The Northern Marianas island of Tinian will eventually have a military base as part of the military expansion on Guam.
The Director of the Joint Guam Program Office, David Bice, says the base will be several years in the making and the timeline has not been finalized.
But he says the island will eventually be home to a warm base, where the Marines will stay during training sessions and then leave.
The base would include barracks and a dining hall with civilian employees.
Under the proposed Guam military buildup, approximately 8,000 U.S. Marines and 9,000 dependents will be transferred from Okinawa in Japan, to Guam.
The Saipan Tribune says construction of new defence facilities is set to start in 2010, with the relocation to be completed in 2014.
David Bice says the military is still drafting the CNMI's master plan and waiting for an environmental impact study.
The island of Pagan and other islands in the CNMI are also being considered for the buildup.
