in Henoko. Onaga has promised to veto the landfill work needed for the new base to be built and insisted Futenma should be moved outside of Okinawa. Incidents Reports indicate that Agent Orange was stored and used at Camp Schwab and other US bases on Okinawa in the 1960s. The US government denies that the toxin was present at the base and the Japanese government has declined to investigate. On 24 March 2009 a Marine was killed and two others injured in an explosion near the base. The Marine Corps announced that the Marines were part of an explosive ordnance disposal team preparing unexploded ordnance for disposal when the explosion occurred. References External links What Okinawa Wants You to Understand about the U.S. Military Bases(PDF) from Okinawa Prefectural Office Washington DC Japan Times Online article showing the layout of the new airport ヘリ基地反対協 声明 Schwab Installations of the U.S. Department of Defense in Japan United States Armed Forces in Okinawa Prefecture