More Than Two Men and a Ship

Moving 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam won't be finished until the year 2014 according to an article in The Economist I just read.

Slowly, I'm getting details after this initial report I blogged on; and after a press conference added details (But whose public affairs contact listed did not respond to my question. It really annoys me that a "contact" wouldn't even bother to contact a member of the public who asks a question.)

The move and others will give us more depth behind the first line of defense of Japan-South Korea-Taiwan. I know we have to build new facilities on Guam, but eight years seems like a rather long time to move 8,000 Marines.