U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mike Cruz, adjutant general of the Guam National Guard, right, meets with Arnold Palacios, governor of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, April 19, 2024. In addition to reaffirming disaster response procedures, the leaders shared ccommitments to defend Guam and the Marianas against influence from adversaries. (Mark Scott, Public Affairs Office, Guam National Guard)
“As a Marianas, we need to stick together,” said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mike Cruz, adjutant general of the Guam National Guard. “We have the most to lose, more than any other jurisdiction in the United States. What we cannot have is for history to show that we had the most to lose, but we did the least to prepare.”
