The U.S. Marine Corps reactivated a new base on Guam in a ceremony, Jan. 26, honoring the long-shared history of the Marine Corps and Guam and establishing a forward presence in the Indo-Pacific that will endure into the future.

For many years, analysts, the military, and members of Congress have called for more missile interceptors to be placed on Guam to defend its airbase and naval port from enemy missile attack.