been infect- was infected was transferred access gates at other bases across requirements for their profession.From 2011 to 2016, the depart- ed, the defense ministry said. in an ambulance to an isolation the nation after USFK raised the ment worked with all 50 states to enhance common methods used Several service members and unit on Camp Humphreys, the threat level to high, began health by licensing boards to expedite the acceptance of a spouse’s license others were quarantined at Hum- Most of the infections have main U.S. base on the divided screening measures and reduced from another state. While there have been successes in some form phreys and the garrison in Daegu been in the southeastern part of peninsula. the number of entry points. of relief, there are still improvements to be made. February 29, 2020 is leap day: Why this happens every four years The short explanation for why that creates the need for a leap year dar would be off by 5 hours, 48 known as ‘Ladies Day’ or ‘Ladies’ • In some cultures, it is consid- Clavius, a German mathematician we need leap years is that our cal- every four years. minutes, and 45 seconds more Privilege,’ and it was the one day ered bad luck to get married during and astronomer. The Gregorian endar needs to stay aligned with During common years (non leap each year. when women were free to propose a leap year. calendar further stated that leap the astronomical seasons. years), the calendar doesn’t take After 100 years, the seasons to men. Today, Sadie Hawkins Leap Year History days should not be added in years A “leap day” is the extra day into account the extra quarter of a would be off by 25 days. Eventu- Day sometimes applies to Feb Leap days were first added to ending in “00” unless that year in the leap year: February 29. day actually required by Earth to ally, the months we call Febru- 29 (leap day), based on this older the Julian Calendar in 46 B.C. is also divisible by 400. This ad- Its added to the calendar to help complete a single orbit around the ary and March would feel like tradition. by Julius Caesar at the advice ditional correction was added to synchronize it with Earth’s orbit sun. In essence, the calendar year, summer months in the Northern • According to folklore, in a leap of Sosigenes, an Alexandrian stabilize the calendar over a period around the sun and the actual which is a human creation, is faster Hemisphere. year, the weather always changes astronomer. of thousands of years and was passing of the seasons. Why do than the actual solar year, or year A “leapling” is a person born on Friday. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII necessary because solar years are we need them? Well, Earth’s orbit as defined by our planet’s motion on a leap day. • Many feel that to be born on revised the Julian calendar by actually slightly less than 365.25 around the sun, takes approxi- through space. Leap Year Facts & Folklore Leap Day, thereby becoming a creating the Gregorian calendar days. In fact, a solar year occurs mately 365.25 days. It’s that .25 Without leap days, the calen- • Long ago, Leap Day was “leapling,” is a sign of good luck. with the assistance of Christopher over a period of 365.2422 days. OPEN SUNDAYS 'TILL 9PM GET IT TODAY, HURRY IN! SALE ENDS MONDAY, MARCH 9TH AT 9PM! NO CREDIT NEEDED! months 0% interest* NO down payment plus Y SALE! ANNIVERSAR % off On purchases of $1799 or more with your Ashley Advantage™ credit card from 2/18/2020 to 3/9/2020. Equal monthly15 payments required for 75 Months. 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