{"id":33107,"date":"2024-01-22T13:10:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T13:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/22\/marines-disable-drone-flying-over-new-guam-base\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:52:08","slug":"marines-disable-drone-flying-over-new-guam-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2024\/01\/22\/marines-disable-drone-flying-over-new-guam-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines \u2018disable\u2019 drone flying over new Guam base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A drone flying over a newly activated Marine Corps base on Guam \u201cwas disabled\u201d on Jan. 14, a Marine spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Diann Rosenfeld said in her statement Thursday to Marine Corps Times that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was investigating the incident, which occurred over Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz. She declined to provide more information about what kind of drone was involved or how it was disabled, citing the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a public reminder, drone activity over Guam DoD property is prohibited,\u201d she said in the emailed statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine Corps officially opened Camp Blaz in January 2022, in preparation for a future shuffling of some 5,000 Marines<\/a> from Japan to Guam as part of an agreement between the United States and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident, which Military.com<\/a> first reported, comes as the Marine Corps is investing in platforms that can strike drones down from the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marine leadership has said<\/a> the heavy use of drones in the recent wars in Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine shows the need for the Corps to get these counter-drone capabilities. It has identified the proliferation of cheap drones in particular as one risk to its base infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t