U.S. Marines' transfer to Guam from Okinawa to start in Dec.
KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS - Jun 16, 2024 - 19:34 | All, World, Japan
The transfer of U.S. Marine Corps troops stationed in Japan's Okinawa to Guam will start in December, a Marines official said Sunday, the latest development in a long-agreed Japan-U.S. forces realignment plan aimed at reducing the southern island prefecture's base-hosting burden.
The plan to move 4,000 of the approximately 19,000 Marines currently in Okinawa, agreed upon in 2012, is set to be completed by around 2028, according the Congressional Research Service and other sources.
With the United States also planning to move around 5,000 more Marines to locations such as Hawaii and the U.S. mainland, the number stationed in Okinawa is eventually expected to drop to around 10,000, they said.
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