Kwajalein
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Army garrison on Kwajalein Atoll is the No. 2 employer in the islands behind the Marshall Islands government.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
The outlays also include money for long-neglected civilian infrastructure around the crucial U.S. missile test range on Kwajalein Atoll, the source said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023
When the U.S. military wants to test whether a missile can fly from California to China or North Korea, they shoot it at Kwajalein.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
“This poses a potential threat to the U.S. as it would only be a relatively short flight to the Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Battery on Kwajalein Atoll, and the Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
The unit I was in was sent back to the little islands of Kwajalein and Eniwetok to the east of Guam.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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