Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Military Training in the Mariana Islands.
Abstract
The Commander, Naval Forces Marianas, acting for the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, requires training for military forces in its area of responsibility. Approximately 4,600 personnel from the Air Force, Navy, Guam National Guard, Army Reserve, and Marine Corps comprise the force structure depending on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for training. Training is required to develop war fighting skills and to maintain a state of combat readiness in troops stationed on Guam as well as those stationed in Asia, various other Pacific islands, Hawaii, and Alaska. Most activities proposed in this EIS have been conducted previously in the proposed locations. Proposed activities include basic military occupational skills training, weapons certification, parachute and aviation certification, logistics training, tactical exercises, combined arms training for large groups, and joint-service exercises involving 1,000 or more personnel. Proposed training locations are active military bases on Guam (NAVACTS Ordnance Annex and Waterfront Annex, Andersen Air Force Base, including the Main Base, Northwest Field, and Andersen South, and two Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station sites), certain non-military properties on Guam and Rota, the Military Lease Area on Tinian, and the uninhabited island of Farallon de Medinilla.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA323079
Entities
Organizations
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command