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本州(혼슈) 移轉(이전) 바람직하다



沖繩(오키나와) 駐屯(주둔)의 海兵隊(해병대)



共同通信(교도통신) 2004年7月9日 10:07



[워싱턴 8日 共同] 그렉슨(Wallace Gregson) 美 太平洋軍海兵隊司令官(태평양군해병대사령관)[中將(중장)]은 7月8日, 駐日美軍再編(주일미군재편)과 關連(관련)해, 沖繩(오키나와)에 駐屯(주둔)하는 海兵隊(해병대)를 戰略的(전략적) 觀點(관점)에서 本州(혼슈) 등 日本內(일본내)로 移轉(이전)하는 것이 바람직하다며, 괌(Guam)이나 美 本土(본토)로의 移轉에 否定的(부정적)인 見解(견해)를 表明(표명)했다. 워싱턴(Washington, D.C.)에서 記者團(기자단)에게 말했다.



美 政府內(정부내)에서 浮上(부상)하고 있는 沖繩 駐屯 海兵隊 약 1萬6,000명의 一部(일부)를 캠프(camp) 富士(후지)[靜岡縣(시즈오카현) 御殿場市(고템바시)]나 駐日(주일) 美 陸軍司令部(육군사령부)가 있는 캠프 座間(자마)[神奈川縣(가나가와현) 座間市(자마시)]로 옮기는 構想(구상)에 따른 發言(발언). 司令官(사령관)은 再編(재편)을 둘러싼 日·美 協議(협의)에 直接關與(직접관여)하고 있지 않지만, 아시아·太平洋地域(태평양지역)을 統括(통괄)하는 海兵隊 탑(top)인 만큼 一定(일정)한 影響力(영향력)이 있을 듯 하다.



美 本土 등으로의 移轉에 대해 『日本을 떠나는 것은 必要(필요)한 地域(지역)으로부터 멀어지게 되는 것이다』라고 말해, 朝鮮半島(조선반도)[韓半島(한반도)] 등 極東有事(극동유사)에 卽席(즉석)에서 對應(대응)할 수 있는 日本 駐屯의 重要性(중요성)을 强調(강조)했다.



한편, 本州로의 移轉은 『海兵隊와 自衛隊(자위대)와의 訓鍊强化(기능강화)가 目的(목적)에 있다』라고 言明(언명). 美 政府(정부)는 駐日美軍再編으로, 美軍과 自衛隊의 提携强化(제휴강화)를 圖謀(도모)한다는 方針(방침)이다.



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[REUTERS]



Keep U.S. Marines in Japan, Marine Commander Says



Thu Jul 8, 2004 01:38 PM ET



By Charles Aldinger



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine commander in the

Pacific indicated Thursday he opposed any withdrawal of

Marines from Japan, suggesting that some of the 17,000

troops on Okinawa should be transferred to bases on Japan's

mainland.



"I think moving away from Japan moves us away from where the

need is and where most of the problems are likely to occur"

in Asia, Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson said when asked if U.S.

Marines might be shifted from Okinawa to Guam.



Gregson spoke to reporters as Washington and Tokyo continued

talks on the status of U.S. forces and whether they will be

cut in a global realignment of the American military. He

said he did not know if any final decision had been made.



"Where would we would move? (I) don't know," Gregson

added. "There have been an awful lot of things talked about

and they will continue to be talked about."



A centerpiece of the talks is whether the Pentagon will

remove any Marines off the Japanese island of Okinawa -

where the number has been temporarily reduced to 14,000 by

deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan - and shift them to the

United States or to the U.S. island of Guam in the Western

Pacific.



The United States already has said it will remove 12,500 of

its 37,000 troops in South Korea by the end of next year.

Washington also is expected to withdraw thousands of troops

from Germany although no such decision has been announced.



Gregson, who is commander of the 70,000 U.S. Marines based

in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes California, said

he was not directly involved in the Japan negotiations.



But pressed on where any Marines might be moved if their

controversial presence on Okinawa is reduced, he suggested

that joint operations could be increased at Japanese bases

on the country's main island of Honshu.



"The purpose of the move would be to enhance our ability to

train with the (Japan) Self Defense Forces. Moving on to one

of their bases somewhere - or a number of them - might make

sense. It's an option that I think is yet unexplored but

that would be the one that I would favor," Gregson said.



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