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Record Nr.

UNINA9910702825603321

Autore

Lepore Brian J

Titolo

High-level leadership needed to help Guam address challenges caused by DOD-related growth [[electronic resource] /] / [Brian J. Lepore]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

24 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Military bases, American - Guam

United States Armed Forces Guam

Guam Military relations United States

United States Military relations Guam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 10, 2009).

"April 9, 2009."

"GAO-09-500R."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

In an effort to improve the U.S. military's flexibility to address conventional and terrorist threats worldwide, the Department of Defense (DOD) plans to relocate more than 8,000 Marines and an estimated 9,000 dependents from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam as well as expand other U.S. force capabilities on the island at an estimated cost of more than $13 billion. DOD plans to begin construction on Guam during fiscal year 2010 in order to meet the desired buildup deadline of fiscal year 2014 indicated in the agreement reached by the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee on October 29, 2005. As a result of the military buildup, Guam's current population of 171,000 will increase by an estimated 25,000 active duty military personnel and dependents (or 14.6 percent), to 196,000.