US Marines start partial transfer from Japan's Okinawa to Guam

FILE - A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling tanker aircraft takes off from the Kadena Air Base in Kadena Town, Okinawa, Japan, on Aug. 30, 2023. U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa began a partial transfer to Guam on Dec. 14, 2024.

The partial transfer of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam began on Saturday, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their realignment to reduce the heavy burden of American troop presence on the southern Japanese island, officials said.