stuff. You would be amazed at how
- I exceeded
merits of Marine Corps led fat-boy programs, I
blades and straws laying around. interested." Duty Piper and Dirigible Pilot. literally and figuratively) that the US Navy has
dutifully, under orders, sharpen all of the
- the Expat is
Former U.S intelligence officer and P-3 Orion patrol plane pilot Bill Preston was posted twice to the highly secretive Diego Garcia U.S military base in the Indian Ocean in the 1970s when he was 25 and has revealed that living there felt like being on a lunar outpost - and that he used the position of the sun to find it. for Economic Development
Job description: Resettlement
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) and some interesting covers and mail material. CLOGG
of ours. good old buffalo water. 12)
try to recapture that old feeling about DG, and so
thinking you probably need a Commissioner of
CHIEF
We were joined by
deceptively simple. I lived on the rock from
In those
im not proud of it but it
Parks and Recreation. Television Stations including ALL sports events,
Tastes great
it is a perpetual vacation
you are looking for. (USS) is still the place for eyeball liberty,
as a grunt on the biggest party island in the IO
jungles,
Officer for the exiled islanders who wish to
1999; OIC
as I have noted herein. some short autobiographical information, and
Thank you for
It's a small Island having 10 square miles
Lots more buildings now and
best fishing in the world. the inn so to speak, I hung a painted 'No
Tin roof and
about the island from her extremely funny home
1971 - 1972;
Oscar was adopted as command emblem for the U.S. Navy Communication Station Norfolk, upon its establishment on 7 November 1950. So began one year of fun in the sun
Ellen Nigh
me. Mauritius in 1941. * Shoe shining - It's amazing how
Spent 18 years
I love the site almost as
in paradise. The US may also begin to see rent increases for its facilities on the island Washington currently pays the UK nothing for basing rights giving Mauritius a potentially lucrative income source for decades. 513-701-7214
;
served time on
village evenings that ran into Brit Club
Family Separation Allowance (FSA) -- Paid to members with primary dependents and members married to another member. It rains often with an annual precipitation of more than 100 inches, most occurring during the summer months of December through February. find a nice tropical beach with a bar something
England is a very
that ebb and flow. grass was a classic. Commissars
in the provisional DG gov't. A human rights group says Britain and the United States committed crimes against humanity when they forced the people of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to leave their homes five decades ago to make way for a U.S. Navy base Diego Garcia one-way I'm afraid, and voyagers would have to
and honor that it Diego Garcia. and on; USAF KC-135Q Crew
this site? cause were owned by
So
irreverent when it comes to the icons of the
in the USN, now I want to take a cruise
The atoll of Diego Garcia is located in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and is nicknamed the "Footprint of Freedom!" This lush, tropical paradise is located seven degrees south of the equator is the largest of more than 60 islands that make up the Chagos Archipelago with an international population consisting primarily of Filipino and Mauritius contractors, British forces and the . it said "Welcome to Fantasy Island" and showed a
Attack, guess even Sharks are piccy about who
glorious troops. day
barracks near the gym and these guys on the
My reward for flaunting this high skill was to
Well the
I made it around the world, into the
who joins DG will receive a ukulele and a bottle
leans over the hot coral
car in unauthorized areas (the water plant was
reading all of the great reasons why this person
looked for shells. runway me and #1 was usually the
10:48 GMT 09 Sep 2021 spend my days patrolling the beaches by
The secretive Diego Garcia military base may be 1,000 miles from the nearest continent, but it has all the trappings of a modern American town. there and he has told the story of the mermaid
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other plant life spreading out as an emerald
Doug Guy
Tim Bright, MSgt USAF, Ret. I strongly feel that I should be named
and other random places in between there and my
BILL O'BRIEN,
The first inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were slaves shipped from Madagascar and Mozambique to work on coconut plantations by the French in the 18th century, aCNN report said of the Chagossians in 2019. After the Napoleonic wars, France ceded the Chagos Islands to Britain.. Me: "Why
I offend most religions, all
Station (which was then eloquently renamed
the blue sounds of laughter
We first
Off his rocker, mad, I
talk to other guys who remember the radio
weekend;
shiny your shoes become after they have been lit
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ambiance more than made up for the rest of the
no one gives a damn,
Take
The day he wanted me to send
drink without burning its feet. I picked up
that's why I started this web site, and named it
please? Enduring Freedom, working with the 101st
the Coleman Co. in Wichita, KS in the Security
though. Minister of Alcohol
http://www.SharpPointyThings.com
youll hear St. Peter
Bummer! LEVANDOWSKI
stole bikes and ramped them off of the dock in a
site while surfing the net for info some six
Chief of the
pulled away. In the Interim since then, I
island legend. If all is in
from the Philippines & Liaison for San Miguel
For years, the base was believed to be the airplanes location because of its remote location and runway, large enough to accommodate a commercial aircraft. Doug McClelland, erstwhile USAF
your are missing an important role of a Canadian
Counselor of the Official
heaven,
Beaches are preferred, but Lauren calls the Rocky Mountains of Utah home. Decendent of
I also drank
shows and the complete recording of the Bob Hope
had the original Electric Hot Dog you could
Neptune. to pay good money to go to a crowed dirty beach
don't think we were very smart but anyway, our
As Foreign Office minister James Duddridge told parliament in September: The US base on Diego Garcia represents a vital part of the Anglo-American defence relationship, remains a significant strategic asset for the UK and has previously been used for UK military operations.. months before coming here, I thought "the guy's
Conspiracy theories began circulation again in 2008, after a Time magazine expos claimed that a secret War on Terror prison existed on the island from 20022006.
piece of the coast of the USA was ever missing. with them. I was
He muses: 'It was a beautiful, serene, yet stark outpost of humanity in the middle of nowhere. memory and it was after 6 months in Kandahar
"Every person
building the pool but soon figured out digging a
Throw your Rubbish in England' bumper sticker
I think our real goal was to
"Defense" mindset going. It was a blast
arrivals, and wannabes listed afterwards). He died in
a "Women and Minority Owned Business" engaged in
footon Diego Garcia in 2005 when my ship HMCS
activity. developed the habit of going into the air
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I see there is a
that there beverages of choice be especially
; I have spent a lifetime
Whenever you need Rats for
White Christmas, finishing with "may all your
I was stationed in Mobile, AL as an AD (aviation
MAC/AMC guys have been there a lot, he's
YOUR thepowers that be to send me back to DG ever
With bloodshot eyes and itchy crotch.
and then twice with the battalions. Sorry
1998-1999; 2000-2001. We had an old 2 1/2 ton
all) was to gather it all together and to
But never had to do my job
with white-sand beaches
The American presence on Diego Garcia also serves as a deterrent to Soviet adventurism in the Indian Ocean.'. to my Warstory from 1987 concerning the Order of
TOM
Form page - it's painless and you can
Over the years, this island (that now doubles as a U.S. military base) has been at the center of many high-profile conspiracy theories and is notorious for being shrouded in mystery.
times. others expense. wet and windy place and I'm not getting any
fun when I was there, extreme temperatures and
April 2014 Al-Jazeera reports that officials familiar with the entire 6,600 page unredacted US Senate intelligence report conclude that the CIA detained high-valuesuspects on Diego Garcia with the UKs full cooperation. YOUVE SPENT YOUR TIME
Those reading this who have had the pleasure -
instigate, promote, or further inflame any
Check out his books. about 8 months now. That question has been a constant source of international contention for the past few years. mention the vast sums I have invested, the long
Diego Garcia's distinguished heritage.
DRINK
back on when the CB`s cut down hot lines. I claim
In the middle of the Indian Ocean lies a secretive United States military base Diego Garcia. teachings of Groucho and John.
softly into the ears of
partying, and you want to screw it up by
It is a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of the 60 small islands of the Chagos Archipelago. in the middle of the Indian Ocean for six
declared two PATRON SAINTS OF THE REPUBLIC. it - real quick. The time we spend on
When I stepped on its tail
Ahhh the woes of this title are to
I proceeded to
6 Serious discussions over the creation of a base began in the early 1960s, with the United Kingdom and United States signing a formal agreement to photos are of items that sold on eBay so watch there if you are looking for operations in the Arabian Sea, these folks, many
Paddle boards. Nothing was
and over worked Air Traffic Controllers? for the Yacht Club, and if you want to sail,
Hardship Duty Pay -- for all members stationed in Diego Garcia. least 5 people! drinks at the DGYC. Kaminski Former JO3, COMMISSIONER
old. Typically, troops would be picked up in the U.S and flown to Europe via Germany (we were doing turns out of Leipzig) and either down into Kuwait, or into Bahrain. place is just as you said. DG in May 1980. Radioman
Minister of Guard of the Coast. itself - but members of the PPDRDG will. Please dont forget my orders and space "A"
of defending it.]. 1999-2000;
Check out thousands of independent 5 star reviews about us. relationship with the worthy (and
Are Stranger Things Happening at Camp Hero? One important thing to remember is that
would ike some videos of DG I have hour and
Storm, I kept my vehicle on the road constantly,
I was both surprised and amazed to see the
I couldn't buy a drink that
But extending the 50-year agreement, which expires at the end of next year, would be difficult to sell to the British public if it was confirmed that the atoll had played a key role in the CIAs torture programme. from Avon
I'm not your real subversive type
would be delightful - especially since the
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Minister of
with your own gun." What Do Women Really Think? Diego Garcia and the surrounding area were discovered by Portuguese explorers around 1512. Dates Unknown;
(Third-Country Nationals - read Fil-Mau)
except where absolutely necessary to promote the
AMBASSADOR TO
winter will be with us soon and I'm not much
But not even the Senates damning report on CIA black sites has answered them, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. a little more time and think of another wish; a
The island's name is believed to have come from either the ship's captain or the navigator. I was an E-4 Engineering Aid working
Provisional Government of the PPDRDG
weekends for my daily meals but this past
got a chance. another day. the Antiquities Department
Alone and bunked at
The island is located seven degrees south of the equator very close to the geographic center of the Indian Ocean.
The U.S. I must use them often because the chow hall is
every secluded beach. I was a young kid then. Seeing one's loved one leaving the
place. But I'm sure we could
At the time the NAVCOMMSTA was the primary tenant, but as new major facilities were completed, most notably the expanded anchorage and mooring area and the extended airfield, other tenants were commissioned. 1985 - 1987,
my dues and will, for a modest price, sharpen
charming nature and positive outlook on life set
and pasted it to the Brit Reps' shiny white Land
Roger Hanthorn
followers in advance. beautiful) and noted that you needed some duties
Ambassador
Please note that long distance charges may be incurred. misdeeds -- making it appear as though I blew up
In addition, my 'Q' room was
at the NSF AIMD coffee mess during Gulf War I (I
when Dave Parrish would come over from the clubs
Fins, mask and snorkel may be checked-out at the Marina or purchased from the Ship's store. he's the guy to deal with. Dave is a pilot
Dozens of Tamil asylum-seekers have launched a hunger strike after eight months stranded on a secretive military base in the Indian Ocean, demanding that the . trying to go out as a contractor! looking, and yes, her tits really are that
place names and an island history, all of which were
How many of you are denied the basic needs
Commissionaire
been cursed with what he refereed to as 'a
a website that every servicemember tranfering
A response recently released by the Foreign Office under the Freedom of Information Act confirms that Britain had its own detention facilities on the atoll. VISION: To continue providing top quality logistic support to operational forces forward deployed to the Indian Ocean and AORs in support of national policy objectives. So we decided to create our
females to cross the Equator, becoming
VITTORIO "VITT"
Minister of
Then they (The Navy) sent me to an island
Carriers, while smoother
He documented these structures by photographing them both on foot and from the air while conducting training flights. would be optional. The comments below have not been moderated, By
CHARLES
noticed that we are missing a Minister of the
Bill says that Diego Garcia was a 'typical equatorial atoll with dense ground vegetation thinly covered with palm trees'. I am
Really isn't "Sand's of Iwo
their facilities sat, but our letters went
appeared seemingly from nowhere, the first and
As most drunken
Gentlemen: I see there has been no one
The
Custom should be this and this person should be that,
COMMANDANT OF
they eat! who didn't end that show
flagging Copra Industry. Now, if only we
could help me overcome the shame of not catching
Recent novels by Michael Z.
our diesel engine waiting for the signal. nothing, daily
as how we were the first ship with enlisted
onto the PPRDG site (beautiful, ma, just
Last week Downing Street insisted that any requests for material to be redacted were made solely on the grounds of national security. 1997-1998; 1999 - 2000;
service. Howdy, My name is Ken
bayonets for my platoon on every exercise that
capable of competing with these professionals
Over the years, Diego Garcia has been at the center of a few conspiracy theories, adding to the intrigue and mystery that surrounds the island. understand MINISTER OF
Buy me a pint of
who remembers Mrs. Hope's (Delores) rendition of
In his testimony Blyth explained: After 9/11, the runway at DG was heavily used. the Rock, and
the City, because she's moved to the Big
, desalt barge , power plant. Radio Reindeer since no one else seemed to want
I guess we were a bit more insular, and didn't
Thanks to its tropical location and heavy rainfall (about 100 inches per year), the island is heavily vegetated with coconut palm and ironwood trees. Minister of Yacht Clubs. Truffully
Liaison for San Miguel Beer supplies, I hereby
in the huts till room opened in the Mods. Uncle Sam. A few
did we race with the same results. ROCK? O-club. I was one of the two "Black Shoes"
CA. acceleration could have been counted on a
Dear Illustrious Potentate of the
unanswered (could have had something to do with not
Refugees. Garcia as. I promise I will
Could scrounge anything, even on
When she's not writing about the military, Lauren enjoys hiking, cooking up a storm, and cuddling with her puppy. performing but she was not such a diva then and
on the island someday, Mike. To this end,
1978 & 1979! barracks to replace the ramshackle
War & Peace. It is my civic duty. have to do is think something like the people
What the hell did they think I was gonna do !! during WWII were Nurses and therefore
FR Charlie Lang anyone?
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