esia ▁are ▁guaranteed ▁US ▁national ▁status ▁and ▁therefore ▁are ▁allowed ▁to ▁serve ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁military . ▁The ▁members ▁of ▁these ▁island ▁nations ▁have ▁deployed ▁in ▁a ▁combined ▁Pacific ▁force ▁consisting ▁of ▁Gu aman ian , ▁Hawai ian ▁and ▁Sam o an ▁reserve ▁units . ▁They ▁have ▁been ▁deployed ▁twice ▁to ▁Ira q . ▁The ▁government ▁of ▁one ▁country , ▁the ▁Sol omon ▁Islands , ▁listed ▁by ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁as ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁coal ition , ▁was ▁apparently ▁una ware ▁of ▁any ▁such ▁membership ▁and ▁prompt ly ▁denied ▁it . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁study , ▁the ▁Feder ated ▁States ▁of ▁Mic ron esia , ▁the ▁Marshall ▁Islands ▁and ▁Pal au ▁( and ▁T ong a ▁and ▁the ▁Sol omon ▁Islands ▁to ▁a ▁less er ▁extent ) ▁were ▁all ▁econom ically ▁dependent ▁on ▁economic ▁aid ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁thus ▁had ▁an ▁economic ▁in cent ive ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁Co al ition ▁of ▁the ▁Will ing . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois ▁Professor ▁Scott ▁Al th aus ▁reported ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁learned ▁that ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁was ▁editing ▁and ▁back - dating ▁revis ions ▁to ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁countries ▁in ▁the ▁coal ition . ▁Al th aus ▁found ▁that ▁some ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁list ▁had ▁been ▁entirely ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁record , ▁and ▁that ▁others ▁contrad icted ▁one ▁another , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁procedure ▁of ▁arch iving ▁original ▁documents ▁and ▁supp lement ing ▁them ▁with ▁later ▁revis