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The civic group We Are Guahan opposes the construction of a .50-caliber weapons range in the north of Guam, shown here.<br>Erik Slavin/Stars and Stripes
The civic group We Are Guahan opposes the construction of a .50-caliber weapons range in the north of Guam, shown here.<br>Erik Slavin/Stars and Stripes

Latest Navy plan significantly curtails Guam land for Marines' move

To avoid infringing on Guam’s culturally sensitive areas, the Navy has significantly downsized plans to expand facilities on the island needed for the relocation of Marines from Okinawa.

Construction equipment and supplies line a street at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni where new barracks were being built in 2012. Now work is expected to begin on a controversial housing project that is slated to be completed in 2015.<br>Matthew M. Burke/Stars and Stripes
Construction equipment and supplies line a street at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni where new barracks were being built in 2012. Now work is expected to begin on a controversial housing project that is slated to be completed in 2015.<br>Matthew M. Burke/Stars and Stripes

Japan could soon start housing project for US troop moves to Iwakuni

Construction could soon begin on a controversial housing project for Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni as the realignment of U.S. forces in the region continues to consume this small base outside Hiroshima.

Airmen with engineering and ordnance explosion units train with ground burst simulators on a range at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 26, 2013.<br>
Airmen with engineering and ordnance explosion units train with ground burst simulators on a range at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug. 26, 2013.<br>

Contract awarded for hangar on Guam to support Marine squadrons

The Navy has awarded $53.7 million in contracts for construction of an aircraft maintenance hangar at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, a move critical to the redistribution of U.S. forces in the Pacific.

Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board the USS Germantown, on Feb. 2, 2012, for a routine patrol of the Asia-Pacific region at U.S. Naval Facility White Beach, Okinawa. The U.S. and Japan are continuing with plans to relocate Marines to Guam.<br>Stars and Stripes
Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board the USS Germantown, on Feb. 2, 2012, for a routine patrol of the Asia-Pacific region at U.S. Naval Facility White Beach, Okinawa. The U.S. and Japan are continuing with plans to relocate Marines to Guam.<br>Stars and Stripes

New Navy report could clear way for Marines' move from Okinawa to Guam

The Navy has recommended placing firing ranges on Andersen Air Force Base instead of Guam’s ancient ancestral lands in its latest environmental impact report — largely seen as one of the final hurdles to moving 4,700 Marines and their families off Okinawa as part of the Pacific realignment.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy talks to Yokota Air Base personnel during a visit to the base Nov. 21, 2013. Kennedy met with service members and their families after touring both US Air Force and Japan Air Self Defense Force facilities in Yokota. <br>James Kimber / Stars and Stripes
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy talks to Yokota Air Base personnel during a visit to the base Nov. 21, 2013. Kennedy met with service members and their families after touring both US Air Force and Japan Air Self Defense Force facilities in Yokota. <br>James Kimber / Stars and Stripes

Kennedy meets with Okinawa governor, praises momentum on Futenma relocation

Caroline Kennedy's first trip to Okinawa as ambassador was widely seen as a show of support for the island's governor, who in December approved the construction of a new U.S. airfield to replace MCAS Futenma.