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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Lepore, Brian J.

Contributor:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military bases, American--Guam.

Military bases, American.

United States--Armed Forces--Guam.

United States.

Guam--Military relations--United States.

Guam.

United States--Military relations--Guam.

United States. Department of Defense--Planning.

Physical Description:

24 pages : digital, PDF file

Other Title:

High level leadership needed to help Guam address challenges caused by Department of Defense related growth

Defense infrastructure

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web from GAO web site. Address as of 4/10/09: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09500r.pdf; current access available via PURL.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

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

"April 9, 2009."

"GAO-09-500R."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

318220526