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Price of move to Guam on the rise again


Pacific Daily News
Posted : Wednesday Sep 24, 2008 6:33:58 EDT

Moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam may be much higher than initially projected.

“Recently, Marine Forces Pacific officials estimated that the Marine Corps realignment on Guam alone will exceed $15 billion, which is significantly higher than the original $10.3 billion estimate," the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, wrote in a report last week on defense infrastructure.

Previously, the estimated cost of the military buildup on Guam was projected to be more than $13 billion, including the Marine move and enhancements to Navy and Air Force facilities.

Additional costs cited in the GAO report include:

• The cost of using high-speed vessels to move Marines to and from Guam.

• Training-related costs in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

• Relocation costs for personnel, equipment and material to Guam.

• Costs of facility furnishings, such as furniture and office equipment.

• Real estate costs if additional land is required on Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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