VIDEO: Reports Say Revised Realignment Deal Will Bring Even Fewer Marines to Guam

Guam – Numerous reports from Japanese media are indicating that the U.S. and Japan has come to an agreement on moving 4,000 marines from Okinawa to Guam. Originally under the 2006 "Road Map to Realignment" the U.S. and Japan had agreed on sending 8,600 marines and their families to Guam.

 

 The news out of various Japanese media outlets is that the number of marines being moved to Guam from Okinawa has dropped to 4,000 which is down 700 marines from previous reports.

 »That’s still a large number that’s two full battalions of marines there’s two thousand marines per battalion so that’s a large group two full battalions. Plus another thing I think is reassuring to us is that the negotiators agreed that the Guam buildup would not be contingent upon any developments in Japan in terms of what happens to the U.S. bases on Okinawa.» 13:06

 Legislative buildup chairwoman Senator Judi Guthertz thinks that these developments should encourage the U.S. congress to begin appropriating money for the buildup. However according to the governor’s buildup director Mark Calvo these numbers are not yet official. «We’ve communicated with the department of defense to get status on those numbers but there’s no official word that we’ve been given that those numbers are accurate," said Calvo.

 Calvo says they do know that officials with the government of Japan and the U.S. government have been negotiating some final numbers. Meanwhile the Yomiuri Shinbun reports: «of the 8,600 U.S. marines to be relocated, 4,000 will be sent to Guam, 2,600 to Hawaii, 1,200 to Australia and 800 to the U.S. mainland. «

 »This administration has always had the stance that whatever the numbers are Guam wishes to support and we’re fully behind whatever the Department of Defense determines ultimately is the best strategy for defense or strategic initiative or security in the region," said Calvo. Calvo says it is not yet clear whether or not this reduction in the number of marines will require an entirely new environmental impact statement of the buildup. «Our position has been to challenge the Navy on any thought to do an additional EIS that covers the numbers if in fact another EIS is being thought of by the Navy for these new numbers the position with this administration is to question why do that when it is a smaller number than the previous number," said Calvo. Calvo says he expects to hear some official word on the result of those negotiations sometime this week.

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