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GAO-11-459R 1 (2011-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanys0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i ~GA 0 A co biin t y Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 27, 2011 The Honorable Tim Johnson Chairman The Honorable Mark Kirk Ranking Member Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Subject: Military Buildup on Guam: Costs and Challenges in Meeting Construction Timelines In 2004, the bilateral U.S. and Japanese Security Consultative Committee began a series of sustained security consultations to strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance by establishing a framework for the future of the U.S. force structure in Japan. The United States and Japan agreed to reduce the U.S. force structure in Japan while maintaining the U.S. force presence in the Pacific theater by relocating units to other areas, including Guam. As part of this effort, called the Defense Policy Review Initiative, about 8,600 Marines and 9,000 dependents were to move from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam by a projected date of 2014, as described in the bilateral agreement.' On June 21, 2011, however, United States and Government of Japan officials noted that completion of the Marine relocation will not meet the previously targeted date of 2014, but confirmed their commitment to complete the relocation at the earliest possible date after 2014.2 The Department of Defense (DOD) also plans to move other military forces and equipment to Guam on different schedules in implementing a new strategic approach in the Pacific as part of its worldwide Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy. These latter initiatives involve each of the military services and the Army National Guard working concurrently to complete infrastructure projects to support Guam-based U.S. forces and their dependents. If the initiatives are implemented as planned, the Guam-based DOD population would 'Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of Japan Concerning The Implementation Of The Relocation Of III Marine Expeditionary Force Personnel And Their Dependents From Okinawa To Guam (Feb.17, 2009). We refer to this agreement as the bilateral agreement, and enclosure I contains the signed agreement in its entirety. 2Security Consultative Committee Document Progress on the Realignment of U.S. Forces in Japan (June 21, 2011). The Security Consultative Committee Document is a joint document issued at the conclusion of the most recent United States-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting, attended by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Minister for Foreign Affairs Matsumoto, and Minister of Defense Kitazawa. GAO-i 1-459R Military Buildup on Guam Page I

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