February 8, the United States and Japan announced that the two countries have to modify the U.S. military reorganization Under the agreement, the original 18000 Okinawa U.S. Marine Corps in 8000 to transfer programs, adjusted to 4700 people, while the remaining 3,300 will be temporarily transferred to Hawaii, Australia and the Philippines, in turn stationed. The agreement also provides that the transfer of troops agreed to the original bundled with the Futenma base relocation plan of facilitation, the first force transfer in the base before the relocation.
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The news came out, causing concern of many of the media and experts. Japanese media reported that the U.S. is the great shift forced by a growing Chinese military pressure. However, arms control and nonproliferation center of the Secretary-General of the Institute of American Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Hongyuan also a reduced, but the troops were some of the mobilization of example, he said: The U.S. move was on the left can also swing to the right, the changes of troops does not mean that the entire strategic situation changes.
For fear of the People’s Liberation Army retreat
February 4, Japan’s Kyodo Chinese website, the United States aimed at the implementation of troops scattered from the devastating blow this sensational subject reported that the reason why the U.S. Department of Defense to consider amending the original 8000 U.S. Navy in Okinawa Marines retreat to the plan of Guam, dispersed from the original Guam, in turn deploy to the central Pacific, Hawaii and several other bases, and missile R & D projects with China to promote and navy and air force combat capabilities continue to enhance the relevant part of officers and men. Reported that the United States believes that Okinawa and Guam, close to China, could suffer a devastating blow in unexpected circumstances.
U.S. military bases in Okinawa is an important military base in the United States aimed at containment of China’s so-called Cape of Good Hope, made between the rapid reaction force Guam is located about 1500 km east of Okinawa, the Mariana Islands and the southern tip of the U.S. on the so-called Here from China about 3000 km, 2500 km away from Japan. Since 2000, the U.S. continued to increase military deployment with Endrin Air Force Base in Guam as the core, and fight to be able to accommodate aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and a large number of ground forces in the Pacific fortress.
The United States so painstakingly built up bases in Guam, mainly because the United States has always maintained that the base of Asia However, with the introduction of the U.S. new military strategy, Guam, the January 31, Japan’s Kyodo News quoted U.S. government officials as saying on condition of anonymity said: Many Americans believe that the same close to China because of Guam, and so dispersed the troops deployed to the base from farther Hawaii , is the wiser choice.
The above-mentioned Japanese media reported that the However, arms control and nonproliferation center of the Secretary-General of the Institute of American Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Hongyuan said in an interview with The U.S. military did not constitute pressure. In fact, the United States and Japan to modify in Japan and the United States Marine Corps adjustment plan for two main reasons: First, to adapt to the new military strategy recently introduced by the United States; is forced by the pressure of Japan’s domestic U.S. withdrawal.
February 9th, has been designated as the commander of the U.S. military’s new forces in the Pacific, Admiral Samuel Locke Montreal in the hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the meeting pointed out that modify the U.S. military reorganization plan is essential, and its significance is geographically dispersed U.S. forces deploy to combat the use of more flexible He also stressed that the Okinawa burden of the advance of
February 10, Philippine Defense Secretary Jiaming Si with the visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Colin Shapiro increase the number of joint exercises in humanitarian relief and disaster relief areas of the US-Philippine military agreement, Japan’s US-Philippine move is to transfer part of the officers and soldiers for the U.S. Marines in Okinawa to the Philippines to prepare for. In fact, as early as November last year, U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to Australia, the two leaders agreed that 2,500 U.S. Marines deployed to Darwin in the next few years, these officers and men, also from Okinawa.
Hongyuan pointed out, dispersed, adhere to retain under the premise of the Marine Corps base in Okinawa, decided in advance to evacuate part of the officers and men, but the surface of the concession, the purpose of manufacturing to reduce the illusion of U.S. forces in Japan, to ease the Japan, especially Okinawa Prefecture, local residents demanded that the U.S. troop withdrawal pressure of public opinion to keep these bases, the U.S. Marine Corps to mobilize troops temporarily to go, but can always come back.
Of course, in addition to the military strategic considerations, the compress Marines from Okinawa to retreat to Guam officers and men of the number of Pentagon cash-strapped relevant in the United States and Japan. Bloomberg, USA February 8, quoted one declined to name sources as saying that the original retreat troops reduced from 8,000 to 4,700, because President Obama canceled the purpose of a cost of up to $ 21.1 billion the expansion of the Guam military presence in the plan.
It is worth mentioning is that the United States outward transfer of U.S. troops in Japan may also be related to earthquake in Japan caused by nuclear leakage. March to Japan to participate in disaster relief operations, the United States a reasonable incentive.
The U.S. military is in fact not want to go
The United States agreed to originally bundled with the 8000 withdrawal of the Marines and Marine Corps Futenma base relocation issue deregulation, broke the deadlock against the United States a large number of the garrison in Okinawa caused by the Japan-US relations. However, from the current situation, plague the relocation of Futenma base still plagued the US-Japan relations. The United States insisted that the aviation facilities in Okinawa is very important.
According to the Japan-US relations to sources, in the end of January was held in Jeju Island, Korea and the US-ROK Defense Senior Officials Meeting on the Japanese side of the senior U.S. official informed now have to continue to use the views of the Futenma Air Station. As for the U.S. side sticks to strongly urge the Japanese to implement the relocation of Futenma Air Station to protect wild side of the ancient county plan, is also facing heavy pressure.
February 7, the relocation of the Futenma Air Station, the destination where rice Ridge, Okinawa Prefecture, Nago City Mayor in Washington, DC think tank, gave a speech, criticized the relocation to ignore the will of the citizens forced to promote the to Nago City wild side of the ancient parts of the program and moved to outside the county. Rice Ridge also called on the American people, aerial photographs to point out the danger of
The voice not only against the U.S. troops from Okinawa Prefecture. According to Kyodo News reported that the United States has proposed the planned retreat of the 3300 Marine Corps officers and men moved to the U.S. military base in Iwakuni (Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture). However, Yamaguchi Prefecture Iseki into day in the county government, told reporters:
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