Dreading the Dredging: Military Buildup on Guam and Implications for Marine Biodiversity in Apra Harbor

By: Meghan Heneghan In 2006, The United States-Japan 'Roadmap for Realignment Implementation' agreement was signed--a bilateral agreement of a relocation of over 8,600 U.S. Marine Corps members from Okinawa, Japan to Guam, the U.S. Territory in the Marianas Islands. This operation (CNMI Military Relocation, or military buildup) could be one of the largest peacetime military buildups in U.S. history (Marler and Moore 2011). The details of this plan have evolved over time and with the budget sequestration much is on hold at the present moment. [More]