US Restarts Efforts To Move Okinawa Marines To Guam -- Stars and Stripes
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. military restarted efforts this week to build up Guam for the planned relocation of about 5,000 Okinawa Marines, a key piece in the stalled plan to realign forces in the Pacific region and reduce tensions in Japan.
The Navy was showing Guamanians proposed locations for controversial Marine live-fire training ranges and housing during town hall-style meetings and said it will make a final decision on the laydown of the new facilities after a two- to three-year environmental study.
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My Comment: The people from Okinawa will not be sorry to see the Americans leave. But from a defense and national security standpoint .... the US Marines will now be an additional 1200 miles away from trouble spots like South Korea and Taiwan.
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