1,000 OKINAWA SOLDIERS TO MOVE TO TINIAN Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/24/2006 - 00:00
By John Ravelo
SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, March 24) – The relocation of U.S. Marine troops from Okinawa, Japan, to the island of Tinian in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has been set for January 2007, a milestone that is expected to play an important role in the CNMI s economic recovery.
Military spending on the island is projected to reach $10 billion over a five-year period.
A non-profit group also plans to undertake a $20 million war museum project on Tinian, according to Dr. Thomas D. Arkle Jr., the special consultant for resource development at the Tinian Mayor s Office.