Wednesday 09th December, 02:54 PM JST
GUAM —
Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa visited Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Wednesday, which is to host about 8,000 U.S. Marines who are due to relocate from the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station in Okinawa under a 2006 Japan-U.S. accord.
He was briefed on the situation in Guam with regard to U.S. forces realignment by the commander of the base and visited a site where barracks are to be built using Japanese funds to accommodate the troops. The accord under which the troops are to be moved to Guam, a U.S. territory, stipulates that the Futenma base be relocated from Ginowan to less populated Nago in Okinawa.
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2 Comments
USNinJapan2 at 03:37 PM JST - 9th December
A trip to Guam. What a boondoggle and waste of money. Like a landlord going to check out where a current tenant is going to live once he moves out of the landlord's property. No legitimate purpose whatsoever.
MrUSA at 03:50 PM JST - 9th December
Maybe he wanted a vacation.
mindovermatter at 04:04 PM JST - 9th December
Excuse me..."Host...?"
It's a fricken Territory of the U.S. They're not hosting anything... I like this JT... Ok, let's make Guam out to be an unwilling foreign country getting stuck with "Hosting" their own troops...?
Ha Ha Ha.... Good One!