Fortress Guam: Resistance to Us Military Mega-buildup

Natividad, LisaLinda; Kirk, Gwyn (May 2010). "Fortress Guam: Resistance to Us Military Mega-buildup". Asia-Pacific Journal. 8 (19): e1. doi:10.1017/S1557466010009770. ISSN 1557-4660.

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Abstract: United States presidents rarely visit the U.S. territory of Guam (or Guåhan in the Chamorro language), but President Obama may visit in June 2010. This will be a significant stop for residents of this small island, 30 miles long and eight miles wide, dubbed, “Where America's day begins.” Guam is the southern-most island in the Northern Mariana chain that also includes Rota, Tinian, and Saipan. It is the homeland of indigenous Chamorro people whose ancestors first came to the islands nearly 4,000 years ago. Formed from two volcanoes, Guam's rocky core now constitutes an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” for the United States military in the words of Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Owens, a former commanding officer of Guam's Andersen Air Force Base.

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