... is a front-page story about the US military's redeployment to Guam, a US territory - and how bringing 79,000 people (mainly Marines and their families) to the island could severely damage the environment and sewer and water systems.
Among the highlights:
"Many families have members serving in the armed forces; among the 50 states and four territories, this island regularly ranks first in recruiting success. Guam's killed-in-action rate is about four times as high as on the mainland...
Led by the Marines, American forces liberated the island in 1944, and people here say they still feel a debt to the United States. To repay it, they proudly call their island the "tip of the spear" for projecting U.S. military power in the Far East...
"We don't mind being the tip of spear, but we don't want to get the shaft," said Simon A. Sanchez II, chairman of Guam's commission on public utilities.
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