EWA BEACH, Hawaii (Habele) â A group of off-duty U.S. Army soldiers in Hawaii have teamed up with a public school on Oahu, students in the schoolâs Naval JROTC unit, and a nonprofit founded by former Peace Corps volunteers to send books to a school-based library in Kosrae.
Diverse in culture and language, the far-flung picturesque islands of Micronesia are strategically situated. The Federated States of Micronesia are the geopolitical crossroads of the Pacific. The islandsâ dramatic role in centuries of global politics obscures persistent challenges of isolation, dispersion, and limited resources.
Once part of a U.S. administered Trust Territory, today Micronesiaâs far-reaching alliance with the U.S. is cemented through a Compact of Free Association, or COFA, that defines defense and development ties between the nations.