80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

A group of U.S. military members and Guam government officials pose for a photo holding dogs.

Air Force teams up with Guam to control island’s ‘boonie dog’ population

The Guam government and U.S. military have reached a novel agreement that lets civil engineers work outside Andersen Air Force Base to help rein in the island’s stray dog population.

A group of Guam residents climb down to the freshwater caves in the Pagat area, where the island's native Chamorro residents found fresh water thousands of years ago.

Revising plans for construction on Guam brings new challenges

The U.S. military’s plans to build Guam into a Pacific hub by 2014 are proving too much too fast, according to the retired Marine general in charge of the project.

Guam officials Friday afternoon ordered a South Korean commercial ship to leave port after thousands of spiders poured out of cargo headed for a construction site where a facility is to be built to house the crews that will one day build new U.S. military bases on the island.

Creepy, crawly cargo gets ship removed from Guam port

Guam officials Friday afternoon ordered a commercial ship from South Korea to leave port after thousands of spiders poured out of cargo intended for a construction site where a facility is to be built to house crews that will one day build new U.S. military bases on the island.

Rear Adm. David Gove, who heads up Submarine Group 7 and commander task forces 74 and 54 out of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, is responsible for submarine activity on nearly half of the Earth’s surface.

Getting 'more bang for the buck' out of Guam

Anti-submarine warfare is a growing priority in the Western Pacific, particularly with China’s and North Korea’s post-Cold War naval advances, a Navy commander said.

A B-1B Lancer bomber takes off from the runway at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

Guam will be key steppingstone for PACAF

At the height of the Vietnam War, Guam’s sprawling Andersen Air Force Base was home to massive numbers of lethal B-52 bombers, ballistic-missile submarines and 10,000 sailors stationed in and around the 212-square- mile island.

The second sub to arrive for Submarine Squadron 15, USS San Francisco, is moored along side its tender ship, USS Frank Cable, at Guam's Polaris Point.

Guam seeing buildup into a Pacific hub

Just months ago, waves splashed only against Polaris Point’s shores. Now they roll upon the hull of fast-attack submarines.

Guam remembers former resident, Columbia astronaut McCool

For many on Guam, the deaths of space shuttle Columbia’s crew Saturday really hit home: Columbia’s pilot, Cmdr. William McCool, lived on the tiny Pacific island from 1975-77 as a Navy dependent.