MUSIC: Morgan Wallen ready to rule Nashville Page 28 MOVIES: ‘Sylvie’s Love’ a timely tale Page 15 NFL PLAYOFFS GAMES: Creatively chasing Brees-Brady matchup one for the aged Phasmophobia ghosts Page 18 Page 44 stripes.com Volume 79 Edition 193 ©SS 2021 FRIDAY,JANUARY 15, 2021 $1.00 Trump swiftly sidelined Trial could begin on Inauguration Day Enduring his 2nd impeachment, BY LISA MASCARO The trial timeline and schedule are largely president largely silent and alone AND MARY CLARE JALONICK set by Senate procedures and will start as Associated Press soon as the House delivers the article of im- Associated Press equal, the only president to be WASHINGTON — President Donald peachment. That could mean starting the WASHINGTON — His place in charged twice with a high crime Trump’s impeachment trial could begin on trial at 1 p.m. on Inauguration Day. The cere- the history books rewritten, Pres- or misdemeanor, a new coda for Inauguration Day, just as Democrat Joe Bi- mony at the Capitol starts at noon. ident Donald Trump endured his a term defined by a deepening of den takes the oath of office in an extraordin- Trump was impeached Wednesday by the second impeachment largely the nation’s divides, his failures ary end to the defeated president’s tenure in House over the deadly Capitol siege, the only alone and silent. during the worst pandemic in a the White House. president in U.S. history twice impeached, For more than four years, century and his refusal to accept after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building. Trump has dominated the nation- defeat at the ballot box. The attack has left the nation’s capital, and al discourse like no one before Trump kept out of sight in a him. Yet when his legacy was set nearly empty White House as im- SEE TRIAL ON PAGE 10 in stone on Wednesday, he was peachment proceedings played stunningly left on the sidelines. Trump now stands with no SEE ALONE ON PAGE 9 President Donald Trump walks down the steps before a speech near a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall Tuesday in Alamo, Texas. DELCIA LOPEZ, THE MONITOR/AP PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Friday, January 15, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1098.90 Germany $2.592 $2.977 $3.234 $2.945 Azores .. .. $3.134 .. Switzerland (Franc) .8898 Euro costs (Jan. 15) $1.18 Change in price +6.8 cents +6.3 cents +6.4 cents +3.0 cents Change in price .. .. +6.4 cents .. Thailand (Baht) 30.05 Dollar buys (Jan. 15) 0.8083 Turkey (NewLira) 7.3711 Netherlands .. $3.485 $3.794 $3.573 Belgium .. $2.060 $2.249 $2.249 British pound (Jan. 15) $1.33 Japanese yen (Jan. 15) 101.00 Change in price .. +2.8 cents +9.1 cents +5.6 cents Change in price .. No change No change No change (Military exchange rates are those available South Korean won (Jan. 15) 1072.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the U.K. .. $2.876 $3.133 $2.844 Turkey .. .. $3.041 $3.507* Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger­ Change in price .. +6.3 cents +6.4 cents +3.0 cents Change in price .. .. No change No change many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain(Dinar) .3770 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur­ Britain (Pound) .7325 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2680 your local military banking facility. Commercial China(Yuan) 6.4737 rates are interbank rates provided for reference PACIFIC GAS PRICES Denmark (Krone) 6.1392 Egypt (Pound) 15.6705 when buying currency. All figures are foreign Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Euro .8253 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Japan .. $3.029 .. $2.739 South Korea $2.399 .. $3.039 $2.749 Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7536 pound, which is represented in dollars­to­ pound, and the euro, which is dollars­to­euro.) Change in price .. +7.0 cents .. +3.0 cents Change in price +7.0 cents .. +7.0 cents +3.0 cents Hungary (Forint) 296.69 Israel (Shekel) 3.1835 Okinawa $2.379 .. .. $2.739 Guam $2.389 $2.779 $3.039 .. Japan (Yen) 104.09 INTEREST RATES Kuwait(Dinar) .3033 Change in price +6.0 cents .. .. +3.0 cents Change in price +6.0 cents +6.0 cents +7.0 cents .. 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TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 36 Classified .....................37 Comics ................... 38-39 Crossword ............. 38-39 Faces .......................... 35 Opinion ....................... 40 Sports .................... 41-48 Friday, January 15, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Some in Guillen’s chain of command suspended, not fired BY ROSE L. THAYER action, in accordance with Army Stars and Stripes policy. Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, AUSTIN, Texas — Sgt. Maj. of the deputy commander of III the Army Michael Grinston told a Corps, who was the acting base group of soldiers last week at Fort commander at the time of Guil- Hood that all the military leaders len’s disappearance and death, in Spc. Vanessa Guillen’s chain of Col. Ralph Overland and Com- command had been fired in the af- mand Sgt. Maj. Bradley Knapp, termath of her disappearance and the commander and top enlisted death at the base. soldier of Guillen’s unit, the 3rd On Wednesday, Grinston said Cavalry Regiment, were fired. CAROLYN KASTER/AP some of those soldiers — the seven Efflandt can retire, if he choos- President Donald Trump watches with Vice President Mike Pence and then­Defense Secretary Mark Esp­ leaders from her battalion to her es, or be reassigned at the discre- er as the flag for U.S. Space Command is unfurled as Trump announces the establishment of the U.S. squad — have only been suspend- tion of the Army chief of staff, and Space Command in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. ed until an investigation into what Overland and Knapp will go be- happened is completed. Under a fore separate boards to determine suspension, some of them could if they can remain on active duty, return to the unit, according to an Under Secretary of the Army Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal Army spokesman. James McPherson told the news “They’re gone,” Grinston said outlet Task and Purpose. Thursday about the leaders when Maj. Gen Jeff Broadwater and to house Space Command HQ asked by a junior enlisted soldier Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Ken- at the Texas base why soldiers and ny of the 1st Cavalry Division, BY COREY DICKSTEIN Ivey said the Huntsville region’s Air Force officials said Wednes- leaders who commit crimes or al- which was not part of Guillen’s Stars and Stripes reputation for supporting the mil- day that Barrett, who is set to leave low misconduct to persist are chain of command, were suspend- The Air Force has chosen Alaba- itary and its vast history of involve- her position Jan. 19, considered shuffled into new units where they ed, pending the results of a new in- ma’s Redstone Arsenal to house ment in space operations was a key several factors in reaching her de- can continue to harm others. vestigation into the unit’s com- the 1,400-member U.S. Space factor in the final pitch last month cision, including installations’ in- From the squad to battalion, mand climate and implementa- Command Headquarters, service to Air Force officials to choose frastructure capacity, support those leaders responsible for Guil- tion of a sexual assault prevention program. and state officials said Wednes- Redstone, according to her office. from the community and costs to len were not there anymore, Grin- Grinston’s visit to Fort Hood day. “This combination only enhanc- the Defense Department. ston said during a discussion with about two dozen soldiers that last week was meant to check on Outgoing Air Force Secretary es the outstanding relationships “Huntsville compared favor- Stars and Stripes was permitted to the base’s initiatives to repair Barbara Barrett selected Red- we have with the 65 diverse federal ably across more of these factors attend under the condition that those problems, which began in stone this month “as the preferred agencies on Redstone Arsenal, not than any other community, pro- none of the soldiers participating October and increased following location” for SPACECOM, Air to mention the growing presence viding a large, qualified work- were identified.