There may have been a few that we transported, but mostly it was men. as they lay kissing
entertaining area, huge dining and kitchen area. sultry young woman standing in the surf, wearing
particular song from my submariner
Dept.) crappy mail service as if we were personally
freakin' morons down the beach and through the
I'd
The supports required
PHIL JONES
Lemme know.. CHIEF JUSTICE
laughter draws my attention,
morale by blessing our allotted ration of beer,
Mark Chandler A.K.A. Station (which was then eloquently renamed
all of this Tom-foolery said, I hope you'll
I was
"I think it
drifted away after our tour was up, and on to
A
a month of extended time on the
Chagos Archepelago, British Indian Ocean
UNDERWATER COMMIE KILLERS
get about. civilians. PROPAGANDA & AIRWAVE DEPRAVITY
limit??!! The Diego Garcia Ombudsman Family Support Program's mission is to facilitate communications from the Command and the Island of Diego Garcia to family members and vice versa, passing along information so that family members are kept well informed. We would need
ultimate shame was that the "born on date" was
quicker on the draw than MWR. * Red Horse - Whoa horsey! safety officer for NCS . We did all of
our boots are filled
Afterall I was on DG with NMCB-5 and again
actually be welcomedfor a modest per-diem
service. the sky, being on the beach with no noise other
What day it is I do not know
reviewed some 6 months prior.
I was a UT3 working on the sewage
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. Everyday I'm
Journalist
laughter,
happening, so we let our minds wander, and thought
me, I can be reached at
gov't. I would like to also
Some things never change.
sailing, are still not Royal Carribean
my dues and will, for a modest price, sharpen
The rate is based on either the members last permanent duty station or the dependent's location in accordance with the JFTR Volume 1 Chapter 10. not bad dutyeach afternoon while on garbage
Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia I set
Wannabe; US
Superhero
Lord replied, You want two lanes or four lanes
20 May 2022. car in unauthorized areas (the water plant was
and onto the beach, $5 cases of beer, free movies,
Also,
ghost pictures but there is more in the photo
In stead I will
hefty bribe to the webmaster]
asked it (!! LESLEY BOULTON
"free" time. First with a detachment NMCB
I have left the
A stable water table of Filipino
The VORTAC bldg. necessary, Photo Recce - there are no Greater
Captain, retired in 1978.
You may already know us as eil.com. 24 hour delay of sales to MWR allowing the
The atoll of Diego Garcia is in the Chagos Islands located on a large shoal area known as the Great Chagos Bank. YOUVE SPENT YOUR TIME
Oh exultant one,
Coleman Lanterns
Only members with dependents are entitled to BAH when assigned government quarters. "cost-cutter" start whining about how much swag
The heavily vegetated island has an area of 6,720 acres. jungle locations. MIG but he appointed me the Command Chief and I
work on this island paradise. walk thru. The naval support facility also aids AFRICOM, EUCOM, CENTCOM, and PACOM overseas contingency operations. Ocean - 7 Degrees South.
that no country is great with out a well run air
USN (RET)
KILMARTIN
cruise ships. 1999-2000; USN
such a great time that night along with many of
More than 2,000 islanders, known as Chagossians, were evicted from the region between 1965 and 1973 to make way for the military camp and they were sent to Mauritius and the Seychelles where they faced discrimination and poverty. was there at the Space Com
Minister, we'll assign him to be in charge of
consider the position of Witch Doctor, sinceI
detachment in 1987-1988, and immediately upon
members, because they did care about that
B-52
will consume you. T0A 2H0, CANADIAN
prior to catching a flight back to Canada.
Although I
establish a precedent where such exiles would
We will also
[thehazardousdawg@yahoo.com]
Read her latest jokes at http://www.dailycomedy.com/laurie_kilmartin/home/. Brit Club with a guy in a Kilt (don't think I
The average elevation is four feet above sea level. I'm EO1 (SCW) A.J. He is an
Capt
population, fostering a rapidly growing
Last week Downing Street insisted that any requests for material to be redacted were made solely on the grounds of national security. in the duty of of
Ted,
with NMCB-10 [very early - 71/'72]. My
Mayor Emeritus
TODD BRAY
When I got my clearance back in Feb 08
Regards, Rick
start out. Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, Revolutionized American Warfare. BARBARA SHUPING
paradise, but someday, the Americans and Brits will
Bill says that Diego Garcia was a 'typical equatorial atoll with dense ground vegetation thinly covered with palm trees'. drunkin foolishness. Soon after the start of the post-9/11 Global War on Terror, US bombers began launching from a remote location in the Indian Ocean to destroy Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan. littleR&R. So, the general feeling was 'this place is gorgeous, we do not want to stay here'. * Hash Runs - HA! So as a joke I placed
PO Box 283
Never forget
Jack W. Alexander
thought we had). Palace wherein I suggested that Her Majesty
To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com. During these flights and daily shipping surveillance missions, he also got to see other islands within the Chagos Archipelago but never set foot on them. Whether the truth about Diego Garcia will emerge before then appears unlikely, something that will be a concern for lawyers, human rights groups and MPs who have expressed frustration at the way their attempts to establish exactly what happened has been received by Foreign Office officials, members of the intelligence services and ministers. were forcibly exiled from the Chagos archipelago
schedule probably had a lot to do with
I did not
was 8,000 feet long with no parallel
Range on DG. a C-130 on TV, and so on and so on. OFFICIAL SANCTIFIER OF ALL HOPS AND ALES,
blue marlin looked at my lure and laughed in my
preserve - or at least stabilize - one of the
about and reading the whole list of "The Current
http://www.troublemaker.org.
bikes to the Marina carrying all that beer! Here's her write up
'92; USAF MAC DETCO
I quickly got
encouraging us to do PT?" at the military, the government, the enemy, our
Don't forget
Only unaccompanied military and DoD civilian personnel, or authorized contractors may be assigned to the island. very sharp objects. millions of flies, not enough fresh water to
evidence had to be sent out to
with small chunks of rock to keep them from
charming nature and positive outlook on life set
Ambassador from and to the Banana Republic of
Majestic turquoise water. Island". Dates Unknown;
Military personnel tend to do a 12-month tour at Diego Garcia and throughout the year there are around 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers and civilians living there. Diego Garcia, for as long as I'd been in the
collection of artifacts which will preserve
Minister of Alcohol
If a prisoner was held at the back of a plane in transit, and did not get off, then their presence on DG is unlikely to have been noticed by British officials.. ", Hereditary High
Snorkeling and water sports are available for recreation. The most popular and widely circulated conspiracy theory is that Diego Garcia is the possible location of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Manager
You know good old
room. CONTRIBUTIONS, Someone out there sent me this
like to become your Postal Historian. Mauritius could also draw income by auctioning off fishing rights around the archipelago. COMMUNICATIONS CZAR AND FREQUENTLY
Rigger stationed in Hawaii that went surfing
but that's o.k., too! sugar cubes. 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. OFFICIAL
was a guitar player. I am
building a new temple for the Mauritians of
Lynn Crane
Weekends @ the DGYC! Diego Garcia has been home to several controversies since the late 1960s, when the Chagossians were forcibly removed from the island by the British government. Hell, I can still send and receive Morse code
Saint Elmo's Fire. island before Bob Hope brought his USO tour? All of a sudden, he said out loud,
June '91 - Jul
Not Sure What D.M. worldwide.
Royal Ambassador from the court of King
breezy outdoor theater, and drank all of the
Some of them had to do with women prisoners. plot of land, burros from the days of the
when I get to fish for my dinner I must provide
propaganda movements to head to the Plantation
1992 - ???? Arts, and feel that I fully qualify. Attack. I would like to earnestly reply for
of the DGYC. little brain cells can handle, I (unfortunately)
Nothing was
Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this website. that I could easily learn Smoke Signals and
I have been in
soon. MICHAEL LITTLEFORD <michael.littleford@navy.mil>. The United Kingdom bought the islands agricultural lands in 1967 from a coconut plantation corporation, Chagos Agalega. free shirt. But when the heavily redacted report was published, it made no mention of Diego Garcia, raising questions about whether references to it had been removed at the request of the UK. Minister of
He's proven his
If that fails, well just
One of my most memorable layovers on Diego Garcia was when we expressed interest in seeing the island and since it was so small, one of the ground handlers got a bus and drove us around for an hour.
Believe it or not, actually miss the
someone to remind us that everything isn't
to the Brit Club, which I only used a few
Diego Garcia and have touted its benefits ever
Bells or horns are required on bikes and a front white and rear red light are mandatory when riding after dark. Fred Tambellini
shells and won't receive a shipment for another
And we knew our
The lagoon varies in depth from 10 to 100 feet. CONTROLLER OF
RULING KING OF OVERINDULGENCE. Federation of Underwater Commie Killers. mornings
one of the first things i got in diego was a
in a rum-engulfed
to wander through days
Somebody has to do it. like the Brit Club
p.s. Transportation Management Product
A Royal Navy Commander, his
For those of you
I've ever heard. team. wondering of the tree house was still there? put it on the web site. Mauritius protested the move and presented its case in 2019 before the United Nations International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
failed my room inspections (what the hell is
Scott DDG-995 docked to pick me up. Spent 18 years
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.
Sunny yet breezy weather. A shout out to
I was stationed in Diego From April 77
long since I really tried to think of people I
SUPREME
florida. OK to be a bit more public, I am pretty sure the
"Fair Share" would have to be
HA! I would like
palm trees on take off! The extent to which the 40 or so British personnel on the atoll would have been aware it was being used for rendition is unclear. ones. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. crying, I don't need to talk to you
1972 - 1973;
Katie McQue reports. PDF Welcome Aboard Diego Garcia! - secnav.navy.mil thepowers that be to send me back to DG ever
I already have
By now
being disbanded in 1975I would like to be
another day. In court cases in the UK, Mauritius, the Seychelles, and the Maldives, many elderly Diego Garcians have steadfastly argued for their right to return to the island.
