U.S. Army plans to send 70,000 troops to the Asia Pacific region
We also are expanding the Air Force - our rotational bomber presence at Anderson Air Force base in Guam. Developing with the Navy, and Guam - the Navy and the Air Force, have their facilities on Guam; Anderson up in the north, the Apra Harbor Naval Facility in the southwest, and then also at some point bringing some of the
Marines from Okinawa to Guam. But for now the main event is the Air Force and Navy moves, very important strategically”, he said.“The Marines, no change in Marine Corps presence west of the international dateline, despite the fact that the Marine Corps is going to be reducing in size at the end of the Iraq/Afghanistan war. No change to Marine Corps west of the international dateline. And in fact, they -- they'll be seeing more of the Marines in the Pacific, and the
Army too. Why? Because they're not in Afghanistan. The Army itself plans to align 70,000 troops to the Asia Pacific region as part of its new general regional alignment, which heavily weighs the Asia-Pacific region”, Carter said
