Pacific Outpost Archives - Honolulu Civil Beat

The military buildup is expected to help Guam's economy. But will it make the island a target as well?

Most of Tinian is already under lease to the military. But residents who were expecting a base may now get multiple live-fire ranges that could destroy the island's environment and devastate its tourism economy.

Pagan residents made it through Spanish colonization, Japanese occupation, World War II and a volcanic eruption. Now many just want to go home again.

The Mariana Islands are still littered with dangerous debris left over from World War II but now, with an eye toward China, the U.S. wants to vastly increase its military presence there.