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Combat Catamarans
Army bares high speed vessels plan for Guam IF THE U.S. Army’s plan to station three Joint High Speed Vessels in Apra Harbor pushes through, Guam residents may have to put up with five to six months of live-fire training each year
Cruz to Bice: Get to grips with local issues
VICE speaker BJ Cruz sent the Joint Guam Program Office a letter and two DVD copies of Thursday’s roundtable discussions on the military buildup’s impact on Guam healthcare at the legislature.
Joint Region Marianas: No new commander (Pacific Daily News)
There has been no official Department of Defense announcement for a new Joint Region Marianas Commander, Lt. Jodie Cornell, the Guam-based Joint Region Marianas public affairs officer, said yesterday.
Guthertz tells JGPO to amend plans
SENATOR Judi Guthertz told the Joint Guam Program Office that the buildup plan must be modified or the known hospitality of the people of Guam, or the “welcome mat” for the buildup may disappear.
Longer DEIS talk period sought
VICE speaker BJ Cruz insists the people of Guam and local officials, including the Guam legislature, do not have adequate time to review the 11,000-page draft environmental impact statement released by the Joint Guam Program Office in November.
Bice: DEIS will be ‘adjusted’
MAJOR David Bice, executive director of the Joint Guam Program Office, assured the local community their input during the recent series of public hearings and their written testimonies will be included in the final environmental impact statement.
NEWS UPDATE : 3:43 p.m. – Simulated exercise to test readiness for explosion to start tomorrow (Pacific Daily News)
The Guam Homeland Security and the Office of Civil Defense in conjunction with Joint Task Force – Homeland Defense, the Guam National Guard’s 94th Civil Support Team, the Alaska National Guard and several of the island’s local and federal response agencies will participate in Mañe´lu, an interagency chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive field training exercise from Jan. 12-13.
US-Japan row won’t affect Guam pact
JOINT Guam Program Office executive director General David Bice doesn’t believe the souring relationship between the U.S. and Japan will affect the Marines move to the island.
Land grab
Military planners could still use condemnation to take lands GENERAL David Bice, executive director of the Joint Guam Program Office, has repeatedly assured the local community that the federal government would not condemn lands for use of the military buildup, but JGPO director Col John Jackson did not back up Bice’s statements during a recent radio interview.
Public matters
Final release of EIS hinges on Guam feedback THE final environmental impact statement on the military buildup could be released by late spring or early summer of next year, depending on public comments the Joint Guam Program Office and the Department of Defense receive, according to JGPO director John Jackson.