[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "DoD struggles to clear unexploded ordnance at Navy and Air Forces bases on Guam"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Decades after World War II, DoD struggles to clear unexploded ordnance at Navy and Air Forces bases on Guam

By Geoff Ziezulewicz
Navy Times
July 8, 2020

Roughly 11,000 bombs and other munitions were dropped on Guam in World War II, but never detonated.

Decades later, the U.S. Defense Department is still struggling to clear out unexploded ordnance and other discarded munitions on the strategically vital South Pacific island used by the Navy and Air Force, according to a Defense Department Inspector General report released last month.

“Hazardous munitions have been found around Guam ranging from 20-millimeter projectiles to 1,000-pound bombs and including both U.S. and Japanese ordnance,” investigators wrote.
Failures to properly fund and plan for military construction-related clearance missions have impacted operations and safety on the island as well, according to the IG.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/07/08/decades-after-world-war-ii-dod-struggles-to-clear-unexploded-ordnance-at-navy-and-air-forces-bases-on-guam

For the Inspector General’s report, go to https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jun/18/2002317722/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2020-093.PDF

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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