DOD Faces Support Challenges for Defense of Guam

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Guam is home to more than 170,000 Americans and several military installations. Protecting this U.S. territory from missile attack is a Department of Defense priority. As of March 2025, the defense system in Guam included six missile launchers and one radar. DOD is planning to deploy additional systems. But it has yet to determine how many personnel are needed to operate the systems, when those personnel would be deployed, and more. DOD needs this information to, for example, ensure it has enough time to also build military housing and other supporting facilities.

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... What GAO Found

The Department of Defense (DOD) has taken steps to establish an organizational structure for overseeing and sustaining an enhanced missile defense system known as the Guam Defense System (GDS). In addition, DOD has designated lead services for operating and sustaining the elements that make up the GDS. However, there are unresolved challenges that could hamper the success of DOD's efforts:

- - - DOD lacks a strategy that outlines how and when responsibilities for operating and sustaining GDS elements will transfer to their lead organizations.

- - - The Army does not have a long-term strategy for integrating with the other military services in Guam to coordinate Army construction and installation support needed to support GDS and personnel. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-22 07:36 PM | Reply

@#1 ... DOD lacks a strategy ...

Sec Hegseth's incompetence is starting to trickle down to DoD projects?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-22 07:38 PM | Reply