{"id":34469,"date":"2014-05-07T21:12:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T11:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=34469"},"modified":"2014-05-07T21:12:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T11:12:36","slug":"guam-senators-tour-thaad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/guam-senators-tour-thaad\/","title":{"rendered":"Guam senators tour THAAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34468\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Guam-senators.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34468\" alt=\"Senators of the 32nd Guam Legislature pose with military leadership in front of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system on Andersen Air Force Base on May 7. The senators visited the site to gain a deeper understanding of the THAAD mission, which has been at Andersen since April 2013. (U.S. Air Force\/Airman 1st Class Adarius Petty)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Guam-senators.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senators of the 32nd Guam Legislature pose with military leadership in front of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system on Andersen Air Force Base on May 7. The senators visited the site to gain a deeper understanding of the THAAD mission, which has been at Andersen since April 2013. (U.S. Air Force\/Airman 1st Class Adarius Petty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam<\/strong>\u2014Senators of the 32nd Guam Legislature were provided a tour and briefing of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, battery located on Andersen Air Force Base on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Sen. Rory Respicio, majority leader, and Republican Sen. Anthony Ada, minority leader, made the initial request for the tour, which was hosted by Rear Adm. Tilghman Payne, commander of Joint Region Marianas; Brig. Gen. Steven Garland, commander of 36th Wing; and Army Lt. Col. Clyde Cochrane, commander of Task Force Talon, THAAD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to foster positive relations with our regional partners, it is important that we provide opportunities for Guam\u2019s leaders to better understand the military\u2019s mission,\u201d Payne said. \u201cWe appreciate the senators\u2019 support and willingness to familiarize themselves with our capabilities and to become acquainted with the men and women who serve our great nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Respicio stated: \u201cWith the deployment of this missile defense system, our armed forces have once again demonstrated their professionalism and dedication to securing our island\u2019s defense and our nation\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legislative Secretary Tina Mu\u00f1a Barnes stated further: \u201cIt was a very impressive and informative tour and I know I speak for all my colleagues in conveying our gratitude to Admiral Payne and his command for keeping us apprised of this new addition to our island\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senators Thomas Ada, Aline Yamashita, Christopher Duenas, Frank Aguon, Jr., and Thomas Morrison were also in attendance. <em><strong>(PR<\/strong><\/em><strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam\u2014Senators of the 32nd Guam Legislature were provided a tour and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[51,200],"class_list":["post-34469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-guam","tag-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}