The US announced Okinawa troop reductions while simultaneously increasing local forces

Evidence

In the face of continued Okinawan resistance, the Obama administration finally appeared to soften its position in 2012. Rather than demanding a replacement base before it would close Futenma, the administration announced it would move some nine thousand marines and around the same number of family members off Okinawa, whether the military had a replacement base or not. About five thousand marines would move to Guam; the other four thousand or so would disperse to bases in Hawaii, Australia, and Southeast Asia. Japan agreed to provide $3.1 billion of the moving costs. At the same time, though, the Marine Corps announced that it would actually increase its forces in Okinawa to nineteen thousand ahead of the planned withdrawal. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 867

Categorization

• QUESTION: How much of the announced withdrawal actually occurred versus the announced simultaneous buildup?