Guam

This website was created and maintained from May 2020 to May 2021 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Stars and Stripes operations in the Pacific.
It will no longer be updated, but we encourage you to explore the site and view content we felt best illustrated Stars and Stripes' continued support of the Pacific theater since 1945.

Troops in Pacific play Santa in world’s longest-running humanitarian mission

Playing Santa in a C-130 is tricky. The sleigh can break down. And the presents, if not delivered just right, either go to the sharks or go splat right in front of their intended recipients.

A USDA employee and his search dog inspect vehicles at Guam's airport for the brown tree snake, an invasive pest that has devastated the territory's environment and caused a plague of island electricity blackouts.

Guam's brown menace could spread with military buildup

To say the brown tree snake is a pest on Guam would be an understatement.

Tropical fish swim in a reef off the island.

Environmental survey, legal battle put Guam buildup years away

Two key projects in the U.S. military buildup on Guam remain in limbo more than a year after they were first delayed due to environmental concerns.

A member of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron installs a new sign at the host command headquarters at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, announcing its new name.

Andersen air wing now designated as permanent

It might mean thousands of new business cards for airmen on Guam. The wing at Andersen Air Force Base earned a new name Thursday, changing from an Air Expeditionary Wing to a permanent wing.

A group of Guam residents climb down to the freshwater caves in the Pagat area, where the island's native Chamorro residents found fresh water thousands of years ago.

Revising plans for construction on Guam brings new challenges

The U.S. military’s plans to build Guam into a Pacific hub by 2014 are proving too much too fast, according to the retired Marine general in charge of the project.

Guam officials Friday afternoon ordered a South Korean commercial ship to leave port after thousands of spiders poured out of cargo headed for a construction site where a facility is to be built to house the crews that will one day build new U.S. military bases on the island.

Creepy, crawly cargo gets ship removed from Guam port

Guam officials Friday afternoon ordered a commercial ship from South Korea to leave port after thousands of spiders poured out of cargo intended for a construction site where a facility is to be built to house crews that will one day build new U.S. military bases on the island.

Rear Adm. David Gove, who heads up Submarine Group 7 and commander task forces 74 and 54 out of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, is responsible for submarine activity on nearly half of the Earth’s surface.

Getting 'more bang for the buck' out of Guam

Anti-submarine warfare is a growing priority in the Western Pacific, particularly with China’s and North Korea’s post-Cold War naval advances, a Navy commander said.