Author	: Bill Kochman
Publish	: Apr. 25, 2026
Update	: Apr. 25, 2026
Parts	: 04

Synopsis:



Continuing our discussion from part two, as I just stated, the empty and meaningless words which are offered to us by our government leaders are really nothing but unacceptable excuses. They are political fluff, and they really amount to intentional gaslighting and psychological manipulation, as they attempt to lull us into a false sense of security by saying "We have got our concrete buildings, so we're all perfectly fine. We are safe, secure and fortified." Yet in my view, this simply is not so. To reiterate, a typhoon is not the same as a bomb or missile which weighs hundreds or thousands of pounds, and that carries an extremely powerful explosive yield which is capable of obliterating everything in a mere instant before one can even think.

So again, such words lack real substance, and they are words which in effect really admit failure on the part of GovGuam, the Office of Civil Defense, and Guam Homeland Security to protect the people of Guam, and to adequately prepare us for the real potential of being caught right in the middle of a very savage missile war between the United States and China, or North Korea, or perhaps even both, in the not-too-distant future. In thinking about this issue, I'm reminded of a Bible verse which I first shared with my readers way back in 1999 in the article "Y2K Preparation: Survival Items List", and in related Y2K articles. This verse warns us to be smart, and to prepare for potential danger and potential calamities, if we do not want to suffer any negative consequences due to our own foolishness. It states the following:

"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."


We on Guam know from countless experiences living on this island that when Landon and Brandon Aydlett and the NWS Guam team -- I personally refer to Landon and Brandon as our rock star meteorologists twins as a sign of respect -- warn us of an approaching typhoon, we should not just procrastinate. We should take their words very seriously, and we should prepare immediately. How much more so should such action be taken for a potential missile attack where a missile shield -- even if it is multi-layered and presumably built in time -- will not be 100% effective? So why do our government leaders -- both local and federal leaders -- not prepare us and protect us by building designated, public, underground bomb shelters?

What valid excuses can these government officials even have for constantly passing the buck -- literally for years -- and for shirking their responsibilities? Again, the Bible teaches us the following. I believe that this verse can be applied on both a family level, as well as on a governmental level:

"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."


Regardless of one's national origin, if we reside on Guam, we are all part of the same Guamanian family, and our government leaders can be compared to our symbolic parents, whose job it is to adequately protect us from potential harm. So, can you see the parallel with the previous Bible verse? More to the point, exactly what do our government leaders plan on doing? Stuffing Guam's 170,000 residents into our limited number of cinder block buildings? Let me refer you again to the photo of Gaza City I included in part two of this same series.

If you are a Guamanian, let me ask you an honest question. Of the approximately 165,000-170,000 people who reside on Guam, how many of us possess the knowledge, skills, money, equipment, property, etc., to build an adequate, safe and secure underground bomb shelter for ourselves and those we love? Of course, this is even assuming that it is actually our responsibility and obligation to do so, which I believe it is not. Yes, I already know your answer. Yet our leaders -- both federal and local, as well as the U.S. military -- all expect us to do this very thing. They intentionally put the onus on us, instead of on themselves. This is a grave injustice and a failure to act in my opinion.

In the name of fairness, I think that it is only proper that I make another important point here regarding this subject. While I have repeatedly referred to our federal government, as well as our local government and its associated agencies, please understand that by doing so, I am NOT placing all the blame on the current administrations alone, either federal or local. To do so obviously would not be fair. After all, the threat from China and North Korea -- and perhaps even from Russia -- is not something that just suddenly materialized overnight. It has been an ongoing and developing problem for many years now, which has simply come more to the fore in recent years, as the aforementioned nations have become much more aggressive, and have also made substantial progress with regard to their development of such lethal craft and weapons.

In short, the blame has accumulated as each new administration has come into power, and done pretty much nothing substantial to alleviate or resolve this problem. This is what makes each of them culpable. They can see the problem, and yet do nothing to prepare for what may be fast approaching. They don't build the underground bomb shelters for the people of Guam. So, to be very clear, this doesn't absolve the current administration on Guam -- or in Washington, DC -- from guilt. Neither does it absolve the U.S. military. After all, as I have already made rather clear, it's due to their very presence on Guam, as well as their aggressive stance towards China and other perceived enemies, that we Guamanians now find ourselves in this current dangerous situation where we are trapped between two warring -- or possibly soon-to-be-warring -- superpowers.

Regarding actual preparation, while I have emphasized local and federal preparation, as the previous Bible verse reveals, as individuals and heads of families, we have our obligation to prepare as well. Just as we see a typhoon approaching and take adequate steps to prepare for it, there has been more than sufficient coverage and information in the news, on the social networks, and in other locations, to let us all know that Guam may be in for a very serious situation in the very near future. Exactly how soon, I cannot say. After all, I am not a Prophet.

Personally, I take emergency preparation very seriously, both for myself, and for my two wonderful companions, my cats Polo and Eljio. In short, I keep an adequate supply of such items as food, candles, batteries, battery-operated survival radio, and other such things, to last me a while. Perishable items are rotated on a regular basis. If freeze-dried survival food is out of your price range, regular supermarket canned goods will also suffice as well, and they last for literally years. Again, please refer to my article entitled "Y2K Preparation: Survival Items List" for some ideas. You will find it listed at the end of this same series.

But again, here's the thing, my friends. You can have a house full of food, water, candles, batteries, emergency generator, survival radio, toiletries, and whatever else comes to mind. But if a bomb or missile misses an intended target and lands on your house instead, all of that preparation will have been for nought. You and it will both simply go up in smoke, or in a cloud of vapor, or be instantly incinerated, or whatever. So, in reality, we are right back at square one again. If the situation grows dire enough, and a serious missile war begins, your cinder block house won't save you from anything, despite what government spin doctors may tell you. You will wish that you were in a safe, secure, solid, underground bomb shelter a safe number of feet underground, right?

Now as if physical warfare potentially coming to Guam due to Chinese and/or North Korean aggression isn't already enough, as I mentioned in part one, Guam has ALREADY been the target of foreign cyberattacks as well. However, what even I wasn't aware of is the fact that within both military and security circles, our island of Guam is actually viewed as being one of the TOP THREE targets around the world for cyberattacks, according to an article which appeared in today's edition of the Pacific Daily News. Following are a few excerpts I took from the article which is headlined "Panelists: Guam in the crosshairs for major cyber attacks; US adversaries prove they can disrupt services":

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"Quite frankly, Ukraine, Taiwan and Guam are kind of the big three around the world that are really on the front lines of having their critical infrastructure attacked by some of the most sophisticated adversaries that exist," [Nate Gleason, with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory] said.

China-backed hacking group Volt Typhoon had infiltrated telecommunications and infrastructure systems on Guam as far back as 2021, Microsoft reported two years ago.

Bloomberg in 2025 reported that Volt Typhoon was targeting GPA [Guam Power Authority] whose biggest customer is the U.S. Navy.

"Our back door is being knocked on every single day by Russia, by China," [GPA chief information officer Melvin Kwek] said. "We see brute force attempts on our network, and so every little bit helps."

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So you see, as I mentioned in part one, though as small and as seemingly insignificant as we may seem to most Americans and other people around the world, countries such as Russia, China, North Korea and Iran do NOT see us in that way at all. They really see us as a serious threat to their machinations. They know and understand our importance to American military strategy. They know what is hosted on our island. They know that we are in fact a very important support hub for both the Middle East, as well as for the Indo-Pacific region, and it's for those reasons that they want to take us out!

They want to take down our power grid which provides power to the various military bases here, and they have tried to do so already, probably on multiple occasions. They want to disrupt our telecommunications networks which are vital to the U.S.'s military presence here. Of course, they want to totally wipe out Andersen Air Force Base and other military installations which serve as forwarding bases to other areas of the world, and which are found on their war strategy maps. Now do you believe me, or do you still think that I'm just exaggerating and standing on my soap box?

Now, as I was working on this series, it occurred to me that some people who are not residents of Guam might entertain the thought "Well, why do you think that you deserve to have the American government and your local government build secure, underground bomb shelters for you and foot the bill as well?"

My friends, I already told you why. Let me put it to you this way. There are many towns and cities across America which do NOT find themselves in the unique situation in which we folks on Guam are in. You don't find yourselves sandwiched between America and several very aggressive superpowers which have their missiles pointed directly at you. Maybe you don't have any military bases in your immediate area. Perhaps you don't have any submarine ports either. Maybe you don't have bombs stored in your town or city. Maybe you are not a forwarding hub for other military installations around the world. Maybe you don't have plants which manufacture tanks, jets, bombs and other war-related materials. Well, aside from the latter, we have all of these things, and that makes us a target for America's enemies.

As such, it is my view, as well as the opinion of many other people who live on Guam, that because we find ourselves in such a rather unique position, we not only deserve special recognition, but we also deserve to have ourselves and our island protected; not just by the EIAMD 360° missile shield -- which as I pointed out in part two isn't one hundred per cent impenetrable -- but also by having designated, public, safe, secure, underground bomb shelters. That is really the gist of it. However, there are a few more reasons which I'll be sharing with you momentarily.

At this point in our current discussion, I think that it is important that I clarify my personal position regarding one particular point, so that some of my readers who may not be familiar with the Bill's Bible Basics ministry don't get the wrong impression. While I have spoken a lot about violence, killing and war in this series, please understand that as a Bible-believing person who has always strived to follow the peaceful teachings of Christ for most of my life, I do NOT support any of these things. To the contrary, as I explain in BBB articles such as "Why I Hate War: An Exposé on Human Violence", I am quite strongly opposed to them. Thus, when I speak of Guamanians who have proudly served in the US Armed Forces, and who have died in America's foreign conflicts, I am speaking from the perspective of how most Guamanians view such things.

As I mentioned to you in part one, most Guamanians are quite the patriotic people; particularly the indigenous culture who are known as the CHamoru, and formerly as the Chamoru or the Chamorros. You see, this deep-rooted American patriotism is instilled in children from a young age, and there's a reason for them having this attitude. For those of my readers who may not be familiar with Guam's history, allow me to briefly explain. After a brutal Japanese occupation that endured for about thirty-one months -- which was marked by enslavement, torture, rape and beheadings -- American forces in the form of the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Army landed on Guam on July 21, 1944. After several weeks of fierce fighting -- which is historically known as the Second Battle of Guam -- on August 10, 1944 the island was finally declared liberated and secure by American forces.

It is for this reason that every year, July 21st is marked as Liberation Day on the local Guamanian calendar, and an annual carnival is set up -- usually at the Paseo de Susana in the village of Hagåtña or at Tiyan -- and enjoyed by all. There is likewise a Liberation Day parade. So as you can imagine, there is a lot of societal pressure on young Guamanians who are of military age to serve their time in the U.S. military. Doing so is viewed as a badge of pride and honor for a local family.

So the fact that so many Guamanians have demonstrated their patriotism for so many years, by serving with pride in the U.S. Armed Forces, even sacrificing their very own lives in some cases -- as we discussed in part one -- are in my view, additional reasons regarding why we truly merit having the protection of designated, public, secure, underground bomb shelters on Guam. In short, the people of Guam have done their part. Now it is payback time, and both the local and federal governments need to do their part by stepping up to the plate in our hour of need which may be fast approaching. Only Chinese leader Xi Jinping knows his timetable, but we needed those bomb shelters yesterday.

There is another related, albeit sensitive, issue which we need to briefly discuss, and it may not make certain people happy. First of all, while I am not a local CHamoru, I am sure that those people who still are CHamoru to some degree really appreciate what the United States did for the people of Guam so long ago when the island was liberated from the rather cruel Japanese occupation. But in my mind, that is actually part of the problem. Guam's liberation occurred just under eight-two years ago. So much has changed since that time. For example, whereas back then the Japanese were cruel oppressors, up until recently, they were Guam's most lucrative tourist market. In fact, historically-speaking, Japanese tourists made up about 80% of total arrivals, and the Japanese themselves were making heavy investments in Guam's tourism industry.

Of course, as most Guamanians will already know, the tourism situation has changed quite drastically in more recent years due to a variety of factors. Chief among them was the COVID pandemic. It basically wiped out our tourism industry. Even before the pandemic, numbers had already begun to slip. Add to that the fact that we have had a number of typhoons hit our island, or at least skirt close to it, and it has also deeply affected our tourism industry. In fact, the last I recall reading some time ago, total arrivals had dropped to only 40% to 45%. In a word, our tourism industry has never recovered. There are a few other reasons for the steep decline, but I will leave it at that.

But the main point I actually wanted to make is that even though eighty-two years have passed since America chose to liberate Guam, it seems like Guamanians are still paying the piper with no end in sight. In fact, I would dare say that with the current dangerous situation which exists with both China and North Korea, Guam is paying an even higher price than ever before. So what I am saying is this. While Guam appreciates what the United States did over eight decades ago, at the same time, we obviously didn't ask to be placed into the perilous situation in which we now find ourselves; a situation which only exists due to the continued presence of the U.S. military on our soil. As I noted earlier, they make us a target. That is just the honest truth, and we all know it.

Sadly, there is not much that any of us can do about it. We are basically powerless and more or less stuck in some kind of limbo with no way out. We have so little power that they won't even grant us the privilege of voting for the leaders of our nation. Please don't get me wrong. America has indeed done a lot for Guam, and continues to do a lot for Guam as well. However, as I have already made very clear, the people of Guam have given a lot in return as well. Now we're simply asking for protection in the form of secure, underground bomb shelters so that we can properly prepare for the approaching storm. But to our dismay, those in power -- both at the local and federal levels -- are turning a deaf ear to us, while at the same time they offer us their empty platitudes, as we've already discussed earlier in this series.

So it is for all of these reasons that I question how much the U.S. military really cares for the people of Guam. This is why I wonder if the 360° EIAMD missile shield is really being built for all of us, or just to protect U.S. military assets on Guam. This is why I wonder if we are simply viewed as Acceptable Collateral Damage. If America truly cares for the civilian population of Guam, they can easily prove it to us by building an islandwide network of designated, secure, underground bomb shelters. That is the last time I will say it. I promise. Repetition is the law of memory, right?

At this point in our discussion we're going to change gears and address a few final topics which I briefly mentioned to you earlier in this series. First of all, while the secular world promotes, instigates and engages in violence, killing and war all the time -- and increasingly so during this past century -- I personally am quite opposed to such things. So exactly why do I adopt this position? To begin with, it's my personal belief that as God's saved and sealed children, we are NOT a part of this present evil world. We most certainly do live in it, but we are NOT a part of it. We are actually strangers and pilgrims who are temporarily passing through it. As such, we should NOT think like the rest of the world, or much less behave according to the world's standards, which are quite often far from being pleasing to the Lord.

In other words, my friends, we should only be governed by the standards of God's Word. So exactly what does God's Word tell us? It in fact informs us that once we come to Jesus Christ, we are spiritually reborn, and we become new creatures in the Lord. As a result, we should have changed and renewed minds. We should see and understand everything in a totally new and different way. That is to say, God's way, according to what is described in the Bible. Following are a few of my favorite Bible verses concerning the subject of being new creatures with renewed and transformed minds, and a new understanding and outlook:

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."


"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."


"And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."


"And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"


"Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."


"That ye put off concerning the former conversation [meaning manner of life, conduct and behavior] the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;"


"Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;"


So as you can see, the renewed mind of a born-again Christian should conform to the Word of God. As I pointed out earlier, once we come to Christ and are saved and sealed by the Spirit of God, we are no longer a part of this present world. God has called us out from it. He has sanctified or separated us from it, as becomes quite evident by Bible verses such as the following:

"If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."


"I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil."


"Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence."


"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,"


"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."


"No man that warreth [meaning spiritual warfare] entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."


"These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city."


"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."


"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."


So then, if we are spiritually born-again, new creatures as a result of our faith in Jesus Christ; and if we're no longer a part of this present world and are supposed to adopt a new attitude and new understandings which conform more closely to God's Word; what do you think should be our attitude towards violence, killing and war? Once again, if we simply turn to God's Word, we find a very clear answer. To begin with, let us first take a look at a few verses which clearly inform us exactly who is really behind, and who really instigates wars in the first place. If you suppose that it is simply all of the human warmongers, you are very mistaken. Please take note of the words I have placed in uppercase letters for emphasis:

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. HE WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."


"Not as Cain, WHO WAS OF THAT WICKED ONE, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."


"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy HIM THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."


"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."


"From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, EVEN OF YOUR LUSTS that war in your members? YE LUST, and have not: YE KILL, AND DESIRE TO HAVE, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because YE ASK AMISS, THAT YE MAY CONSUME IT UPON YOUR LUSTS."


"For all that is in the world, the LUST OF THE FLESH, and the LUST OF THE EYES, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."


"And the devil, taking him [Jesus] up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: FOR THAT IS DELIVERED UNTO ME; AND TO WHOMSOEVER I WILL I GIVE IT. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine."


Please go to part four for the conclusion of this series.

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