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MCB Camp Blaz is named after Guam local, Brigadier General Vicente T. "Ben" Blaz. Blaz was the first person of an ethnic minority to reach general rank in the USMC and the highest ranking Chamorro ever, as well as Guam's delegate to Congress from 1985 to 1993. [3] The base officially opened on January 25, 2023, with a ceremony on January 26.
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As part of that drawdown, the establishment of a Marine Corps Base Guam was planned. In 2018, the Secretary of the Navy approved the renaming of Marine Corps Base Guam in honor of the late Brigadier General Blaz. On 30 September 2020 the new base was activated as Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3] Most of foreign military installations are located in NATO countries, Middle East countries, South Korea , Australia , Japan .
North of Routes 8 and 16 is the former Naval Air Station Agana, most of which lies within the boundary of Barrigada. [8] When NAS Agana (now Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport; (IATA: GUM, ICAO: PGUM)) was closed in the mid-1990s, the land and buildings were handed over to the Government of Guam, which utilized many former base buildings as government offices; some agencies, such as the ...
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In 1988, Blaz was honored by his alma mater, when the Notre Dame Alumni Association presented him with the Corby Award, which honors alumni who have distinguished themselves in military service. [9] Blaz is the namesake of Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, a military installation in Dededo that was activated in October 2020. [10] [11]