Grassroots and congressional opposition forced a major scaling back of the Guam build-up.

Evidence

In 2014, in the face of this growing opposition, the military finally backed down on its desire to build a shooting range at Pågat, recommending instead that it be located on Andersen Air Base. Revised buildup plans also suggested that it would no longer be necessary for the military to acquire additional land, that total population growth would be ten thousand rather than eighty thousand, and that the buildup could be slowed to spread its effects over thirteen years rather than seven. In the new plans, only five thousand marines from Okinawa would relocate to Guam, while roughly four thousand others would disperse to bases in Hawaii, Australia, and Southeast Asia. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 258

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 258